January 2002 they were replaced with embossed aluminium plates clad in 3M reflective film. Post 2018 In 2015 Transportstyrelsen, the organisation responsible for the Swedish car registry submitted a proposal to the Swedish government on how to adapt the registration number system to avoid running out of registration numbers sometime during 2019. The necessary legal adjustments were made on 16 February 2017 to allow the last character to be either a letter or a digit. The first registration plates using the new format were issued on 16 January 2019. As before, the letters I, Q, V, Å, Ä, Ö are not in use, and the letter O is also not used for the last character. References External links Swedish Transport Agency Sweden Transport in Sweden Sweden transport-related lists Driving in Sweden Registration plates