Until 1967, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5 p.m. On September 3, 1967 all traffic stopped as the Swedes switched sides. The later time in the day was chosen out of concern that the drivers would have got up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize 'this' was the day of the changeover. The day was called Dagen H, the "H" standing for "Högertrafik", the Swedish word for "right traffic".
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