Swedish units of measurement

Old length units

• aln – Forearm . 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.
• kvarter – Quarter, aln
• fot – Foot, 1/2 aln. Before 1863, the Stockholm fot was the commonly accepted unit, at.
• linje – Line, after 1863 tum,. Before that, tum or 2.06 mm.
• mil – Mile, also lantmil. From 1699, defined as a unity mile of 18000 alnar or. The unified mile was meant to define the suitable distance between inns.
• 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 – Also 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, fot, 2.474 cm. After 1863 fot, 2.96 cm, not much accepted by professional users in mechanics and carpentry who later switched to English inch and metric system.
• tvärhand – Hand, 4 inches.

  Old area units

• kannaland – 1000 fot ², or
• kappland –.
• spannland – 16 kappland
• tunnland – 2 spannland or, about 1 acre
• kvadratmil – Square mil, 36 million square favnar, from 1739.
• hektar - 100x100m, still commonly used for land area of farms.

  Old volume units

Old weight units

• mark – 1/2 skålpund. Was used from the Viking era, when it was approx..

  Old nautical units

Nautical units still in use

Old monetary units

• daler – From 1534, Swedish thaler. From 1873, replaced by the krona.
• riksdaler – From 1624, daler, from 1681 2 daler, from 1715 3 daler, from 1776 6 daler
• skilling – From 1776, riksdaler
• mark – From 1534, daler. From 1604, daler.
• öre – From 1534, mark. Subsequently replaced by the skilling, but from 1855 reintroduced as riksdaler.