Calmar

(kal'măr,) a fortified seaport of Sweden, on a narrow strait of the Baltic, 90 m. N.E. by E. of Carlscrona; Lat. 56° 40′ 30″ N., Lon. 16° 26′ 15″ E. Here, in 1397, was consummated the famous treaty which consolidated the 3 Scand in avian kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, under the powerful rule of Queen Margaret. [s. 132]