{"id":5662,"date":"2012-07-17T04:49:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T04:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5662"},"modified":"2012-07-17T04:49:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T04:49:46","slug":"learning-to-drive-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/learning-to-drive-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to drive in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright everybody, I\u2019m writing this blogpost while I am experiencing this myself. I am learning how to drive a car. Now, this is actually something many young people get very excited about so it is a big event in the coming of age <\/em>in Sweden.<\/p>\n

As soon as you have turned 16 years old you are allowed to start practice driving, with an instructor sitting beside you that is. That adult can either be somebody from a driving school, or it can be a parent or other person who has had a driving license for at least 5 years. Both the person learning to drive and the person who will be supervising them have to go on about a three hour course together to go through what the process of learning how to drive\/teaching somebody who is learning how to drive involves.<\/p>\n

The process of getting a learners permit is actually quite a long one. You have to have your eyes tested, fill in a health declaration and send in a form of what type of a learner permit you want to apply for. But before you can do any of that you have to have gone on the course together with your to-be instructor. All the forms get sent in to be checked before you can get a certificate with your name on it saying that you are allowed to practice drive, your instructor also needs one.<\/p>\n

After that you have to get a sign, if you are going to be practice driving privately, then you need a green one. If you are going to driving lessons at a driving school then you have a red one where it says \u201c\u00d6vningsk\u00f6r<\/strong>\u201d (practice driving) on it. Many high schools offer a sort of driving course which you can take as a part of school, you still have to pay for all the driving lessons but you can get credits for the time you spend practicing at a driving school.<\/p>\n

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Even though you can start practice driving from the age of 16 you can\u2019t get your license until you have turned 18. Getting your license involves a theory test (costs220:-), a practical one (700:-) and what is called a \u201chalkbana<\/strong>\u201d which literally means skidpan which is to prepare you for what it would feel like to be in a accident on ice. There is also a test called \u201criskettan<\/strong>\u201d (costs 700:-) which is the first part in the sort of what could be called \u201crisk training-course\u201d. The test called halkbanan <\/strong>is the second part (costs 1700:-). There are of course other things you have to pay for as well, like taking a photograph for you driving license (80:-). On top of these costs you have to pay 150:- to have the license made, and if you are planning on driving privately then you have another 690:- at least to pay, that is without forking out for the textbooks and any gas when you are actually practice driving. In total you have to at least pay 4990:- privately, and much much more if you want to drive in a driving school. But then again it might be worth it huh?<\/p>\n

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To all of you who might be planning on applying to convert your license from a license which isn\u2019t recognized in Sweden (all ones outside the EU) you have to pay for all the tests at least. I don\u2019t think you need to practice drive anything, but I might be wrong. All this paper work takes a long time, more than a month and a half so I would be aware of that if you have any sort of planned event that needs a driver with a license. Hard to rush these sort of things. \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alright everybody, I\u2019m writing this blogpost while I am experiencing this myself. I am learning how to drive a car. Now, this is actually something many young people get very excited about so it is a big event in the coming of age in Sweden. As soon as you have turned 16 years old you…<\/p>\n

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