{"id":6612,"date":"2014-05-23T20:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2018-08-10T13:09:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T13:09:19","slug":"driving-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/driving-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you end up moving to Sweden or even just visiting, you might realize you want the freedom of the open road. Or something like that. If you do decide to drive in Sweden, there are a few things you need to be aware of. Some of these things may differ from your country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In case you\u2019re planning on doing some driving, here is a short (and absolutely not complete) list of things you should know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since September 3, 1967, Sweden has been driving on the right-hand side of the road. So for the Australians in the group, sorry.<\/li>\n<li>Seatbelts are required. Doesn\u2019t matter where you\u2019re sitting in the car. Just wear it.<\/li>\n<li>You must have your headlights on at all times. Every single hour. Dygnet runt. This is why my first car (a 1989 Saab 9000 Turbo, in case you were wondering) was designed with daytime running lights long before the US was worrying about that sort of thing.<\/li>\n<li>You need to be 18 or older to drive.<\/li>\n<li>Your driver\u2019s license is probably good. But check <a href=\"http:\/\/korkortsportalen.se\/upload\/dokument\/Ovriga_dokument_TS\/International\/engelska.pdf\">Transport Styrelsen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t drink and drive. The limit is 0.2 promille or .02% for the Americans in the group.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t speed. Duh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So now that you have the basics let\u2019s learn some vocabulary. This is a language blog after all:<\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" width=\"227\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\"><strong>Swedish<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"111\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">backa<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to reverse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">(en) bensin<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">(a) gasoline<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en bil<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a car<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en broms<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a brake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en f\u00f6rs\u00e4kring<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">an insurance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">(en) olja<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">(a) oil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en parkeringsplats<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a parking place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en punktering<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a puncture\/flat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en reparation<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a repair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">(en) trafik<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">traffic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">en verkstad<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a workshop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">ett baks\u00e4te<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a back seat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">ett frams\u00e4te<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a front seat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">ett hjul<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a wheel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">ett k\u00f6rkort<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">a driver&#8217;s license<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">k\u00f6ra<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to drive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">parkera<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">signalera<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to signal (a turn)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">stanna<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to stop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">starta<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to start<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">styra<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to steer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"116\">tanka<\/td>\n<td width=\"111\">to fill up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you end up moving to Sweden or even just visiting, you might realize you want the freedom of the open road. 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