Kalmar Castle

During the 12th century a round guarded pinnacle was based on Kalmarsund and a harbor developed. Toward the finish of the 13th century King Magnus Ladulas had another stronghold worked with a drape divider, round corner towers and two square gatehouses encompassing the first pinnacle. Situated close to the site of Kalmar's medieval harbor, it has had a critical impact in Swedish history since its underlying development as a sustained pinnacle in the 12th century.

One of the most noteworthy political occasions in Scandinavia occurred at Kalmar Castle in 1397, when the Kalmar Union was framed - an association of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden counting Finland, sorted out by Queen Margaret I of Denmark. During the Swedish resistance to Denmark in 1520, the post was instructed by Anna Eriksdotter Bielke, who at the demise of her life partner, Johan Mansson Natt och Dag, amidst the defiance to Denmark in 1520, assumed responsibility for his fiefs and guarded Kalmar against Denmark.

The post was improved during the 16th century under the course of King Gustav I and his children King Eric XIV and King John III, who transformed the medieval fortification into a mansion fit for a renaissance lord. Kalmar Castle endured substantial harm during the Kalmar War of 1611-13 and was gravely harmed by a flame in 1642. Fixes were started however from the finish of the seventeenth century the mansion was permitted to fall into dilapidation.