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19-567: The line, along with almost every other tram line in Stockholm, was withdrawn in conjunction to the switch to right-hand side traffic in 1967, but was restored as a heritage tram line in June 1991 and operated on a non-profit basis by members of the Swedish Tramway Society ( Svenska Spårvägssällskapet ) through its operating company AB Stockholms Spårvägar . The infrastructure for

38-418: A contest for songs about the change, and the winning entry was "Håll dig till höger, Svensson" ('Keep to the right, Svensson ') written by Expressen journalist Peter Himmelstrand and performed by The Telstars . As Dagen H neared, every intersection was equipped with an extra set of poles and traffic signals wrapped in black plastic. Workers roamed the streets early in the morning on Dagen H to remove

57-492: A few Gothenburg trams and some from the Oslo Tramway . The vintage of the tram cars varies from early 20th century to late 1950s. On weekends a modified trailer named "Rolling Café" is coupled to one of the motorcars on the line. All SL fares are valid on Djurgårdslinjen, including travelcards and coupons. [REDACTED] In 2008 it was decided that the line would be extended from the current end station at Norrmalmstorg to

76-728: A major decrease in road fatalities. Indeed, fatal car-to-car and car-to-pedestrian accidents dropped sharply as a result, and the number of motor insurance claims went down by 40%. These initial improvements did not last, however. The number of motor insurance claims returned to "normal" over the next six weeks and, by 1969, the accident rates were back to the levels seen before the change. Trams in central Stockholm , in Helsingborg and most lines in Malmö (which ultimately abolished its tram system in 1973) were withdrawn and replaced by buses , and more than 1,000 new buses were purchased with doors on

95-411: A range of 130 to 198 for previous Mondays, none of them fatal. Experts suggested that changing to driving on the right reduced accidents while overtaking, as people already drove left-hand drive vehicles, thereby having a better view of the road ahead; additionally, the change caused a marked surge in perceived risk that exceeded the actual level, and thus was followed by very cautious behaviour that caused

114-513: A result of Dagen H ; only the trams in Norrköping and Gothenburg and three suburban lines in the Stockholm area ( Nockebybanan and Lidingöbanan ) survived. Gothenburg faced high costs for reconfiguring trams, while Stockholm's budget only covered purchasing new buses, since the remaining lines had bidirectional trams with doors on both sides. In any event, most trams in Stockholm were replaced by

133-498: The metro , a decision made long before the Dagen H decision. Fellow Nordic country Iceland changed to driving on the right on 26 May 1968, on a day known as H-dagurinn . Svensson Svensson (also Svenson and anglicised Swensson, Swenson, Swinson or Swanson) is the ninth most common Swedish family name , as of 2021 there are about 88,000 residents in Sweden with the name in

152-408: The 1990s, the proposals were met with indifference by local politicians, but since the opening of Tvärbanan and with the introduction of the new Flexity Swift A32 trams, there is now majority support for an extension. The vintage trams operate from the beginning of April to the end of December, and every day between June and August. The trams used on the line are primarily from Stockholm, along with

171-513: The change. It also began implementing a four-year education programme on the advice of psychologists. The public information campaign leading up to Dagen H included extensive advertising, road markings, and even distribution of reminder items like gloves and stickers to ensure everyone was aware of the change. The campaign included displaying the Dagen H logo on various commemorative items, including milk cartons and underwear. Swedish television held

190-528: The heritage line was initially constructed and owned by Stiftelsen Stockholms Museispårvägar , a non-profit foundation created by the city of Stockholm and the Stockholm County Council , but it was handed over to SL in 2005. Ever since the line was reopened, there have been several proposals to extend the tracks to Sergels torg and Stockholm Central Station , with the intention to replace current bus line 47 with modern light-rail vehicles. In

209-508: The left. Nevertheless, the Riksdag approved Prime Minister Tage Erlander 's proposal on 10 May 1963 of right-hand traffic beginning in 1967, as the number of cars on the road tripled from 500,000 to 1.5 million and was expected to reach 2.8 million by 1975. The Swedish Commission for the Introduction of Right-Hand Driving ( Statens högertrafikkommission , HTK) was established to oversee

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228-740: The new city development in Lindhagen, via Stockholm Central station. In August 2010, under the Spårväg City project, line 7 began regular service with new Bombardier Flexity Classic trams, and the route extended from Norrmalmstorg to Sergels Torg. Plans to extend the line to Hornsberg and northeast Ropsten by 2014 have, however, not been fulfilled. An extension from Sergels torg to T-Centralen opened on 3 September 2018. [REDACTED] Media related to Djurgårdslinjen at Wikimedia Commons Dagen H Dagen H ( H-day ), today usually called " Högertrafikomläggningen " ( lit.   '

247-471: The other side of the street. Intersections had to be reshaped to allow traffic to merge. The relatively smooth changeover saw a temporary reduction in the number of accidents. On the day of the change, only 157 minor accidents were reported, of which only 32 involved personal injuries, with only a low number being serious. On the Monday following Dagen H , there were 125 reported traffic accidents , compared to

266-507: The plastic. A parallel set of lines was painted on the roads with white paint, then covered with black tape. Before Dagen H , Swedish roads had used yellow lines. Approximately 350,000 signs had to be removed or replaced, including some 20,000 in Stockholm alone. Vehicles had to have their original left-hand-traffic headlamps replaced with right-traffic units. One of the reasons the Riksdag pushed ahead with Dagen H despite public unpopularity

285-589: The population register. The name is originally a patronymic surname, literally meaning "son of Sven ", or "Sven's son". Sven (in Danish and Norwegian also Svend and in Norwegian also "Svein") is a Nordic first name which is used throughout Scandinavia, Estonia and Germany. The name itself is Old Norse for "Young man" or "Young warrior." In Swedish, "Svensson" is used to signify an ordinary Swedish person (akin to an average Joe ), as in " Han är en riktig svensson " ("He's

304-447: The right-hand side. Some 8,000 older buses were retrofitted to provide doors on both sides, while Gothenburg and Malmö exported their left-traffic buses to Pakistan and Kenya . Although all road traffic in Sweden changed to the right-hand side, railways and the metro system in Stockholm did not switch to the new rule and continued to drive on the left, with the exception of tram systems. Additionally, many of them were abandoned as

323-504: The right-hand traffic reorganisation ' ), was on 3 September 1967, the day on which Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right . The "H" stands for " Högertrafik ", the Swedish word for right-hand traffic. It was by far the largest logistical event in Sweden's history. There were various arguments for the change: However, the change was unpopular; in a 1955 referendum , 83 percent voted to keep driving on

342-683: Was banned from the roads from 01:00 to 06:00. Any vehicles on the roads during that time had to come to a complete stop at 04:50, then carefully change to the right-hand side of the road and stop again (to give others time to switch sides of the road and avoid a head-on collision) before being allowed to proceed at 05:00. In Stockholm and Malmö , however, the ban was longer – from 10:00 on Saturday until 15:00 on Sunday – to allow work crews to reconfigure intersections. Certain other towns also saw an extended ban, from 15:00 on Saturday until 15:00 on Sunday. One-way streets presented unique problems. Bus stops had to be constructed on

361-452: Was that most vehicles in Sweden at the time used inexpensive, standard-size round headlamps, but the trend towards more expensive model-specific headlamps had begun in continental Europe and was expected to spread through most other parts of the world. Further delay in changing over from left- to right-hand traffic would have greatly increased the cost burden to vehicle owners. On Dagen H , Sunday, 3 September 1967, all non-essential traffic

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