When Sweden Switched To Driving On The Right
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- Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2020
- Dagen H or “H day”, was the day on 3 September 1967, in which the traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. Dagen means “Day” and the "H" stands for "Högertrafik", the Swedish word for "right traffic". It was by far the largest logistical event in Sweden's history.
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Sheeeesh!!! I remember seeing the adverts here in the UK, prior to switch over. They thought it couldn't be done, but the efficient Swedes proved them wrong. Congratulations.
As a Swede, I am forever grateful that they undertook this enormous endeavour.
"With Sweden's neighbors Norway and Finland driving on the right..."
My grandpa worked as a traffic police and said it was a mess, he had to give many tickets the upcoming days because people still hadn´t adapted.
I can remember when this happened, At the time some comedians made jokes about Ireland doing the same thing, but in a gradual manner starting with lorries and busses, followed by cars a few weeks later.
Lived in Sweden 20 years, and I’ve heard colleagues mention this. But this is the first video I’ve ever seen about it. Fabulous footage! Thank you :)
I was a five year old Norwegian living in Sweden at the time and I still remember us having to cross the street when driving across the border which was otherwise already open for passport free travel. I also remember the big H signs everywhere in Sweden.
I just enjoyed watching all this Swedish retro videos
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Really enjoyed this. A fascinating subject and lovely spot-the-car period film. Good commentary too.
That map... Finland a part of the Soviet Union? The shape of Poland? Where is this map from?
World: You should switch over to Metric, US.
This happened here, in Newfoundland, when we joined Canada in 1949.
Nice clips! I'm old enough to have some memories from this time. My dad had to switch to a right-hand drive car, because he worked as a postman.
That is an excellent piece of reporting, very well narrated too, indeed. 👍👏Thanks
Wow, that was very interesting. Well put together. Thanks.
Fact: in border of Finland & Sweden btw Tornio (Fin) & Haparanda (Swe) was a crossing where the lanes changed right to left & vice versa. There was no bridge, lanes just crossed.
A nowegian colleague of mine used to tell a joke about this:
Wow! What a great story and well done again! Love it!
Those are some excellent pronunciations! Thank you for taking the time to learn the words!