Alen (unit of length)

Alen , Aln , Alin or Öln is a traditional Scandinavian unit of length similar to the Elle in German .

Here 1 alen is about 60 cm. The Danish and Norwegian Alen corresponded to a length of 62.77 cm, the Swedish Alen a length of 59.38 cm.

• Iceland 1 Alin / Öln = 252.964 Paris lines = 0.570643 meters
• Norway 1 Alen = 2 Fod = 0.6275266 meters
• Denmark 1 Alen / Aln = 278.25 Paris lines = 0.625 meters

These ales were divided into halves, quarters, eighths and so on. Alen was always double the measure of the foot .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Um hina fornu íslensku alin ; an article in the yearbook of the Icelandic Archaeological Society 1910
2. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 267
3. ^ Hermann Haack: Geographisches Jahrbuch . Volume 1, Geographisch-Kartographische Anstalt Gotha, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1866, p. XVI
4. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 272
5. ↑ Christian Nelkenbrecher: JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 227