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At what time of day on which day of which year did Sweden change from driving on the left hand side to the right hand side of the road?

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Hello David, since 5 am Sept. 3, 1967, Sweden has right hand traffic.
There is still a few "resistant pockets" with left hand driving, mainly associated with bus and tram operations. I know of two places in Stockholm, where buses go "wrong way" because of the road and traffic situation, which hasn't been possible yet to rebuild.

More info about the left-to-right change can be found at:

http://www.docs.uu.se/~ei96pem/Hogertrafik/Hogertrafik.htm

Mainly in Swedish, but with a summary in English.

Hope this helps,
Best regards

Michael  

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