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Extract from the Kalmar Travel Guides:
Bright
KALMAR
had much to do with Sweden's medieval development. It was the scene of the first meeting of the
Riksdag
called by failing king Magnus Eriksson in the mid-fourteenth century, and played host to the formation of the Kalmar Union, the 1397 agreement uniting Sweden, Norway and Denmark - a history manifest in the surviving castle,
Kalmar Slott
(April-Sept 10am-4/6pm; Oct-March 11am-4pm; 60kr), beautifully set on a tiny island a few minutes' walk away from the bus and train stations. Defended by a range of steep embankments and gun emplacements, the fourteenth-century buildings survived el...
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