I was raised in a small village on Öland, and Kalmar was one of my first towns to visit. I spent many hours drinking tea and reading books in the cafés there when I was a teenager, walking around in the old part of town and visiting the Kalmar castle.

I lived in Kalmar when I was in my twenties, I got my first paycheck there, as a nurse’s aid.

It’s a beautiful town, well worth a visit.