Calmar

a fortified seaport town of Sweden, on the W. side of a narrow strait of the Baltic, separating the island of @land from the continent, 90 miles N. FE. by H. of Carls krona. The town, built of wood, stands on the small island of Quarnholm. Here, in 1897, was concluded the famous treaty which united the kingdoms of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Here also, in 1520, Gustavus Vasa disembarked to deliver his country from the domination of foreigners and of a sanguinary tyrant. Pop. (1900) 12,715.