Alen or aln is a traditional

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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

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''fod''). The Swedish aln was 59.38 centimeters.

References

For a full list of old Danish measures, and their metric equivalents, see thi
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