| Title: | All about Scandinavia |
| Moderator: | TLE::SAVAGE |
| Created: | Wed Dec 11 1985 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
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I have a question about distances (units of measure) in Sweden. In my Praktisches Lehrbook Schwedisch, my swedish tutorial in German that I am learning from, there is a short reading assignment about the Vasaloppet Which the reading says is some sort of footrace the first Sunday in March. It says that the length is "nio svenska mil" which translates to nine swedish miles. Anyway, it says that professional runners take about 5 hours to run this and that normal folks take up to 12 hours to complete it. Anway, knowing that professional runners complete a marathon in about 2-3 hours and that a marathon is 26 miles, 385 yards, as measured in the US, I was wondering what a swedish mile is if it takes twice as long for a profi to finish 9 swed. miles as it takes them to do 26 US miles. Thanks Chad
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| 401.1 | Something on those feet besides running shoes | MLTVAX::SAVAGE | Neil @ Spit Brook | Wed Jun 27 1990 12:49 | 10 |
As I recollect, a Swedish mile is 10 km, or 10,000 m. In contrast, a
traditional American (statute) 'mile' is 1609 m, so there would be 6.2
American statute 'miles' in a Swedish mile.
[When I last counted, Americans and Sri Lankans were the only
technologically advanced people using irrational systems of measure,
not based on the international system of units.]
For more information on the history and description on the Vassaloppet,
see Note 57.
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| 401.2 | skiing | NORGE::CHAD | Ich glaube Ich t�te Ich h�tte | Wed Jun 27 1990 15:38 | 9 |
Anyway, I'll plead ignorance. So the Vasaloppet is a Xcountry ski race. My story didn't mention once that it was skiing and not running and the German words used to translate the vocabulary were all words that could be used for running. thanks for the answer about the swedish mile Chad | |||||
| 401.3 | Confirmation and a slight addition to .1 | COOKIE::PBERGH | Peter Bergh, DTN 523-3007 | Wed Jun 27 1990 17:31 | 15 |
<<< Note 401.1 by MLTVAX::SAVAGE "Neil @ Spit Brook" >>>
-< Something on those feet besides running shoes >-
>> As I recollect, a Swedish mile is 10 km, or 10,000 m. In contrast, a
>> traditional American (statute) 'mile' is 1609 m, so there would be 6.2
>> American statute 'miles' in a Swedish mile.
This is correct.
>> [When I last counted, Americans and Sri Lankans were the only
>> technologically advanced people using irrational systems of measure,
>> not based on the international system of units.]
You are forgetting Burma and Liberia, two countries that, together with the US,
are among the world's technical leaders. :-)
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