Swedish national road

. Roads with lower numbers are in southern Sweden, and roads with higher numbers are in northern Sweden. There are many cases where two or more routes in this system share the same physical road for a considerable distance, giving the country several kilometers of double-numbered road.

The network of national roads covers all of Sweden, and has a total length of convert|8769|km|mi|0|abbr=on (not including E-roads. The figure is shorter than before, since road 45 is now E45). The only county that doesn't have a riksväg is Gotland County. The national roads are public roads owned by the Government of Sweden and administered by the Swedish Road Administration. They get a high priority for snow plowing during the winter.

The roads' number signs are rectangular with a blue background, white numbers, and a white border.

Current Swedish national roads

As of February 2008, Sweden has 59 national roads.

wedish national roads that have changed designation over the years

*10, Trelleborg – Brösarp — current National road 9
*12, Malmö – Simrishamn — current National road 11
*15, Malmö – Norrköping — current European route E22
*20, Ystad – Broby — current National road 19
*48, Slättäng – Mariestad — current National road 26
*60, Örebro – Falun — current National road 50
*64, Hassle – Mora — current National road 26
*65, Västerås – Ludvika — current National road 66
*81, Mora – Östersund — current National road 45
*82, Söderhamn – Voxna — current National road 50 and County road 301
*88, Östersund – Karesuando — current National road 45
*93, Umeå – Storuman — current European route E12
*98, Luleå – Kiruna — current European route E10
*99, Sangis – Hedenäset — current County road 398

The classic Swedish national roads

These are the Swedish national roads that existed before the large restructuring that happened when the European routes were implemented in 1962 in Sweden.
*Road 1, Riksettan, Helsingborg – Stockholm — current European route E4
*Road 2, Rikstvåan, Trelleborg – Svinesund bridge — current European route E6
*Road 3, Rikstrean, Connection road between riksettan och rikstvåan outside Helsingborg, Kropp – Hasslarp – Strövelstorp
*Road 4, Riksfyran, Malmö – Norrköping — current European route E22
*Road 5, Riksfemman, Gothenburg – Jönköping — current National road 40
*Road 6, Rikssexan, Gothenburg – Örebro – Södertälje – Stockholm — current European route E20
*Road 7, Rikssjuan, Gothenburg – Grums — current National road 45
*Road 8, Riksåttan, Ödeshög – Hallsberg — current National road 50
*Road 9, Riksnian, Norwegian border – Karlskoga — current European route E18
*Road 10, Rikstian, Örebro – Gävle — current National road 50 och National road 80
*Road 11, Rikselvan, Arboga – Enköping — current European route E18
*Road 12, Rikstolvan, Solna – Mora — current E18 andNational road 70
*Road 13, Rikstretton, Stockholm – Haparanda — current European route E4
*Road 14, Riksfjorton, Sundsvall – Norwegian border — current European route E14

ee also

*Swedish county road ("Länsväg")
*Norwegian national road

External links

* [http://www.vv.se/ Vägverket — Swedish Road Administration]