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Driving in Sweden
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Right
50 / 70 / 110 km/h · 31 / 43 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
Not required
EU, UK and US licences are valid for visits.
0.02% - effectively zero tolerance
Congestion charges in Stockholm and Gothenburg, plus a few bridges including the Öresund to Denmark. Charges are billed to the plate and passed on by rental firms.
Mandatory at all times, day and night, year-round.
Mandatory under 135 cm; rear-facing seats until age four are the strongly enforced norm.
Wildlife is the defining hazard - elk collisions are common and serious, and reindeer wander freely across roads in Lapland. Drive slowly at dawn and dusk. Winter tyres are legally required from December to March and studded tyres are normal in the north.