1955 Swedish driving side referendum

none Sweden 1955 10 16 y Change to driving on the right Keep driving on the left 400,061 2,139,996 41,630 6,043 4,866,100250px|thumb|'No' vote campaign poster. Translated it reads: "Keep left-hand traffic. Vote NO on 16/10." A non-binding referendum on the introduction of right hand traffic was held in Sweden on 16 October 1955. The voter turnout was 53.2%, and the suggestion failed by 15.5% against 82.9%. However, eight years later, in 1963, the Riksdag approved the change, following pressure from the Council of EuropeThe Rule of the Road: An International Guide to History and Practice, Peter Kincaid, Greenwood Press, 1986, page 160 and the Nordic Council.The Nordic Council and Scandinavian Integration, Erik Solem, Praeger Publishers, 1977, page 99 Traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right on 3 September 1967 (see Dagen H). Result For 400061 Against 2139996 Blank 41630 6043 y 4866100 Nationalencyklopedin, Election Authority References http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____223857.aspx Folkomröstningar 1922-2003 21 December 2007 Statistics Sweden sv https://web.archive.org/web/20120402200018/http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____223857.aspx 2 April 2012 dead 22 May 2011 Folkomröstning: Tabell: Folkomröstningar i Sverige Nationalencyklopedin https://ne.se/folkomr%C3%B6stning/folkomr%C3%B6stningar-i-sverige sv 22 May 2011 24 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220324104343/https://ne.se/folkomr%C3%B6stning/folkomr%C3%B6stningar-i-sverige dead http://www.val.se/det_svenska_valsystemet/folkomrostningar/nationella/index.html Nationella folkomröstningar Swedish Election Authority sv https://web.archive.org/web/20100817192957/http://www.val.se/det_svenska_valsystemet/folkomrostningar/nationella/index.html 17 August 2010 dead 22 May 2011 Category:Referendums in Sweden Driving Sweden Category:Driving in Sweden Sweden