Lieutenant General Mertil Börje Melin (17 July 1945 – 20 October 2023) was a Swedish Army officer.

Born in Stånga, Sweden, in 1945, Melin developed an early passion for horses, which continued during his military service at Norrland Dragoons in Umeå.

He excelled in various officer training programs, becoming a lieutenant general and serving as the Chief of Army Command.

[2] He left Gotland and the farm in Stånga in 1963 to do his military conscription at the cavalry regiment Norrland Dragoons (K 4) in Umeå.

[7] On 4 June 1992, Melin was promoted to senior colonel,[8] and assumed the position as head of operation at the Northern Military District (Milo N) in Boden, serving until 1995.

[1] Melin was promoted to major general and was deputy Chief of Army Command at Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1995 to 1996.