A Scandinavian mile (Norwegian and Swedish: mil, [miːl], Finnish: peninkulma) is a unit of length common in Norway and Sweden, to a lesser extent in Finland, but not Denmark. Today, it is standardised as 1 mil being 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), but it had different values in the past.[1][2][3]
The word is derived from the same Roman source as the English mile. In Norway and Sweden, the international mile is formally called "English mile" (engelsk mil), although it is sometimes just referred to by the English word mile. However, in situations where confusion may arise it is more common for Scandinavians to describe distances in terms of the official SI unit kilometre.
This modern definition of 10 kilometres (km) is equivalent to the obsolete myriametre, which was once used in France.
- ^ snl.no
- ^ Old Swedish Units of Measurement - Linear Measure
- ^ Suureet ja yksiköt. SI-mittayksikköjärjestelmäQuantities and units. The International System of Units (SI)