Dagen H, 3 september 1967, del 1 

Jag var 13 år den soliga morgonen den 3 september 1967, jag hoppade upp på min cykel och begav mig som vanligt till skolan, hade helt glömt bort högertrafiken och blev stoppad av en polis, som vänligt påpekade att jag cyklade på fel sida :)

It was a sensible decision for Sweden to switch driving sides in 1967. Waiting longer would've just made things more difficult and expensive as the number of vehicles increased and more roads were built. Continuing to drive on the left, while in the midst of all of the rest of Europe which was already on the right, would have been foolish.

I have a memory of riding with my grandfather sometime before the changeover and trying to pass a truck on a two-lane country road. Absolutely terrifying not being able to see the oncoming traffic.

The music in this video is so calming

Oh, was schöne alte Filmaufnahmen von Slussen! Ich liebe so alte Filme !

Bästa beslutet någonsin tagits i Sverige

Almost all cars had left hand steering before the switch

Way too expensive to change over in The UK. Sweden was sparsely populated back then with few cars (by comparison to UK), plus they already had LHD cars so much easier. To change every sign and road marking, re set all the traffic lights and even physically chance some road junctions would be impossible with 35 million cars registered on UK roads. Even 20 years after Sweden changed there were some horrendous road junctions to contend with as they were originally designed for driving on the left.

Slussen, detta gamla och komplicerade trafiksystem...säger berättarrösten anno 1967. Idag 2014 så ser det likadant ut om än med högertrafik.

Mycket intressant video. Tack för uppläggningen! Jag var 12 år gammal på dagen H och åkte med pappa från Axvall till Skara

Yes. Gibraltar is a British overseas territory, but it changed to driving on the right in 1929 because it has a land border with Spain - even the Governor's car is left hand drive. Other than that, everything else looks British. However, Hong Kong and Macau stll drive on the left, and to enter mainland China you drive through a special road that loops round. Swedish trains still drive on the left, though they switch to the right in Malmö before they go over the bridge into Denmark.

I want to go to Sweden so bad!!!!!

Compared to the left hand countries like Great Britain, New Zeeland, Australia, Japan and India, there are fewer lethal accidents in Sweden

It started changing over in the 1890s, some parts changed to driving on the right, while others kept driving on the left until 1926. Apparently, rural areas drove on the right, conservative cities drove on the left, and radical ones drove on the right.

Can anyone provide English subtitles for what is said? I don’t speak Swedish.

My svenska is limited to null. Some of the comments I can understand. The audio is still challenging.

One theory is that US cars were popular, and they weren't widely available in right hand drive. In Italy, it was the other way around - years after it changed to driving on the right, cars were right hand drive.

@DriftxKingGTR Yeah it must have been pretty complicated, especially when most cars had only rear-view mirror on the right side.

Otrolig skillnad mellan 1967 och 1980 jämfört med skillnaden tex mellan 1985 och 2015. Som om utvecklingen stannade av 1980. Enda skillnaden idag är att SUVarna tillkommit. 1967 såg nästan ut som 1945.

Det måste varit lite läbbigt att byta. Cykla "mot" trafiken. Tänk om man fick möte. Det måste varit en omställning för taxichaufförer att hitta kortaste och snabbaste vägen. Hade varit extraroligt, om någon kände igen sig själv eller någon annan bland de unga cyklisterna.

Sure, but in the late 18th century, more countries started driving on the right, as a result of the French Revolution, with many countries falling under French influence changing sides - the Benelux countries, most of Spain, as well as Denmark. Russia also changed about the same time, and when Finland passed from Sweden to Russia, it also changed over. Portugal, Italy and most of the Austro-Hungarian Empire still drove on the left.

@SirJensen1997 oh i see. but i dont get how the cars were left hand steering and still they were going on the left before they changes :S

@DriftxKingGTR Sweden was the only scandinavian country with lefthand traffic, none of the other countries in the area had lefthand traffic, thats why we did change to righthand traffic.

Riktig gammal god speaker. Låter mer 30- tal än 60-tal. Vem läser? Göran Undén?

At 1:07 there´s a big green Volvo lorry which maybe was my father´s. Memories.

A great film recording the change over from left to right. At the end of the film is a brand new Leyland bus made in the UK. I guess Sweden then learned how to make their own buses!

Vilken fantastisk apparat!

Trevligt film!

@johanwinston Yeah I knew all about that... I was just looking for a precise translation of the dialogue in the vid.

I remember the 3rd of Sept 1967 very well! It was when I was born LOL!

Många fina gamla bilar, fenmercer, Opel kapitän, Opel rekord, folka snurror, Volvo Amazon och pv, Saab mm. Tyckte mig se en karmann ghia också 😎

I don't speak Swedish, but can you perhaps translate what they are saying in the video?

So why didn't the Dutch introduce it in Indonesia and Suriname? In Indonesia, trains drive on the right, like the Netherlands, but motor vehicles drive on the left!

hejsan mina svensk vanner. so did everyone have to switch their steering wheels, or was everyone driving with the steering wheel aligned on left side already? confused.

Vad heter låten från 1:52 till 3:51?

@mikjon67 you remember your birth that is kind off disturbing :S

Interesting, this event is much talked about here in Sweden. It is natural today to drive on the right .

När Sverige var ett bra, tryggt och fint land 🥲

Cool cool, very interesting facts you got there :)

I still want left driving since that was real Swedish. LOL

På radion spelades 'Håll dig till höger Svensson'. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6ODZtwkBYPs.html

True of Suriname, not of Indonesia - only a very small part was British. The Batavian Republic changed in 1795 because it was a puppet state of France. The Dutch Caribbean drives on the right, though. Sweden had a referendum on changing sides in 1955, but people voted 'no', although there was quite a high abstention.

Hur många olyckor hände den första tiden efter omställning det skulle vara intressant o veta?

Vor dem Video lief bei mir gerade eine IKEA Werbung und eine Auto-Hero Werbung.

Wonder if the UK could hope to acheive such a feat :)

Speakern låter som Berndt Friberg kanske mer känd från tv-programmet Vi i Femman.

We need to go back

Logistical nightmare

Why didn't do the change progressively? 😜

@radonas I should remember it... I was there!!! I don't remember your birth because I wasn't there! SIMPLE!!!!

Ireland should do this.

Jag är född då

Min bror är född då

Detta är intressant för det är tiden då Sverige slutade vara en demokrati eftersom en majoritet röstade nej till högertrafik ändå infördes det. Det är alltså politiker som bestämmer i Sverige inte folket. Detta betyder att även om 90% av befolkningen är emot något så kan politiker ändå inför det. Ganska tragiskt när man tänker på det.

Så mycket traffik, idag är det knappt något fordon förutom kollektivtraffiken som rör sig runt Slussen...

classisk svensk

hej

ser dåtidens nyare första mustang typ 65 66 67 års model färg vit

WHY??? left hand driving is soo much better!!

No arabs!

Left hand traffic is so much better! I wish my country would drive like in the uk,japan etc

Left hand driving is better.

Why? We voted against right-hand traffic. The swedish government sucks.

I said DROVE - past tense! India, Japan, Southern and Eastern Africa, most of Southeast Asia and Australasia drive on the left. They don't need that stupid Napoleonic practice.

Before Islam.

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