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The "H" stands for "Högertrafik", the Swedish word for right-hand traffic. [3] It was by far the largest logistical event in Sweden's history. [4] Headlamp sold in Sweden not long before Dagen H. Opaque decal blocks the lens portion that would provide low beam upkick to the right, and bears warning "Not to be removed before 3 September 1967".
Map of Sweden Stockholm, capital of Sweden Gothenburg Malmö. This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter.
Sweden had left-hand traffic (vänstertrafik in Swedish) from approximately 1736, but after the Riksdag passed legislation in 1963 changeover took place on 3 September 1967, known in Swedish as Dagen H. The Stockholm metro is the only underground system in Sweden and serves the city of Stockholm via 100 stations. The rail transport market is ...
Halland County (Swedish: Hallands län, [ˈhǎlːan(d)s ˈlɛːn]) is a county on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad. Prince Julian, the son of Prince Carl Philip, is Duke of Halland.
Dagen was a Swedish newspaper published in 1896–1920. It began to be published in Stockholm in December 1896 as a cheap newspaper, publishing daily with an evening edition starting in 1905. Its owner was the publishing company of Aftonbladet , and both papers had a common editor-in-chief, administration and office, but Dagen had its own ...
In Vietnamese it is called both làng lụa Vạn Phúc "Van Phuc silk village" and làng lụa Hà Đông after the larger village ("làng") area name. It is the best known silk village in Vietnam, and one of the best developed and most visited craft village near Hanoi which has over 90 officially designated handicraft villages.
On September 3, 1967, Lyngstad won 'New Faces', a large-scale national talent show in Stockholm, organized by record company EMI on the occasion of Dagen H. With her winning song En empt dag (A day off) she was given the opportunity to perform in 'Hylands hörna', the biggest Swedish TV show of the time.
Area towns Ånge and Östersund often claim to be the geographical center of Sweden.. Other places have been claimed to be the centre of Sweden, using differing methods. The most prominent is Ytterhogdal in Hälsingland, based on the methodology of calculating the latitude for the point halfway between the northernmost (Treriksröset) and southernmost (southern tip of Skåne) points, and then ...