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Which side of the road do they drive on in Sweden? Since this date in 1967, Swedes drive on the right. In an action called Dagen H (H Day), the traffic pattern changed overnight from driving on the left to driving on the right. The H stands for Högertrafik, the Swedish word for "right-hand traffic." It was a long process of re-educating drivers to "think right" that included the posting of ads everywhere from milk cartons to billboards, and the creation of jingles and catchphrases. Bus stops needed to be moved to the other side of the road and new buses — with the entrance on the right side — were purchased; traffic lights and signs all had to be changed. Then, on September 3, the roads in most of Sweden were closed to all nonessential traffic from 1 A.M. to 6 A.M. Since in most of the cars the driver already sat on the left, sticking to the right side of the road provided greater visibility and actually reduced the number of traffic accidents for a while. There were no fatalities attributed to the switch. Some eight months later, Iceland made the same change on H-dagurinn.
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