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Formally defined in 1665. In origin, these were seed-measures of land; compare the chart of Swedish measures of dry capacity.
2 |
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halvspannland |
2 |
4 |
|||||
2 |
4 |
8 |
|||||
| 4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
||||
| 1¾ |
7 |
14 |
28 |
56 |
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square aln |
250 |
437.5 |
1750 |
3500 |
7000 |
14,000 |
|
| square fot |
4 |
1000 |
1750 |
7000 |
14000 |
28.000 |
56,000 |
| 881.5 |
0.353 |
88.15 |
154.27 |
617.071 |
1234.1 |
2,468.3 |
4,936.6 |
A second system of assessing land value for tax purposes was based on the land’s monetary value, rather than geometric area. The names are the names of coins.
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markland |
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öreland |
8 |
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örtugland |
3 |
24 |
|
penningland |
8 |
24 |
192 |
Additional land area units are given in the entry on the tunnland.
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