The best things to do in Kalmar: history

Voxtorp Church

Visit to see a heritage-listed church with a recorded founding date of 1240.

Astrid Lindgrens Näs

Go to see the preserved childhood home where Astrid Lindgren was born and began writing.

Vimmerby

Ishult Courthouse

See a courthouse where court sessions began in 1730 and continued until 1935.

Kristdala

Kristdala Homestead

Go to see household objects, older agricultural tools and displays of trades such as tailoring and shoemaking across several buildings.

Kristdala

Misterhult Church

See the late-14th-century triumphal crucifix that once hung in the earlier church.

Figeholm