This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Obsolete Finnish units of measurement" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(March 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
The obsolete Finnish units of measurement consist mostly of a variety of units traditionally used in Finland that are similar to those that were traditionally used in other countries and are still used in the United Kingdom (imperial units) and the United States (United States customary units).
Very few of these units are sometimes still used in everyday speech and even when buying and measuring things as shorthand for similar amounts in the metric system. For example, kappa (sometimes called isokappa) is still used at markets to measure exactly five liters of potatoes. When ordering firewood, some customers (and even dealers) use syli to refer to a cubic meter, but some old people use the term to refer to various much larger amounts of firewood.
Most Finnish obsolete units of measurement were identical to Swedish units of measurement, including units of length being based on the Swedish "foot" (29.69 cm) that was defined in 1605, since Finland was part of Sweden from the Middle Ages to 1809, but later some Russian units were also used.
The measurements were first standardized by law in 1665 and were revised in 1735. Before this, measurements often varied between towns. The king's bailiff in the town of Porvoo, for example, used two sets of measures: a big one for collecting tax in kind from the populace and a smaller set to remit the assets to the king, keeping the difference for himself.[citation needed] However, nowadays the proverb mitata Porvoon mitalla (to measure in Porvoo units) has a positive meaning of measuring in excess or generously.
Certain units were standardized to the metric system in 1861, and Finland fully converted to the metric system in 1880.
and 19 Related for: Obsolete Finnish units of measurement information
The obsoleteFinnishunitsofmeasurement consist mostly of a variety ofunits traditionally used in Finland that are similar to those that were traditionally...
regions. For unitsofmeasurement that are unusual but not necessarily obsolete, see List of unusual unitsofmeasurement. For unitsofmeasurement that are...
of a peninkulma, the Finnish language name for the pre-metric Swedish mil, used in Finland since the early 17th century (see ObsoleteFinnishunits of...
Danish unitsofmeasurement snl.no Old Swedish UnitsofMeasurement - Linear Measure Suureet ja yksiköt. SI-mittayksikköjärjestelmäQuantities and units. The...
Similar units: 1,066.8 m – verst, see also obsolete Russian unitsofmeasurement The mile is still used in a variety of idioms, even in English-speaking countries...
Greek unitsofmeasurement Anthropic units Bathymetry English units Hvat Imperial units International System ofUnits United States customary units Sounding...
device used as part of ear surgery Arcsecond, 1⁄60 arcminute, a unitof angular measurement Attosecond or as, 10−18 second, a subunit of time Attosiemens...
Thulium, a chemical element with obsolete symbol Tu Translation unit, a single cognitive unitof text Translation unit (programming), the ultimate input...
SI derived unit for angular measurement which is defined as a thousandth of a radian (0.001 radian). Milliradians are used in adjustment of firearm sights...
cubit being roughly between 46–60 centimetres (18–24 in) The standard measurementof the biblical mile, or what is sometimes called tǝḥūm šabbat (Sabbath...
name which is nowadays considered archaic and the word consequently is obsolete. The contemporary Khanty term is "пелəк (pelək)" half. Another inscription...
ISBN 91-36-03157-7. Extensive list of Dutch measures Dictionary ofUnitsofMeasurementUnitsof measure Unit systems Mile measurements Old unitsof measure English Customary...
A mantal (Finnish: manttaali) is an obsoleteunit once used in Finland and Sweden to measure the size and productivity of a piece of land. In the 1900s...
is a type of energy recovery heat exchanger positioned within the supply and exhaust air streams of air-handling units or rooftop units or in the exhaust...
suppress the use of terms widely considered to be obsolete, inaccurate, or racist. During the latter half of the 20th century and the rise of the Indian rights...
(restaurant chain), in Finland Rolls Razor, a British safety razor and washing machine manufacturer Roll, a British obsoleteunitofmeasurement for butter and...
Sea region. These included deliveries of significant numbers of Brown Bess-muskets for use in the Finnish War of 1808 to 1809. During the Musket Wars (1820s–30s)...
combat obsolete.[citation needed] As a result of this BVR-only mindset reached its zenith in the early 1960s, nearly all USAF fighter pilots and WSO's of the...
Global Information