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I don't know how common that was. I just know that this Volvo had it. 1959 was the first model year for the Volvo PV 544. The PV 444 was made until 1958. If the older PV 444 also had this feature I don't know. My father bought the PV 544 before I was born.

So in a way the PV 544, from 1959, was just as featureful (in this particular case) as my XC70 from 2012. But adjusting the headlight on the old one took more advanced tools.

The more important point was that, for some reason, most vehicles in Sweden at that time already had the steering wheel on the left side. Perhaps because of all this talk about going to the right side (see below). The main exception were buses. Since they had the entry door on the left side, the driver was sitting on the right side, so he could sell the tickets. We had already simplified the staff to one driver/ticket sales person aboard. A lot of money was spent on rebuilding buses with a new door on the right side. It was usually mounted behind the driver, and the previous entry at the front left was closed and replaced with a double seat. I remember school buses from the early 1970's with this configuration.

Sweden switched over to the right side already 1718. But that didn't last long, as already 1734 we went back to the left side.
In 1927, a committe suggested investigating the cost for switching to the right side again. Proposals for this were brought up in the Swedish parliament 1934, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945 and 1953. In 1954, a clear recommendation to go to the right side was issued. A public (advisory) poll in 1955 rejected the proposal with a majority of 83%.
Anyway, the government kept on pushing, and finally, May 10th 1963, the decision to switch to the right side on September 3rd, 1967, was taken.