The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia,agreed at Kalmar in Sweden,that from 1397 to 1523 joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark,Sweden,and Norway,together with Norway's overseas colonies.
Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg,Jönköping,Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.
Kalmar is a city in the southeast of Sweden,situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County,which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 236,399 inhabitants (2015). Kalmar is the third largest urban area in the province and cultural region of Småland.
Lena Ek is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party,part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Kalmar Fotbollförening,more commonly known as Kalmar FF,is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910,the club have won one national championship title (2008) and three national cup titles.
Nenad Đorđević is a Serbian professional football coach and a former player who played as a defender. He is the assistant coach of Al Wasl in the UAE Pro League. At international level,Đorđevićrepresented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Désirée Liljevall is a Swedish social democratic politician who was a member of the Riksdag for Kalmar County between 2006 and 2014. She was a member of the Traffic Committee and substitute in the Social Committee,Culture Committee,the parliamentary EU board,and the Nordic Council's Swedish delegate. She also worked with issues about globalisation,sustainable development,and international trade. Liljevall is a marriage officiant in Kalmar Municipality and member of the advisory council in the administration of Kalmar County.
Jan Richard Andersson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He became a member of the Riksdag in 2006 for the constituency of Kalmar. He is currently taking up seat number 12 in the Riksdag.
Craig Charles Glendinning Henderson is a New Zealand footballer who last played for Indy Eleven as a midfielder. His hometown is Stokes Valley,Lower Hutt. He attended Taita College,Lower Hutt where he was Head Boy,Dux and Sportsman of the Year in 2004.
Linnaeus University (LNU) (Swedish:Linnéuniversitetet) is a state university in the Swedish historical province (landskap) Småland,with campuses located in Växjöand Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former VäxjöUniversity and Kalmar University (Högskolan i Kalmar),and is named in honour of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Papa Alioune Diouf is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for Swedish club Oskarshamn. He made two appearances for the Senegal national team between 2010 and 2012.
Jan Douglas Bergqvist is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan club Degerfors.
Melker Hallberg is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kalmar FF.
The 2014 Allsvenskan,part of the 2014 Swedish football season,was the 90th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013. The season started on 30 March 2014 and concluded on 1 November 2014. MalmöFF were the defending champions from the 2013 season.
Widman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Laila Helena Naraghi is a Swedish politician of Persian origin from the Social Democratic Party and a member of the Swedish Parliament.
MalmöMunicipality is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag,the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1994 from parts of Fyrstadskretsen following the reorganisation of the constituencies in Malmöhus County. It is conterminous with the municipality of Malmö. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 251,172 registered electors.
Anders Torleif Mattias Bäckström Johansson is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has served as Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats since 2022,having previously served as Deputy Leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag from 2019 to 2022. He has been Member of the Riksdag since September 2014,representing Västernorrland County 2014–2018 and Kalmar County from 2018 onwards. He currently takes up seat number 256 in the Riksdag.
Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson,known professionally as Cornelia Jakobs,is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Hold Me Closer",placing fourth.
The 2023 Allsvenskan is the 99th season since its establishment in 1924 of Sweden's top-level football league,Allsvenskan. A total of 16 teams participate. BK Häcken are the defending champions after winning the title in the previous season. IF Brommapojkarna and Halmstads BK are promoted after finishing first and second in 2022 Superettan,while Varbergs BoIS staved off relegation by defeating third placed Östers IF.
