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The Svinesund Bridge in 1952, here from the Swedish side. The changeover from driving on the left to the right took place on the Swedish side, just before entering the bridge. Sweden was one of the last countries in mainland Europe that changed to right hand driving, in 1967. The year after Iceland also changed.
Although Sweden remained neutral during WWII, the country welcomed around 200,000 refugees. Among them were 70,000 unaccompanied Finnish children. The idea was to shield them from the horrors of war and to allow them to grow up in a peaceful country. 60,000 people fled from Norway, 30,000 from the Baltics and 16,000 from Denmark. Sweden went from being a country of emigration to one of immigration. In the picture above you see four Norwegian refugees in Uppsala. Photo: digitalarkivet.no
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