Editing European route E4 (section)

== History and naming ==
The [[International E-road network]] convention was signed in 1950, with the E4 routed [[Lisbon]]-[[Madrid]]-[[Barcelona]]-[[Nimes]]-[[Geneva]]-[[Basel]]-[[Frankfurt]]-[[Hamburg]]-[[Helsingør]]-[[Stockholm]]-[[Haparanda]]-[[Helsinki]]. The part in Sweden was signposted E4 in 1962. Until 1962, the road Helsingborg–Stockholm was called highway 1, and Stockholm–Haparanda highway 13.
 
Under the new system of [[European route]]s which was decided in 1975, but introduced in Sweden in 1992, it was planned to have been a part of [[European route E55|E55]], but it retains the pre-1992 designation (E4) within Sweden, because the expenses connected with re-signing this long road portion would be too great.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/arende/betankande/vagvasende-mm_GF01TU15/html |title=Vägväsende m.m. Trafikutskottets betänkande 1991/92:TU15 |last=Committee on Transport and Communications<!--[add if article is created] |author-link=Committee on Transport and Communications (Parliament of Sweden)--> |publisher=[[Riksdag]] |language=sv |access-date=14 January 2017 |quote=Sverige tog därför, tillsammans med Finland och Norge, fram ett förslag till ändring i 1975 års överenskommelse som innebär att Europavägarna E4 och [[European route E6|E6]] får behålla sina nuvarande vägnummer. Skälen för förslaget var, för Sveriges del, dels att begreppen E4 och E6 är väl etablerade inom landet, dels att en omnumrering av dessa vägar kraftigt skulle öka kostnaderna för omskyltning m.m.}}</ref> Besides the signs along the road, there are thousands of signs, especially in cities, showing how to reach the E4 road. The road is now fully authorised as E4 by the relevant authority, not as E55.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2016/sc1/ECE-TRANS-SC1-2016-03-Rev1e.pdf |title=European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR) |date=1 November 2016 |publisher=[[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe]] |pages=10, 12 |access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>