[kahl-mahr] 
| a seaport in SE Sweden, on Kalmar Sound. 52,846. |
[kal-mair-ee-en] , adjective | Kal·mar (käl'mär', kāl'-) A city of southeast Sweden on Kalmar Sound, an arm of the Baltic Sea between the Swedish mainland and Öland. An important trade center since the eighth century, the city was the site of the Union of Kalmar (1397), which joined Sweden, Denmark, and Norway into a single monarchy that lasted until 1523. Population: 61,300. |
Kalmar
lan (county) of southeastern Sweden, in Gotaland region, on the Baltic Sea. It has two distinct parts: the mainland, forming the eastern part of the traditional landskap (province) of Smaland, and the island landskap of Oland (q.v.). Between Oland and the mainland is the long, narrow Kalmar Sound
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