KALMAR (CALMAR)  , a seaport of Sweden on the Baltic coast, chief town of the district (Ian) of Kalmar, 250 in . S . S . W. of Stockholm by rail . Pop . (1900), 12,715 . It lies opposite the island of Oland, mainly on two small islands, but partly on the mainland, where there is a pleasant park . The streets are regular, and most of the houses are of wood . The principal public edifices, however, are constructed of limestone from Oland, including the cathedral, built by Nicodemus Tessin and his son Nicodemus in the second half of the 17th century . Kalmar, a town of great antiquity, was formerly strongly fortified, and there remains the island-fortress of Kalmarnahus, dating partly from the 12th century, but mainly from the 16th and 17th . It contains the beautiful chamber of King Eric XIV . See 1 .

V . 1VIushketov, Geol . Researches in the Kalmyk

Steppe in 1884—1885 (St Petersburg, 1894, in Russian) ; Kostenkov's works (1868—187o); and other works quoted in Semenov's Geogr . Diet. and Russ . Encycl . Diet . (P . A . K.; J . T .