The Swedish units of length included the following: •
aln – "forearm" (cf.
ell) (pl.
alnar). After 1863, . Before that, from 1605, 59.38 cm as defined by King
Carl IX of Sweden in
Norrköping 1604, based on
Rydaholmsalnen. •
famn – "
fathom", 3
alnar. •
fot – "foot",
aln. Before 1863, the
Stockholm fot was the commonly accepted unit, at . •
kvarter – "quarter",
aln. •
tum or
verktum – "inch",
kvarter or
fot, making it . •
linje – "line", after 1863
tum, . Before that,
tum or 2.06 mm. •
mil – "mile", also
lantmil. From 1699, defined as a unity mile of
alnar or . The unified mile was meant to define the suitable distance between inns. After the 1889 metric conversion the
Swedish mil is defined as exactly 10
kilometers. •
nymil – "new mile" from 1889, 10 km exactly. Commonly used to this day, only referred to as
mil. •
kyndemil – the distance a torch will last, approx . •
skogsmil,
rast – distance between rests in the woods, approx. . •
fjärdingsväg –
mil. •
stenkast – "stone's throw", about , used to this day as an approximate measure. •
rev – 160
fot, for land measurement, was 100
fot after 1855. •
stång – 16
fot, for land measurement. •
tum – "thumb" (inch),
fot, . After 1863
decimaltum,
fot, 2.96 cm, not much accepted by professional users in mechanics and carpentry who later switched to English inch (2.54 cm, abandoned only late 20th century) and metric system. •
tvärhand – "hand", . == Old area units ==