9 km before 1541. mil – Norwegian mile, spelled miil prior to 1862, 18000 alen or 11.295 km. Before 1683, a mil was defined as 17600 alen or 11.13 km. The unit survives to this day, but in a metric 10 km adaptation landmil – Old land-mile, 11.824 km. Area kvadrat rode – Square stang, 9.84 m2 mål – 100 kvadrat rode, 984 m2. The unit survives to this day, but in a metric 1000 m2 adaptation. tønneland – "Barrel of land", 4 mål Volume skjeppe – tønne, i.e. 17.4 L. tønne – Barrel, 139.2 L. favn – 1 alen by 1 favn by 1 favn, 2.232 m3, used for measuring firewood to this day. Weight ort – 0.9735 g merke – From Roman pound, (pl. merker), 249.4 g, 218.7 g before 1683. pund – Pound, alt. skålpund, 2 merker 0.4984 kg, was 0.46665 kg before 1683 bismerpund – 12 pund, 5.9808 kg vette – 28.8 mark or 6.2985 kg. laup – alt. 'spann', used for butter, 17.93 kg (approx. 16.2 L). våg – skippund, 17.9424 kg. skippund – Ships pound, 159.488 kg. Was defined as 151.16 kg in 1270. Nautical favn – Fathom (pl. favner), 3 alen, 1.88 m kabellengde – cable length, 100 favner, 185.2 m kvartmil – Quarter mile, 10 kabellengder, 1852 m sjømil – Sea mile, 4 kvartmil, 7408 m, defined as Equatorial degree. Monetary skilling – Shilling, see riksdaler and speciedaler. ort – See riksdaler and speciedaler. riksdaler – Until 1813, Norwegian thaler. 1 riksdaler is 4 ort or 6 mark or 96 skilling. speciedaler – Since 1816. 1 speciedaler is 5 ort or 120 skilling. From 1876, 1 speciedaler is 4 kroner (Norwegian crown, NOK). Miscellaneous tylft – 12, also dusin snes – 20 stort hundre – Large hundred, 120 gross – 144 Portuguese system The various systems of weights and measures used in Portugal until the 19th century combine remote Roman influences with medieval influences from northern Europe and Islam.The Roman and northern European influences were more present in the north. The Islamic influence was more present in the south of the country. Fundamental units like the and the were imported by the northwest of Portugal in the 11th century, before the country became independent of León. The gradual long-term process of standardization of weights and measures in Portugal is documented mainly since the mid-14th century. In 1352, municipalities requested standardization in a