Ulrika Melin (1767–1834) was a Swedish textile artist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.
She was born to Major Lars Melin and was a sister of General Major Henrik Georg Melin. She was married to the governor of Västerås Castle, Peter Thure Gerhard Drufva, in 1788. Melin was a textile artist with "an unusual ability to sew landskapes".Anteckningar om svenska qvinno In 1784, she was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts for a work in white sateen inspired by the work of Claude Lorrain.
See also Wendela Gustafva Sparre Maria Johanna Görtz
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External links Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Dahlberg och Hagström: Svenskt konstlexikon. Allhems Förlag (1953) Malmö.