Driving licenses to go out on the Swedish road network are available from the age of 15, when you can get a driving license with authorization AM for mopeds and A-tractors.
In order to gain access to the country’s motorways and motorways, many believe that you must be 18 years old, when you can, for example, get a driver’s license for a passenger car.
There is, however, a driver’s license that makes it possible to drive on the motorway completely legally already as a 16-year-old.
16-year-olds are allowed to drive on the motorway
What we are referring to is not that you can practice driving a car from the age of 16.
To do this, no driver’s license is required, but only a driver’s license permit and that you have completed the introductory training.
An approved supervisor must also be in the car, and the responsibility for driving then lies with the supervisor and not with the student.
With a light motorcycle, a 16-year-old can go out on the highway – Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TTKörkortet, which allows 16-year-olds to drive on the highway
The driving license in question, which gives 16-year-olds the opportunity to drive on the motorway, is instead authorization A1which is the light motorcycle driving license.
A light motorcycle may have a cylinder volume of no more than 125 cc, and a net power of no more than 11 kW. In addition, the ratio of the light motorcycle’s net power to its weight must not exceed 0.1 kW per kilogram.
Just like medium and heavy motorcycles, a light motorcycle may be driven on highways and motorways, at speeds up to the limit applicable to the road.
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Then you can drive a heavier motorcycle
At the age of 18, you have the opportunity to obtain a driver’s license for a medium-sized motorcycle. The authorization for this is called A2.
A medium-sized motorcycle may have a net power of no more than 35 kW, and may not have been throttled from a net power of more than 70 kW. The relationship between the net power and the weight must not exceed 0.2 kW per kilogram.
In order to be able to drive faster and more powerful motorcycles, you need authorization A, for so-called heavy motorcycles. With this authorization you can drive all two- and three-wheeled motorcycles.
Driving licenses for heavy motorcycles cannot be obtained until you have reached the age of 24. If you have had authorization A2 for more than two years, you only need to be 20 years old.
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