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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 == * ''aln'' – Forearm (cf. Ell) (pl. ''alnar''). After 1863, 59.37 cm. 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, 1/4 ''aln'' * ''fot'' – Foot, 1/2 ''aln''. Before 1863, the Stockholm ''fot'' was the commonly accepted unit, at 29.69 cm. * ''linje'' – Line, after 1863 1/10 ''tum'', 2.96 mm. Before that, 1/12 ''tum'' or 2.06 mm. * ''mil'' – Mile, also ''lantmil''. From 1699, defined as a unity mile of 18000 ''aln'' or 10.69 km. The unified mile was meant to define the suitable distance between inns. (The current Swedish mil is 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 16 km * ''skogsmil'' – Also ''rast'', distance between rests in the woods, approx 5 km. * ''fjärdingsväg'' – 1/4 ''mil'' * ''stenkast'' – Stone's throw, approx 50 m, used to this day as an approximate measure. * ''ref'' – 160 ''fot'', for land measurement, was 100 ''fot'' after 1855. * ''stång'' – 16 ''fot'', for land measurement * ''tum'' – Thumb (inch), 1/12 ''fot'', 2.474 cm. After 1863 1/10 ''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, 4 inches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swedish units of measurement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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