Spate of crashes in Sweden as busy Easter weekend gets under way
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The long weekend starts on Good Friday, but many people hit the road early, either taking Thursday off or leaving after lunch.
On the E4 motorway northbound, a car and a truck collided at around 9.30am, wrote police on their website.
Four people were travelling in the vehicles, but no one received life-threatening injuries.
At Linköping, several cars were involved in an accident on the E4, said the Swedish Transport Administration.
And another truck and car crashed into each other on the E18 at Västerås. The truck driver was fined for having caused the accident when he changed lanes.
A car drove into a cable barrier at the E20 near Eskilstuna. No one was injured.
The Transport Administration also warned that one lane of the E4 is closed due to road maintenance between Ekhagen and A6 outside Jönköping, which could cause queues.
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