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'''Sweden''' is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]]. Many say that hitching in Sweden sucks. But it works very well! As anywhere in Western [[Europe]], the motorways are the holy temples of car driving religion and someone standing on them is committing blasphemy. But you can hitch on the highway ramps as well as on local roads. Better bring a good map, though, so that you won´t end up in an unexpected place.
One good things especially in northern Sweden is that there are only few main roads, so there you will get along rather well. Be carefull careful to stand somewhere where there is some sign of civilisationcivilization. As especially in the north the roads are no real highways and accessable accessible for pedestrians, you can stop all the traffic, especially if you stand on something like a busstopbus stop. When the streets are real highways you have to take care a little on which gas station you end up, as there are too much of them, so there sometimes is only little traffic on them, and as most of the gas stations are one or two kilometers away from the highway. While travelling, I had the feeling that a sign helped a lot, but try that out for yourself. Another thing I noticed was that more women took me than in Germany...
There is no special need of practicing your Swedish since almost everyone speaks English there.