Öland
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Öland is the second-largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 square kilometres and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of
Iron Age burial ground at Gettlinge
Homrevet, Northern Öland
Stora Alvaret on southeast of Öland with Eketorp Fortress in background
Kalmar
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Kalmar is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which compri
Öland
…the mainland by the Kalmar Strait and connected to it by the 6-kilometre (3+1⁄2 mi) Öland Bridge, which opened on 30 September 1972. The county seat Kalmar is on the mainland at the other end of the bridge and is an important commercial centre related to the Öland economy. The island's two municipalities…
Clockwise from top: aerial view of the Kalmar Cathedral, Kalmar Castle, the old water tower in central Kalmar, Öland Bridge and the water tower in Berga.
Kalmar Castle today
Kalmar Cathedral today
Engraving from Suecia antiqua et hodierna, circa 1700