Cheapest€18.49
- Strömma Turism & Sjöfart ST897108:5210h 30m19:22Frihamnen, StockholmCykelfärjan Dessi
Door to door 12hCO2 36.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Stockholm to Kalmar ferry
Ferries from Stockholm to Kalmar start at €19.04 and take 11h at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Stockholm to Kalmar on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Stockholm to Kalmar starts at €19.04 and takes 11h door to door, run by 1 operator over 313 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 11hDoor to door
- 9h 30mMoving
- €19.04 to €47.64From
- 06:25 to 19:34First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 36.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€19.04 to €47.64 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €36.09Wed16
- about €47.64Thu17
- about €37.19Fri18
- about €34.99Sat19
- about €37.19Sun20
- about €29.49Mon21
- about €23.99Tue22
- about €23.99Wed23
- about €30.04Thu24
- about €30.59Fri25
- about €28.39Sat26
- about €30.59Sun27
- about €26.19Mon28
- about €19.04Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strömma Turism & Sjöfart | €18.49 | 10h 38m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
The ferry gets you into Kalmar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kalmar for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Stockholm to Kalmar
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.0490 days
- €19.5960 days
- €19.5945 days
- €21.2430 days
- €18.4921 days
- €19.0414 days
- €23.997 days
- €37.193 days
- €36.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €18.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 101 percent. The most expensive point is €37.19, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €30.59Sun
- €26.19Mon
- €19.04Tue
- €23.99Wed
- €30.04Thu
- €30.59Fri
- €28.39Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Stockholm
Ferry
- Frihamnen, Stockholm
- STOCKHOLM (ALL PORTS)
- STOCKHOLM (STADSGÅRDEN)
- STOCKHOLM (VÄRTAHAMMEN)
- Stockholm Vartahamnen
Kalmar
Ferry
- Cykelfärjan Dessi
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 313 km against 313 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Oskarshamn, Västervik, Södertälje, Haninge. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Stockholm at 06:25 and the last at 19:34, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h | 50m | 3h 10m | €33.18 | 79.5 kg | 8 |
| Ferry | 11h | 9h 30m | 1h 30m | €19.04 | 36.0 kg | 10 |
Questions about Stockholm to Kalmar
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar take?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar takes 11h door to door, of which 9h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 313 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar cost?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar starts at €19.04 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €24.54. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar?
1 operators run the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar: Strömma Turism & Sjöfart. Between them they file around 10 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar use?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar leaves from Frihamnen, Stockholm and arrives at Cykelfärjan Dessi. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Ferry the best way from Stockholm to Kalmar?
Traveling from Stockholm to Kalmar by Flight costs €33.18 and takes 4h door to door, against 11h by Ferry. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar?
Fares for the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €18.49. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 101 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar produce?
The Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar produces about 36.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 313 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar?
Operators on the Ferry from Stockholm to Kalmar publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Stockholm to Kalmar on September 15, 2026: 313 km of route against 313 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.04, and 11h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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