Alen or aln is a traditional
Scandinavia
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n unit of distance similar to the north German
elle: roughly 60 centimeters. The Danish alen,
[Danish English Dictionary - Høst & Søn, Copenhagen] also used in Norway, was equal to 62.77
centimeters (2
Danish ''fod''). The Swedish aln was 59.38 centimeters.
References
For a full list of old Danish measures, and their metric equivalents, see thi
Danish website
Units of length
Obsolete units of measurement
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