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These are the Swedes’ favourite car models

Yes, the most popular car is a Volvo. But that's not all.

Published: 3 January 2020 13:06 CET
These are the Swedes' favourite car models
The Volvo V60 was the most popular car in Sweden in 2019. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT

A total of 355,704 new cars were registered in 2019, said Swedish automakers' association Bil Sweden – making it the third top year for new cars in the organization's history.

But this year the figure is expected to drop to around 330,000 new cars, as Sweden's economy slows down.

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Heavy trucks weighing more than 16 tonnes had a record-breaking year, with 6,641 such vehicles registered in 2019.

It was also a good year for electric cars, with sales of pure electric cars and plugin hybrids growing by 39 percent.

Electric cars and plugin hybrids made up 11.4 percent of all new cars registered in 2019, up from 8.2 percent in 2018. Bil Sweden predicts the share will increase to 30 percent in 2020, 40 percent next year – and 80 percent in 2030 as the market for environmentally-friendly cars keeps growing.

The most popular car models in Sweden in 2019:

1. Volvo S/V60 (23,179 new registered cars)

2. Volvo S/V90 (14,714)

3. VW Golf (14,221)

4. Volvo XC60 (13,091)

5. VW Tiguan (11,655)

6. VW Passat (8,907)

7. Kia Niro (7,887)

8. Volvo XC40 (7,593)

9. Kia Ceed (6,242)

10. Nissan Qashqai (6,213)

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How to avoid taxi scams at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport

Taxi prices in Sweden are not regulated, so the cost of your journey can vary wildly depending on the company you travel with. How can you make sure you're not getting ripped off?

Published: 5 September 2024 09:12 CEST
How to avoid taxi scams at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport

Check the comparison price

Tourists and foreigners are often the target of unlicensed taxi operators, so if you’re getting a taxi in Sweden, always check the window for a yellow and white sign with the jämförpris or comparison price, as well as yellow registration plates at the front and back of the vehicle.

This is a legal requirement and will show you the price of a 10 kilometre journey taking 15 minutes at different times of day, although beware that they are allowed to add an extra fee for pickup/dropoff at stations or terminals, as well as a waiting fee. 

Don’t be tempted to get in a taxi without these yellow registration plates – it’s an illegal taxi and can be expensive, or in the worst case scenario, dangerous.

Keep an eye on the company you’re travelling with

At Arlanda, there are different sections in the taxi queue for different companies. The first queue, closest to the exit, is for friåkarna, or the independent taxis. The second queue has small companies which are linked to a central ordering station, followed by Taxi Kurir, Sverigetaxi, Taxi Stockholm, with taxis to Uppsala and Västerås in the last queue. You don’t have to take the first taxi in the queue.

The taxi companies in this zone have an agreement with Swedavia, who run Arlanda Airport, which means that the maximum price for journeys in the marked zone below is regulated – 800 kronor for a standard-sized car for 1-4 people, or 1,275 kronor for a larger car.

The taxi zone at Arlanda – journeys within the dotted line shouldn’t cost more than 800 kronor for a small car. Photo: Swedavia

As you can see, there are many Stockholm suburbs which are not included in the taxi zone. So if you’re going to be travelling to a destination outside of the taxi zone area, you’ll be paying the meter rate – which is why it’s important to check the jämförpris before you get into the car.

Do the prices really vary that much?

Yes.

A number of taxi passengers have in recent months complained of extremely high prices when travelling to destinations just outside of the taxi zone area. Many of these passengers thought they were getting into a Taxi Stockholm cab (with a basic jämförpris of 349 kronor), only to realise upon arrival that they’d actually got into a cab run by a different operator with a much higher jämförpris.

“Some people come into our reception crying because they’ve paid five or six thousand kronor,” Taxi Stockholm’s CEO Pernilla Samuelsson told public broadcaster SVT.

According to Samuelsson, the company has had issues with so-called “copycabs” for a number of years. In 2022, Taxi Stockholm sued a copycat company which was using a name and logo which was almost identical to theirs and won. The company was forced to change its name and pay Taxi Stockholm six million kronor in damages.

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