Kalmar Castle takes meetings for 2 to 240 people, from a short board session to a full-day conference, as well as company dinners, kick-off activities and weddings. Four conference rooms and the castle restaurant sit inside the walls of this Renaissance castle on the waterfront in Kalmar, in southeast Sweden. The castle gives a combined capacity of 450 across its rooms and halls.
Seminars and company events
The conference offer covers half days and full days. Lunch, coffee breaks (fika) and dinner are served by the castle restaurant, run together with Restaurant Postgatan since 2020. Groups can add a guided walk through the castle or one of the team activities the castle runs for kick-offs: Häxjakten, a witch-hunt game, the code games Drottningkoden and Kungakoden, Da Vinci-koden, or a painting session called Färg, pensel & rödtjut. A historical banquet or a theatre dinner can close the day.
All four rooms have a projector, a screen and sound. Gröna salen and Sven Månsson have a 100 Mbit/s fiber line and Wi-Fi, and Sturesalen, Sven Månsson and Borgstugan have a camera and speakerphone for hybrid meetings. Sven Månsson is also listed for annual general meetings and training days.
Weddings and receptions
Couples can marry in the castle church, completed in 1592, hold a civil ceremony in the Sven Månsson room, or say their vows on the rampart walk around the castle. The wedding dinner is served in the castle restaurant, with a menu set with the chef. Entertainment and a guided tour can be added. For larger company dinners the castle uses Amiralitetskällaren, a cellar from the 1500s once used to store gunpowder, renovated and reopened in 2014.
Rooms and capacities
Gröna salen is the largest conference room: about 300 square meters under a 6.5 meter ceiling, seating 220 to 240 theatre style, with two 5 by 5 meter screens, a hearing loop and chairs with writing tablets. Borgstugan, 220 square meters with underfloor heating and its own entrance, takes up to 150 and suits lectures, mingling and small trade fairs. It is reachable by lift or ramp. Sturesalen, about 100 square meters, seats 40 theatre style, 30 classroom style or 25 in a U. Sven Månsson, 65 square meters with original 17th-century wall paintings, seats 50 theatre style, 36 classroom style or 24 in a U.
Catering
Food comes from the castle restaurant. It serves conference lunches, coffee and dinners, and its menus change with the seasons and use local produce. Wedding menus are planned with the chef, and the restaurant takes group bookings of more than 12 guests.
History and setting
The castle grew from a medieval fortress guarding the Kalmar Strait. Its Renaissance form comes from the Vasa kings of the 16th century. The building that holds Gröna salen dates from 1483 to 1503, and its interiors were completed under Johan III in 1585. Sturesalen keeps a painted Sture coat of arms from the 1400s, and Sven Månsson was the 17th-century home of a castle governor.
Getting there
The castle stands at Kungsgatan 1, a short walk south of Kalmar Central Station and the town center. Kalmar Airport, a few kilometers west of town, has flights from Stockholm.
