List of motorways in Sweden

Motorväg road sign

Sweden has a fairly limited system of motorways (motorväg in Swedish). The first motorway (Malmö–Lund) was opened in 1953. The motorways' primary purpose is connecting major cities to their surrounding areas, although there is a long-term ambition to connect Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö with motorways.

With the completion of a couple of new motorway stretches in 2006 - 2015, an interconnecting motorway network exists from Öresund Bridge (to Denmark) to the Swedish- Norwegian border and to Gävle, north of Stockholm.

There are also a number of motortrafikleder (semi-motorways, autostrasse), roads with only 2 or 3 (2+1) lanes but to which the same conditions apply as to motorways (i.e. grade-separated crossings, no slow traffic). These can be converted to motorways by adding a parallel road.

This is a complete listing of motorways in Sweden. The Swedish road numbering scheme does not distinguish between motorways and other types of roads.

The speed limit on motorways is generally 110 or 120 km/h (68 or 75 mph). Speed limits of 70 and 90 km/h are often used on urban motorways, and electronic signs can show a lower limit in bad weather.

List of current motorways

Map of Swedish motorways

E4 Helsingborg – Kånna (south of Ljungby)
- Kånna – Toftaholm is a 2+1 semi-motorway
- Toftaholm (north of Ljungby) – Jönköping – Linköping – Norrköping – Stockholm – Uppsala – Gävle
- Gävle – Bergby is a 2+1 semi-motorway
- Söderhamn – Hudiksvall is a 2+2 road but signed as a semi-motorway
- Njurunda - Sundsvall – Bergeforsen
- Piteå – Norrfjärden
E6 (car ferries from Travemunde, Rostock, Sassitz and Świnoujście) outside Trelleborg with its large ferry harbour around Maglarp – Malmö – Halmstad – Gothenburg – Uddevalla – Svinesund – (Norway)
E18 Segmon – Ed
- Karlstad – Skattkärr
- Lekhyttan – Örebro – Köping
- Köping – Västerås is a 2+1 semi-motorway
- Västerås – Järva krog
- Bergshamra – Rosenkälla
- Rosenkälla – Söderhall is a 2+1 semi-motorway
- Söderhall – Norrtälje
E20 (Denmark) – Öresund Bridge – Malmö – Halmstad – Gothenburg – Tollered
- Ingared - Alingsås
- Lundsbrunn - Holmestad
- Vretstorp – Arboga
- Eskilstuna – Strängnäs – Stockholm
E22 Maglarp – Malmö – Lund – Fogdarp
- Hörby – Fjälkinge
- Gualöv – Mörrum
- Nättraby – Karlskrona
- Kalmar
E45 Together with E18 Segmon – Ed, Sweden
- Surte – Göta
- Lilla Edet – Trollhättan
E65 Malmö – Tittente
11 Malmö Bulltofta – Trafikplats-Sunnanå
25 and 30 Öjaby – Växjö center
28 Karlskrona Österleden
34 Linköping Trafikplats Tift (E4 Linköping västra) – Vallarondellen "Malmslättsleden"
35 Linköping Trafikplats Staby (E4 Linköping östra) – Mörtlösarondellen
40 Gothenburg – Borås – Ulricehamn
- Through Haga in Jönköping
44 Herrestad near Uddevalla – east parts of Uddevalla (old E6)
- Råsseröd east of Uddevalla – Väne-Ryr (extension to road 45 opened during 2006)
49 Skara - Axvall
50 Together with E20 Brändåsen (Hallsberg) – Norrplan (Örebro)
53 Oxelösund – Nyköping
73 Älgesta – Stockholm
75 Stockholm Södra länken
80 Gävle – Sandviken
222 Henriksdal – Graninge
226 Årsta – Östberga
229 Skarpnäck – Bollmora
260 Älta – Skrubba
265 Norrortsleden E4 – Sollentuna
273 E4 – Arlanda airport

Motorways without numbers

The numbers of these roads belong to secondary categories that do not appear on signs and regular maps:

North of Helsingborg
Inre Ringvägen in Malmö, former E6/E20
Out of Malmö to E22
Out of Malmö to E6/E22
"Saltsjöbadsleden" in Nacka

Note that there are more semi-motorways in Sweden, but they have not been considered interesting, since those do not connect to motorways.

Long-term goals

There are long-term goals in the standard of the major roads, and all new constructed roads should follow this target standard. This target has varied over the years, therefore roads vary somewhat randomly in standard. A bad road has been rebuilt to the target standard of the time, while better roads have been kept as is, even though they did not fulfill the target standard. This is especially noticeable on the E18.

E4

Helsingborg-Gävle: motorway

Gävle-Haparanda: probably narrower motorway or semi-motorway all the way. Dual carriageways close to some cities. The existing semi-motorways will mostly be kept.

E6

Motorway all the way, finished in 2015.

E18

Segmon-Norrtälje: motorway all the way, maybe some semi-motorway in Värmland. Norway-Segmon: semi-motorwaylike with some crossings in level.

E20

Gothenburg-Vara: motorway

Vara-Vretstorp: either motorway or semi-motorway.

Vretstorp-Stockholm: motorway

E22

Trelleborg-Karlskrona: motorway. The existing semi-motorways within Blekinge will be kept, but those within Skåne are planned to be rebuilt.

Karlskrona-Söderköping: 2+1 semi-motorway, but it will take long time before it is built.

Söderköping-Norrköping: motorway

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Gothenburg-Ulricehamn: motorway

Ulricehamn-Jönköping: semi-motorway. Since 2015 there are dual carriageways all the way with several crossings in level, which are planned to be rebuilt on long term.

Electric vehicles

Sweden, which has pioneered electrified roads through several pilot projects including the world's first temporary electric road, will turn the E20 into a permanent electrified road, the first of its kind in the world. Jan Pettersson, Director of Strategic Development at Trafikverket, the Swedish transport administration, said: "We think the electrification solution is the way forward for decarbonising the transport sector and we are working with a number of solutions."^[1]