Swedish units of measurement

In Sweden, a common system for weights and measures was introduced by law in 1665. Before that, there were a number of local variants. The system was slightly revised in 1735. In 1855, a decimal reform was instituted that defined a new Swedish inch as 1/10 foot. Up to the middle of the 19th century there was a law allowing for the imposition of the death penalty for falsifying weights or measures. Sweden adopted the metric system in 1889. Only the mil has been preserved, now measuring 10km, however.

Length

Area

Volume

unit relation to previous metric value Imperial Value
pot - 0.966 L 0.85 Qt
tunna 2 spann -
ankare - 39.26 L 34.56 Qt
ohm 155 pottor 149.73 L 131.806 Qt
storfavn - 3770 L (3.77 m³) 3318.662 Qt (829.666 Gal)
kubikkfavn - 5850 L (5.85 m³) 5149.64 Qt (1287.41 Gal)

Weight

unit relation to previous metric value Imperial Value
skeppspund 20 lispund 170.03 kg 375.426 Lb
bismerpund 12 skålpund 5.101 kg. 11.263 Lb
lispund 20 skålpund 8.502 kg 18.771 Lb
skålpund 2 mark 0.42507 kg 0.937 LB
mark 50 ort 212.5 g 7.496 Oz
ort 4.2508 g 65.6 Gr

Nautical

unit relationship metric value Imperial Value
kabellängd (old) 100 famnar 178 m 195 Yd
kabellängd (modern) 1/10 nautisk mil 185.2 m 202.5 Yd
nautisk mil 1852 m 2025 Yd
distansminut 1852 m 2025 Yd
kvartmil (old) 1/4 sjömil 1852m 2025 Yd
sjömil (old) 7408 m 8101 Yd
sjömil (modern) 1852 m 2025 Yd

Monetary

See also

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