European route E4

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European route E4 passes through Finland and Sweden. It begins in Tornio in northern Finland, and is actually only 800 m long in Finland. Then it goes through Sweden, south along the Gulf of Bothnia to Gävle, then on a more inland route southwards. It ends in Helsingborg in Sweden, at the port for the ferry to Elsinore in Denmark. In the new system of European routes, it was planned to have been a part of E55, but it remains in the pre-1992 designation (E4) within Sweden, because the expenses connected with re-signing this long road portion would be too large. It is now fully authorised as E4 by the relevant authority, not as E55. South of the city of Uppsala, E4 is almost a continuous motorway. This motorway will be extended to Gävle in 2007.

While in Sweden, this route passes through or nearby the cities
Haparanda, Luleå, Skellefteå, Umeå, Örnsköldsvik, Härnösand, Sundsvall, Hudiksvall, Söderhamn, Gävle, Uppsala, Märsta, Stockholm, Nyköping, Norrköping, Linköping, Jönköping, Ljungby, Helsingborg.