Scandinavia by car

Not sure what you want to know - we drove all over Sweden - rented the car outside of Stockholm.

I'm also not sure what you want to know - we also drove all over Sweden - and also rented the car outside of Stockholm (at Arlanda airport).

All the major international agencies are there, plus a few local ones. Renting a car in Sweden is about like renting one anywhere else in the world.

We would like to drive in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Dora

You still haven't really asked a question, so it's hard to know what to tell you. Are you wondering about restrictions on taking a rental car into the different countries? You'd have to check with the rental agency to be sure, but I can give my own experience.

Once we flew to Lulea, Sweden and rented a car. They didn't mention any prohibitions about taking the car into nearby Finland, so we did that, as well as driving into Norway.

I know there are agencies that let you pick your car up in Sweden, Norway or Denmark and leave the car in any of the other two, so I don't think you'll have any problem taking the car between countries (unlike problems people have with taking rental cars between Ireland and Britain).

Thank you Patrick. I would like to know about the driving experiences in Scandinavia, like taking the car in the ferries from Denmark to Norway, Sweden to
Finland and if everybody knows of a Company in Scandinavia that leases the car (like Peugeot or Renault that you can lease in France with a very convenient all inclusive price and tax free and can drive everywhere in Europe,but that they don't have offices in Scandinavia.

I rented a car in Stokholm from Auto Europe and it was just like renting at home. Almost all cars are stick shifts. The website said I would have to pay $200 more for automatic so I hope you can drive standard transmission. I put 1200 miles on the car driving through Sweden and Norway. Beautiful scenery. Roads very narrow in parts of Norway but still felt safe. You have the option to buy insurance so check with your auto insurance company before you go to see if you would be covered in an accident. They drive on the same side of the road we do. I took a few ferries. I made a reservation on one from Norway to Sweden (I think it was Stromstad) because there weren't that many crossings but other ferries I just showed up and waited. Most came within 20 minutes. I wasn't always sure what to do but I just watched everyone else.

Thank you very much Lynn.

Dora- Just have to put in my pitch for trains. The trains in Norway (and I'd bet in all the Scandinavian countries) are wonderful. Schedules easy to read, good times, etc.

We have twice rented a car in Sweden - it is so very EASY to drive there - no traffic like we have in California. We have also taken the trains which are excellent. Our rental car, however, did allow us to get to some sites we wouldn't have been able to with only the train. This was well worth it - Sweden is so beautiful with many historical locations.

We found it very easy to drive in the Norwegian fjords area. The roads were good and usually tunneled through the mountains instead of going over them. Instead of bridges to cross the fjords, there are ferrys which go back and forth about every 20-30 minutes.