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A non-binding referendum on the introduction of right hand traffic was held in Sweden on 16 October 1955. [1] The voter turnout was 53.2%, and the suggestion failed by 15.5% against 82.9%. [1] However, eight years later, in 1963, the Riksdag approved the change, following pressure from the Council of Europe [2] and the Nordic Council. [3]
The second national Swedish referendum was held on 16 October 1955. The two alternatives were to either switch to driving on the right or keep left hand driving. Voter turnout was 53.2%, and 82.9% of the votes were in favor of keeping left hand driving. Only 15.5% voted for switching to right hand traffic. 1.6% of the votes were blank votes ...
However, the change was unpopular; in a 1955 referendum, 83 percent voted to keep driving on the left. Nevertheless, the Riksdag approved Prime Minister Tage Erlander 's proposal on 10 May 1963 of right-hand traffic beginning in 1967, as the number of cars on the road tripled from 500,000 to 1.5 million and was expected to reach 2.8 million by ...
1955 Swedish driving side referendum; H. Helsingborg Exhibition 1955 This page was last edited on 13 February 2024, at 22:51 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
1955 Swedish driving side referendum; 1955 Swiss federal election This page was last edited on 2 February 2025, at 06:53 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Cast Genre Swedish Title Notes Åsa-Nisse on Holiday: Ragnar Frisk: John Elfström, Helga Brofeldt, Artur Rolén: Comedy: Åsa-Nisse på semester: Barabbas: Alf Sjöberg: Ulf Palme, Georg Årlin, Eva Dahlbeck : Drama: Barabbas: Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival: The Beat of Wings in the Night: Kenne Fant: Edvin Adolphson, Erik Berglund ...
1955 Swedish driving side referendum; 1955 Swiss tenant and consumer protection referendum This page was last edited on 20 August 2020, at 03:21 (UTC). Text is ...
1955 Swedish driving side referendum; Germany. 1955 Rhineland-Palatinate state election; United Kingdom. 1955 United Kingdom general election;