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class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the metric unit used in Norway and Sweden. For the imperial unit, see <a href="/wiki/Mile#International" title="Mile">international mile</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Mile_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Mile (disambiguation)">Mile (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vattholma_2012d.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vattholma_2012d.jpg/220px-Vattholma_2012d.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vattholma_2012d.jpg/330px-Vattholma_2012d.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Vattholma_2012d.jpg/440px-Vattholma_2012d.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4928" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Milestone" title="Milestone">milestone</a> in Sweden.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>Scandinavian mile</b> (<a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">mil</i>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[miːl]</span>, <a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>: <i lang="fi">peninkulma</i>) is a unit of length common in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, to a lesser extent in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>, but not <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>. Today, it is standardised as 1 <span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span> being 10 <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">kilometres</a> (6.2 <a href="/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">miles</a>), but it had different values in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-snl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word is derived from the same <a href="/wiki/Mile#Roman" title="Mile">Roman source</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">English mile</a>. In Norway and Sweden, the <a href="/wiki/Mile#International" title="Mile">international mile</a> is formally called "English mile" (<span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">engelsk mil</i></span>), although it is sometimes just referred to by the English word <i>mile</i>. However, in situations where confusion may arise it is more common for Scandinavians to describe distances in terms of the official <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">SI unit</a> <a href="/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">kilometre</a>. </p><p>This modern definition of 10 kilometres (km) is equivalent to the obsolete <a href="/wiki/Myriametre" class="mw-redirect" title="Myriametre">myriametre</a>, which was once <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/myriam%C3%A8tre" class="extiw" title="fr:myriamètre">used in France</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish_mile">Danish mile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Danish mile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Danish mile was defined as 7,532.4 m (24,713 ft), equivalent to 4 minutes of latitude. It is no longer in use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish_mile">Swedish mile</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Swedish mile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_miles">County miles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: County miles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early history, Sweden had various regional miles with their own measurements. Later on, such miles were generally defined by county (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: <i lang="sv">landskapsmil</i>, "county miles"). Some noteworthy county miles are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dalarna" title="Dalarna">Dala</a> mile – 14,485 m (9.00 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finnish</a> mile (<span title="Finnish-language text"><i lang="fi">peninkulma</i></span>) – around 6 km (3.73 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%C3%A5land" title="Småland">Småland</a> mile – around 7 km (4.35 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppland" title="Uppland">Uppland</a> mile – 10,688.54 m (6.64 mi) = 3,600 <a href="/wiki/Rod_(unit)" title="Rod (unit)">Swedish rods</a> = 6,000 <a href="/wiki/Fathom" title="Fathom">Swedish fathoms</a> = 18,000 <a href="/wiki/Ell" title="Ell">Swedish ells</a> = 36,000 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">Swedish feet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4stra_G%C3%B6taland_County" title="Västra Götaland County">Västgöta</a> mile – around 13 km (8.08 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%85ngermanland" title="Ångermanland">Ångermanland</a> mile – 11,875 m (7.38 mi) = 6,666 <a href="/wiki/Fathom" title="Fathom">Swedish fathoms</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unity_mile">Unity mile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Unity mile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1649 the Swedish government made the Uppland mile the de facto Swedish mile, or "unity mile" (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">enhetsmil</i></span>), for all of Sweden, also known as "land mile" or "long mile". It could be divided into four "quarter ways" (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">fjärdingsväg</i></span>, "firkin way"), describing a quarter of a unity mile. </p><p>Old regional miles still persisted across Sweden in the 18th century and regional variations of rod, fathom, ell and foot also caused regional variation to the unity mile. This became apparent with the <a href="/wiki/Swedish-Norwegian_union" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish-Norwegian union">Swedish-Norwegian union</a> in 1814, were the different definitions of foot in made the unity mile 11,295 m (37,057 ft) in Norway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metric_mile">Metric