E4 through Sweden Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
European road in Finland and Sweden
About E4 through Sweden
The E4 is Sweden's most important highway, passing through or by fifteen of Sweden's thirty largest cities, most of them being historically important. It is the second longest road within a singleEuropean Unioncountry, behind theE45betweenGothenburgandKaresuando; theE6through Norway is much longer, but outside the EU. E4 is also used by Norwegians to drive betweenFinnmarkand Southern Norway, considerably shorter than E6. The leg between Helsingborg andStockholmused to be served byRiksväg 1,"Riksettan"("National Road 1") before the E-number introduction 1962, then with very little motorway. The E4 is a remnant of an obsolete route numbering standard. With current standards, longitudinal highways should have odd numbers. The E4 was to be part of E55, which stretches fromKalamatainGreecetoHel
E4 through Sweden Travel Guide Sections
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