Area
- mål – 100 kvadrat rode, 984 m². The unit survives to this day, but in a 1000 m² adaptation, synonym for the metric decare (dekar in Norwegian).
- kvadrat rode – square stang, 9.84 m²
- tønneland – "barrel of land", 4 mål
Read more about this topic: Norwegian Units Of Measurement
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—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
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