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Sweden has an extensive system of 'motorways' (''motorväg'' in Swedish) in the southern third of the country. The first motorway (Malmö–Lund) was opened in 1953 and new motorways have been built in a slow but steady pace ever since, somewhat faster after 1990. The motorways' primary purpose is connecting major cities to their surrounding areas, although there is a long-term ambition to connect Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö with motorways.
With the completion of a couple of new motorway stretches in 2006 and 2007 an interconnecting motorway network exists from Öresund Bridge (to Denmark) in the south to Uddevalla north of Gothenburg, and to Gävle north of Stockholm.
There are also a number of ''motortrafikleder'' (semi-motorways, autostrasse), roads with only 2 or 3 (2+1) lanes but to which the same conditions apply as to motorways (i.e. grade-separated crossings, no slow traffic). These can be converted to motorways by adding a parallel road.
This is a complete listing of motorways in Sweden. The Swedish road numbering scheme does not distinguish between motorways and other types of roads.
The speed limit on motorways is generally 110 km/h (68 mph). 90 and 70 is often used on city motorways. There is a test on a part of the E6, where the limit is set to 120 km/h, but electronic signs can show a lower limit in bad weather.

Contents

List of current motorways

See also

List of current motorways

★ 'E4' Helsingborg – Kånna (south of Ljungby)

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★ Kånna – Toftaholm is a 2+1 semi-motorway

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★ Toftaholm (north of Ljungby) – Jönköping – Linköping – Norrköping – Stockholm – Uppsala – Björklinge

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★ Björklinge – Mehedeby under construction, expected to be completed by October 2007

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★ Mehedeby – Gävle

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★ Gävle – Bergby is a 2+1 semi-motorway

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★ Söderhamn – Enånger

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★ Sundsvall – Bergeforsen

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★ Piteå – Norrfjärden


★ 'E6' Vellinge – Malmö – Halmstad – Gothenburg – Uddevalla – Småröd

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★ Håby – Rabbalshede

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★ Hogdal – Svinesund – (Norway)

★ 'E18' Segmon – Ed

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★ Karlstad – Alster

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★ Örebro – Köping

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★ Köping – Västerås is a 2+1 semi-motorway

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★ Västerås

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★ Västerås – Östanbro is a 2+1 semi-motorway

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★ Enköping – Hjulsta

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★ Bergshamra – Rosenkälla

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★ Rosenkälla – Söderhall is a 2+1 semi-motorway

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★ Söderhall – Norrtälje

★ 'E20' (Denmark) – Öresund Bridge – Malmö – Halmstad – Gothenburg – Tollered

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★ Vretstorp – Arboga

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★ Eskilstuna – Strängnäs – Stockholm


★ 'E22' Vellinge – Malmö – Lund – Gårdstånga

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★ Vä – Fjälkinge

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★ Gualöv – Sölvesborg

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★ Nättraby – Karlskrona

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★ Kalmar

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★ Söderköpingsvägen in Norrköping.


★ 'E45' Together with E18 Segmon – Ed, Sweden

★ 'E65' Malmö – Tittente

★ '11' Malmö Bulltofta – Trafikplats-Sunnanå

★ '25' and '30' Öjaby – Växjö center

★ '28' Karlskrona Österleden

★ '34' and '36' Linköping Trafikplats Tift ('E4' Linköping västra) – Vallarondellen "Malmslättsleden"

★ '35' Linköping Trafikplats Staby ('E4' Linköping östra) – Mörtlösarondellen

★ '40' Gothenburg – Dalsjöfors

★ '44' Herrestad near Uddevalla – east parts of Uddevalla (old E6)

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★ (east of Uddevalla there is a 2+1 semi-motorway)

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★ Råsseröd east of Uddevalla – Båberg (at road E45)

★ '50' Together with E20 Brändåsen (Hallsberg) – Norrplan (Örebro)

★ '53' Oxelösund – Nyköping

★ '73' Älgesta – Stockholm


★ '75' Stockholm Södra länken

★ '80' Gävle – Sandviken

★ '222' Henriksdal – Graninge

★ '226' Årsta – Östberga

★ '229' Skarpnäck – Bollmora

★ '260' Älta – Skrubba

★ '265' Norrortsleden E4 – Sollentuna

★ '273' E4 – Arlanda Airport

★ '"Motorways without numbers"'
The numbers of these roads belong to secondary categories, that do not appear on signs and regular maps:

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★ North of Helsingborg

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★ Inre Ringvägen in Malmö, former E6/E20

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★ Out of Malmö to E22

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★ Out of Malmö to E6/E22

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★ "Brantingsmotet" – Ringömotet in Gothenburg

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★ "Saltsjöbadsleden" in Nacka
Note that there are more semi-motorways in Sweden, but they have not been considered interesting, since those do not connect to motorways.

See also

★ Transportation in Sweden