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Weights & Measures

Helpful converstions between imperial and metric systems

The Scandinavian countries use the metric system. As such, all driving distances and speed limits are posted in kilometres.

Below you’ll find imperial to metric conversions and vice versa.

Imperial to metric conversions

Imperial Metric
1 inch (UK and US) = 2.54 cm
1 foot / 12 inches (UK and US) = 30.48 cm
1 mile (UK and US) = 1.6 km
1 acre (UK and US) = 4,05 m2
1 knot (International) = 1.85 km/h
1 pint (UK) = 0.56 litre
1 pound (lb UK and US) = 0.45 kg
1 ounce (oz UK and US) = 28.35 g

Metric to imperial conversions

Metric Imperial
1 centimetre (cm) = 0.40 inch
1 metre (m) = 3.28 feet (1.09 yards)
1 kilometre (km) = 0.6 miles
1 litre (l) = 2.1 pints
1 gram (g) = 0.035 ounces
1 kilogram (kg) = 2.2 pounds (lbs)

 

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