# Kalmar Strait

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| name                   = Kalmar Strait
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| caption                = The [Öland bridge](/source/%C3%96land_bridge) spans the Kalmar Strait
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The '''Kalmar Strait''' ({{langx|sv|Kalmarsund}}) is a [strait](/source/strait) in the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea), located between the [Swedish](/source/Sweden) island of [Öland](/source/%C3%96land) and the province of [Småland](/source/Sm%C3%A5land) of the Swedish mainland.  The strait is about {{convert|130|km}} long and between {{convert|5|km}} and {{convert|25|km}} in width.

There is a road bridge across the strait, the [Öland Bridge](/source/%C3%96land_Bridge), opened in September 1972.

==Prehistory==
The areas along the Kalmar Strait have a heritage of [Neolithic](/source/Neolithic) and [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) habitation.<ref>Thomas B. Larsson, ''The Bronze Age Metalwork in Southern Sweden'', 1986, University of Umeå, Dept of Archaeology, 200 pages  {{ISBN|91-7174-229-8}}</ref> Moreover, [Mesolithic](/source/Mesolithic) people crossed the strait on an [ice bridge](/source/ice_bridge) in the early [Holocene](/source/Holocene) period as [glacier](/source/glacier)s began to recede from [Öland](/source/%C3%96land). A place where early Mesolithic settlement of the island of Öland occurred is [Alby](/source/Alby%2C_%C3%96land), whose people migrated across the Kalmar Strait approximately 6000 [BC](/source/Before_Christ). They established one of the oldest known Mesolithic villages in [Northern Europe](/source/Northern_Europe).<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18116 C.Michael Hogan (2007) ''Alby Mesolithic Village'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham]</ref>

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Category:Straits of Sweden
Category:Straits of the Baltic Sea
Category:Landforms of Kalmar County
Category:Öland

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