Rymdmått (våta varor)
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Tunna
1 tunna = 4 fjärding = 48 kannor = 125,6 liter
Ankare
- 1 ankare = 1/4 åm = 15 kannor = 39,25 liter. Often used as a measure of wine, beer and spirits. The measure was official 1665
Fjärding
- 1 fjärding = 12 kannor = 31,4 liter.
Kanna
- 1 kanna = 2 stop = 2,62 liter.
- Old Swedish space dimensions for both wet as dry goods. According to the 1665 rules 1 kanna = 2.617 liters. For wet products were 1 kanna = 1/48 tunna = 2 stop = 8 kvarter = 32 jungfrur. For dry goods was 1 kanna = 1/56 tunna (for dry goods) = 4/7 kappe.
Stop
- 1 stop = 4 kvarter = 1/2 kanna = 1,3 liter
Kvarter
- 1 kvarter = 1/8 kanna = ¼ stop = 4 jungfru = 32,7 cl.
- Today, the size is closest to a soda bottle.
Jungfru
- 1 jungfru = ¼ kvarter = 1/16 stop =1/32 kanna = 8,2 cl.
- Used mostly for liquor. The official name was ort. The name jungfru ("virgin") is considered to be derived from the shape of the measure which was often conceived as a truncated cone and could resemble a woman, a virgin, with an ankle-length skirt.
See Old measures & measurements
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