| Stefan Melander | |
| Occupation: | Harness racing driver and trainer |
| Birth Place: | Spånga, Stockholm County, Sweden |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1957 |
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| Awards: | Trainer of the Year  (1998, 2001, 2012) |
| Honours: | Trotting Hall of Fame (inducted in 2014) |
| Horses: | Scarlet Knight, Iceland, Gigant Neo, Nuncio |
| Updated: | 17 November 2017 |
Bertil Stefan Melander (born 23 November 1957 in Spånga, Stockholm County) is a Swedish harness racing horse trainer and driver based at Åby-Farm in Enköping, Sweden.[1]
Among the horses he has trained are top trotters Scarlet Knight, Iceland, Gigant Neo and Nuncio. Together with these and other horses, Melander has won numerous major races, including Elitloppet (two times), Hambletonian Stakes (once) and Prix d'Amérique (once).[2] [3] When he won Hambletonian Stakes at Meadowlands Racetrack with Scarlet Knight in August 2001 Melander became the first horseman to bring a U.S.-breed trotter trained and developed in Europe to the U.S. and win the Hambletonian.[4] [5]