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What is the maximum number of passenger seats allowed in a private car?
“A private car [...] A car equipped with no more than eight seats in addition to the driver’s seat.” (Act on road traffic definitions)
Nationalencyklopedin: “passenger […] a person travelling with a means of transportation that they are not driving”.
This means 8 passenger seats + 1 driver = a maximum total of 9 seats.
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