Kalmar
Proper noun
Meaning
A small city and municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden.
A county in south-east Sweden.
Kalmar (plural Kalmars)
A surname from Hungarian.
Synonyms
Examples
At the age of two, she clapped her hands and laughed with joy when the great cannons of Kalmar Castle boomed out the royal salute.
Gustav left Lübeck on a ship, and was put ashore south of Kalmar on 31 May.
Instead, the King took his soldiers and marched on Kalmar.
The first big clash in the Dissolution of Kalmar Union that now started, took place at Brunnbäck's Ferry in April, where a rebel army defeated an army loyal to the king.
The German city, preferring an independent Sweden to a strong Kalmar Union dominated by Denmark, took advantage of the situation and put pressure on the rebels.
They had a son: * Eric XIV (1533–1577), Duke of Kalmar On 1 October 1536, he married his second wife, Margareta Leijonhufvud (1514–1551).