Fjerding
Fjerding was a Scandinavian volume measure. It was the quarter ton in Danish. The measure was also used in Sweden and Finland . There are slight differences.
- 1 spring = 34.744 liters
The dimensional chain was
- 1 Tønne = 4 Kvarter ( Fjerdinger ) = 8 Skjepper = 16 Settinger = 32 Fjerdingkar = 64 Åttinger = 144 Potter = 576 Peler = 138.96 liters
literature
- Helge Frøyset: Bygdebok for Eidsberg and Mysen. Volume 1, Eidsberg og Mysen Historielag, 1959, p. 12.
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 6. Leipzig 1906, p. 644.
- Jan W. Krohn-Holm: Hedrum bygdebok: Gårder and slekter i Hedrum so. Hedrum Kommune, 1978, p. 13, ISBN 978-82990-513-09 .
- Lorens Berg: Brunlanes: Inntil 1830-50. Gunnar Christie Wasberg, 1979, p. 8.