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 f... [More]