Many Swedish ships of that time were Dutch designed and some also Dutch built. Wasa, famous for its disastrous maiden voyage, was originally of Dutch design until the King demanded more guns resulting in an extra gun deck.
Kalmar is a coastal town on east coast of southern Sweden.
There's also the Finnish flag as Finland was a part of Sweden until two hundred years ago when Russia decided it was part of Russia instead. During the Russian revolution Finland came to the conclusion that was not the case and became independent.
What a handsome cat!
Edit: Funny reflection... I think La Grace as a brig has a greater number of sails than Kalmar Nyckel. The number of sails slowly increased over time until after the end of the Napoleonic wars when they suddenly almost doubled. I have sailed on Tre Kronor af Stockholm too, another brig but built after a brig from about 1845 I think.
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