The guide book warned us that swedes are reserved and polite but nothing prepared us for the law abiding citizens we were to meet. They wait at the traffic lights until the green man appears (or sounds his 'tack, tack, tack, tack...'- perhaps thanking them for their patience), they don't cycle on pavements (at least not since a recent law on the topic was introduced), and they don't litter. Our theory was that the police there actually enforce those 'minor' laws that the police in the UK don't seem to have time to enforce.