It was created by Olof Melin (1849–1940), an officer in the Swedish Army.
The basic forms of the Melin System are the consonants, vowels, and combinations.
In addition there are a large number of ending forms as well as abbreviations.
Here follows a longer text from the 1917 edition of the Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok:
In clear text this corresponds to: In English translation: This writing system–related article is a stub.