Swedish mile

British  

noun

1. a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres

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Swedish mile

Accordingly he descended the river in great force and fume, and erected a rival fortress just one Swedish mile below Fort Casimir, to which he gave the name of Helsenburg.

From Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Washington Irving

For the distance of a quarter of a Swedish mile it is surrounded with fertile corn-fields, which are bounded by hills, and the view is terminated by spacious forests.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Carl von Linn?

We had nearly a Swedish mile, and it was just dark when we descended to the Umeå River, across whose solid surface we drove, and up a steep bank into the town.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

Now a Swedish mile is nearly equal to seven English, so that the station was at least twenty miles long.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism by William Patten

The expense, including the postillions and other incidental things, does not amount to more than a shilling the Swedish mile.

From Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft