# alen

> traditional Scandinavian unit of distance similar to the north German elle; roughly 60 centimeters

**Wikidata**: [Q471978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q471978)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alen_(unit_of_length))  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/alen-q471978-2


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013