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-{{Short description|Estonian fictional character}}
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-{{Distinguish|Melchior the Apothecary}}
-{{Infobox character
-| name               = Melchior Wakenstede
-| image              = Apteeker Melchior - 1 - Autor Robert Lang - 8836.jpg
-| caption            = [[Märten Metsaviir]] as Melchior
-| first              = ''Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church''
-| last               =
-| creator            = [[Indrek Hargla]]
-| portrayer          = [[Märten Metsaviir]]
-| occupation         = [[Apothecary]]
-| gender             = Male
-| nationality        = Estonian
 }}
-'''Melchior Wakenstede''' is a fictional character created by [[Indrek Hargla]], and is the main protagonist of Hargla's ''Melchior the Apothecary'' ({{lang-et|Apteeker Melchior}}) book series. He is a pharmacist who solves crimes in medieval [[Tallinn]].
-He first appeared in the book ''Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church'', which was released in 2010 and translated to English in 2016.<ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29595945-apothecary-melchior-and-the-mystery-of-st-olaf-s-church Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church] goodreads.com (viewed in 15-05-2022)</ref> Melchior books have been translated into Finnish, Hungarian, French, German, and English.
-==Film adaptations==
-In the film adaptions he is played by [[Märten Metsaviir]]. [[Melchior the Apothecary|The first film in the series]] premiered in April 2022<ref>[https://news.err.ee/1608570295/first-melchior-the-apothecary-film-off-to-successful-start-in-estonia First 'Melchior the Apothecary' film off to successful start in Estonia] ERR News, 22.04.2022</ref> and the second one in the August of the same year<ref>[https://kultuur.err.ee/1608655981/augustis-esilinastub-apteeker-melchiori-triloogia-teine-film "Augustis esilinastub "Apteeker Melchiori" triloogia teine film"] ERR kultuur, 13 July 2022 (in Estonian)</ref>.
-==List of novels==
-Character has appered in the following books:
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja Oleviste mõistatus''. Tallinn: Varrak, 2010, 310 pp
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja Rataskaevu viirastus''. Tallinn: Varrak, 2010, 286 pp
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja timuka tütar''. Tallinn: Varrak, 2011, 431 pp
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja Pirita kägistaja''. Tallinn: Varrak, 2013, 404 pp
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja Tallinna kroonika''. Tallinn: Varrak, 2014, 469 pp
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja Gotlandi kurat''. Pärnamäe: Raudhammas, 2017, 558 pp
-* ''Apteeker Melchior ja Pilaatuse evangeelium''. Pärnamäe: Raudhammas, 2019, 467 pp
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-[[Category:Fictional detectives]]
-[[Category:Estonian fiction]]