A våg (plural ''våger'')Språkrådet. ''Bokmålsordboka'': våg.
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mass Mass is an Intrinsic and extrinsic properties, intrinsic property of a physical body, body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the physical quantity, quantity of matter in a body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physi ...

. The standardized ''landsvåg'', which was introduced in

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with the new system of weights and measures in 1875, corresponded to three '' bismerpund'', or . The ''våg'' was used in

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, and

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, but it varied in weight. Previously, it was often reckoned as 72

marks Marks may refer to: Business * Mark's, a Canadian retail chain * Marks & Spencer, a British retail chain * Collective trade marks A collective trademark, collective trade mark, or collective mark is a trademark owned by an organization (such ...

or approximately .Richter-Hanssen, Einar. 2015. The History of the Norwegian–Spanish Salted Fish Trade. In: Knut Bjørn Lindkvist & Torbjørn Trondsen (eds), ''Nordic-Iberian Cod Value Chains: Explaining Salted Fish Trade Patterns'', pp. 23–40. Heidelberg: Springer, p. 27.Brøndum-Nielsen, Johannes. 1936. ''Nordisk kultur''. Stockholm: Bonnier, p. 107. In

Sunnmøre Sunnmøre (, ) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities () of Fjord, Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Sande, Haram, Stranda Mu ...

the ''våg'' was equivalent to three '' lispund'' or about , but in

Sunnhordland Sunnhordland is a traditional district in the western region of Norway. The district consists of the southern coastal regions of the old Hordaland county (now part of Vestland county). It includes the areas that surround the mouth of the Harda ...

it was reckoned as three '' spann'' or 90 marks; that is, about .

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