Public Service for Americans Getting a Driver’s License in Sweden: First of all, if you are new to this process, you need to know that Sweden aims for zero road fatalities and keeping inferior drivers off the road. This means a higher bar for safety than American drivers are used to. I was looking for and could not find tips that distinguish Swedish driving from American. As most Americans (and very few foreigners) realize, there is no one "American" way. Each state has different laws and styles and manners. Well, in Sweden, driving is still quite different than in most if not all the States. Swedes told me simply that Sweden has a ‘different style,’ but no one explained it. The bottom line is go slower and more carefully, with a lot more use of mirrors and head-checks. Also YOU NEED LESSONS. I had been driving 41 years with only one fender-bender and still needed to discover what is different in Sweden through 7 behind-the-wheel lessons, on top of studying what we call ...