Swedes uses international standard for units. (See also ISO8601 for date & time.)
The International System is called the SI from the first two initials of its French name Système International d'Unités and is maintained by a small agency in Paris, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM, for Bureau International des Poids et Mesures). www.bipm.fr/en (in English; www.bipm.fr for French).
Common Units
| Physical quantity | Name | Symbol | B|D | Notes |
| Length, distance | metre | m | base | |
| Mass, weight | kilogram | kg | base | |
| Time | second | s | base | |
| Electric current | ampere | A | base | |
| Electric potential difference | volt | V | der. | W/A |
| Temperature | degree Celsius | °C | der. | base unit is kelvin (K) |
| Energy | joule | J | der. | N · m |
| Force | newton | N | der. | |
| Frequency | hertz | Hz | der. | s–1 |
| Power | watt | W | der. | J/s |
| Pressure | pascal | Pa | der. | N/m2 |
(B|D indicate if Base unit -there a seven base units - or Derived unit)
Also: More Details on SI Units - SwedeTeam
Read More, Sources
- More Details on SI Units - SwedeTeam
- Prefixes - SwedeTeam
- What's a Billion - SwedeTeam
- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures). www.bipm.fr/en (in English; www.bipm.fr for French).
- NIST: The International System of Units (SI) - NIST Special Publication 330 2008 Edition (PDF; in SI section)
Wikipedia on SI
- ISO 31 - Quantities and Units - SwedeTeam
- Microsoft nls information page
- CONVERSION TABLES (big file, around 82kB)
- Many conversion tools exist on the Net but Google alone is great!
Simply type your requested conversion into Google's search field. Examples:
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