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Traffic rules in Sweden: seven that catch out drivers from abroad
Seven Swedish traffic rules that surprise drivers from abroad, from giving way to the right to winter tyres, each with the national on-the-spot fine attached.
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Eye test for a Swedish driving licence: does a test from abroad count?
You had your eyes tested at home a few months before the move, the optician said everything was fine, and now the Swedish application for a learner’s permit asks for a synintyg. It is a fair hope that the test you already paid for will cover it. That test will not cover it, and the…
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How to find a driving school in Sweden that teaches in English
Photo: Gustavo Fring via Pexels There is no official list of Swedish driving schools that teach in English. Transportstyrelsen, the Swedish Transport Agency, keeps a public register of every approved driving school in the country, and that register records the permit, the company and the address. It says nothing at all about the language the…
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Booking and passing the practical driving test in Sweden
Photo: Gustavo Fring via Pexels The practical driving test is the last gate before a Swedish licence, and it is the one that costs the most to get wrong. A category B driving test (körprov) is priced separately from the theory test and costs well over twice as much, the fee is charged again for…
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Handledare rules in Sweden: how supervisor approval works, and what changes on 1 August 2026
Photo: Ron Lach via Pexels Plenty of expat families in Sweden end up supervising a teenager’s, a partner’s or a friend’s private practice driving at some point, and the rules around that role, known here as being a handledare, are less obvious than they first appear. Approval does not simply run out after a fixed…
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Foreign driving licence in Sweden: EU/EEA, third country rules and the exchange deadline
Photo: Daniel Moqvist via Unsplash Moving to Sweden with a driving licence from another country raises a practical question fast: can you just keep driving on it, or does it need to become a Swedish one at some point. The answer splits cleanly along one line. A licence from an EU or EEA country never…
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Taking the Swedish driving theory test in English: languages, booking and what to expect
For people who move to Malmö from abroad, the Swedish licence process holds one reassuring detail: you do not have to sit the theory test in Swedish. Trafikverket, the state agency that runs the official exams, offers the category B knowledge test (kunskapsprov) in English and a range of other languages. Knowing exactly how that…