mile</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Metric mile"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Metric_system" title="Metric system">metric system</a> was introduced, the <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i> was redefined to be exactly 10 km (6.2 mi). The metric system was <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Parliament%27s_adoption_of_the_metric_system" title="Norwegian Parliament's adoption of the metric system">introduced in Norway in 1875</a> and Sweden in 1889, after a decision by the parliament in 1876 and a ten-year transition period from 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Metric_system" title="Metric system">metric system</a> in 1887, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland" title="Grand Duchy of Finland">Grand Duchy of Finland</a> decided to redefine the old Finnish mile <i>peninkulma</i> (<a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>: <i lang="et">penikoorem</i>, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%B5ro_language" title="Võro language">Võro</a>: <i lang="vro">pinikuurma</i>), which was based on the Swedish mile, to also be 10 km (6.2 mi). In Finland, however, it has been much less in use than in Sweden and Norway. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i> is currently not used on <a href="/wiki/Road_signs" class="mw-redirect" title="Road signs">road signs</a>, and kilometre is the standard for most formal written distances. However, it is very common in <a href="/wiki/Colloquialism" title="Colloquialism">colloquial speech</a>, including 5 km, which is referred to in Swedish as "half a <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i>" (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">en halvmil</i></span>). The <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i> has however not lost all formal uses. Various tax deductions, for example regarding distance travelled for business purposes, are measured in <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i> by the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Tax_Agency" title="Swedish Tax Agency">Swedish Tax Agency</a> (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">Skatteverket</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also used in the most common unit for measuring vehicle fuel consumption – "litres per <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i>" – and in Sweden in second-hand car advertisements, where <a href="/wiki/Odometer" title="Odometer">odometer</a> readings are often quoted in <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i> though the car itself records kilometres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Metric_farsang">Metric farsang<span class="anchor" id="Metric_farsang"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Metric farsang"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, an indigenous unit of measurement, equivalent to the Scandinavian mile, is used, known as <i>farsang</i>. It is originally a Persian unit of measurement, equivalent to the European <a href="/wiki/League_(unit)" title="League (unit)">league</a>, known as <i><a href="/wiki/Parasang" title="Parasang">parasang</a></i> (4.8 or 5.6 km). It was redefined in Iran as 10 kilometer on 31 May 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The older Iranian farsang survives regionally as farsakh-song. In Tyrkey there is a "light farsang" defined as 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), similar to the Scandinavian forest mile. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_Scandinavian_miles">Other Scandinavian miles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other Scandinavian miles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beyond the normal mile, there was also a "forest mile" (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">skogsmil</i></span>) that was half as long as the normal <i><span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">mil</i></span></i>, i.e. a bit over 5 km (3.1 mi), and equal to an even older unit of measurement, the <span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">rast</i></span> ('rest', 'pause'), so named since it was seen as the distance a man would normally be able to walk between rests,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-snl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> corresponding to the <a href="/wiki/League_(unit)" title="League (unit)">league</a> in other countries. </p><p>There was also a "fell mile" (<span title="Swedish-language text"><i lang="sv">fjällmil</i></span>, see <a href="/wiki/Fell" title="Fell">fell</a>) which was almost double the normal mile, i.e. just under 20 km (12 mi). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_literature">In literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Naomi_Mitchison" title="Naomi Mitchison">Naomi Mitchison</a>, in her autobiographic book <i>You May Well Ask</i>, relates an experience during a walking tour in Sweden: "Over in <a href="/wiki/Gotland" title="Gotland">Gotland</a> I walked again, further than I would have if I had realized that the milestones were in old Swedish miles, so that my disappointing three-mile walk along the cold sea edge under the strange ancient fortifications was really fifteen English miles".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danish_units_of_measurement" title="Danish units of measurement">Danish units of measurement</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scandinavian_mile&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-snl-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-snl_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-snl_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snl.no/mil">snl.no</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hhogman.se/old-units-of-measurement-sweden.htm#xl_Linear_Measure">Old Swedish Units of Measurement - 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