Kalmar
Kalmar (population 59,308) is a Municipality in southeastern Sweden, on the mainland's coast of the Baltic Sea, strategically watching over the narrow sound to the large island Öland, since the 1970s connected by the Öland bridge. Kalmar is situated in the province Smalandia and is the capital of Kalmar County.
In the Middle Ages, Kalmar was Sweden's southernmost harbor, since the coasts of today's southern and western Sweden were then part of Denmark. A union treaty between Sweden and Denmark-Norway was entered in Kalmar in 1397, making Queen Margaret I of Denmark the monarch of all Scandinavia, called the Kalmar Union. Sweden left this union in 1523 and counts its independence since that time.
In more recent times, Kalmar has been an industrial city with Kalmar Mekaniska Verkstad making steam engines and large machinery. Today the city has a college and a research facility for Telia Sonera. Kalmar Castle is a powerful "fist of granite" from the 16th century, Scandinavia's most well kept renaissance castle.
See also: University College of Kalmar
External links
Referenced By
1100 | BalticSea | Baltic Sea | Car maker | Car manufacturers | Christian IV of Denmark | Christian IV of Denmark and Norway | Christian IV of Norway | Cities of Sweden | County Administrative Boards of Sweden | European route | European routes | Futura Airlines | Ivar Kreuger | Kalmar (county) | Kalmar County | Kalmar Union | Kalmar län | Kiel Bight | Latin Names of German Cities | Latin names of European cities | List of Swedish municipalities | List of Swedish municipalities by county | List of Swedish municipalities by population | List of Swedish newspapers | List of automobile manufacturers | List of automobiles | List of capitals of subnational entities | List of cities in Sweden | List of colleges and universities in Sweden | List of universities in Sweden | Margaret I of Denmark | Provincial capital | Queen Margaret of Denmark | Regional capital | Rise of Sweden as a Great Power | SE-H | Sigtuna | Silkeborg | Smaland | Smalandia | State capital | Sweden/Transportation | Tjorven | Transportation in Sweden | Unification of Sweden | Universities in Sweden | Universities of Sweden | University College of Kalmar
|
