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1955 Swedish driving side referendum

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Field	Value
country	Sweden
date
yes_text	Change to driving on the right
no_text	Keep driving on the left
yes	400,061
no	2,139,996
blank	41,630
invalid	6,043
electorate	4,866,100

A non-binding referendum on the introduction of right hand traffic was held in Sweden on 16 October 1955.

The voter turnout was 53.2%, and the suggestion failed by 15.5% against 82.9%. and the Nordic Council. Traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right on 3 September 1967 (see Dagen H).

Result

References

However, eight years later, in 1963, the [[Riksdag]] approved the change, following pressure from the [[Council of Europe]][https://books.google.com/books?id=QatPAAAAMAAJ&q=pressure+Sweden ''The Rule of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice''], Peter Kincaid, Greenwood Press, 1986, page 160
[https://books.google.com/books?id=CAKOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Nordic+Council+was+actively+involved+in+trying+to+change+the+Swedish+left-hand+drive+to+conform+with+the+right-hand%22 ''The Nordic Council and Scandinavian Integration''], Erik Solem, Praeger Publishers, 1977, page 99
(21 December 2007). "Folkomröstningar 1922-2003". [[Statistics Sweden]].
"Folkomröstning: Tabell: Folkomröstningar i Sverige".
"Nationella folkomröstningar". [[Election Authority (Sweden).

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