{{Short description|Scenic route in Sweden}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2018}} thumb|The design of ''Riksettan's'' sign is based on the old sign for ''Riksväg 1''. '''Riksettan''' or '''Turistväg Riksettan''' is the name of a scenic route that goes from Vaggeryd in the north, through Värnamo, Ljungby, Markaryd, and ends in Örkelljunga in the south. The route is part of the classic national road ''Riksväg 1'' and goes parallel with the E4 and the river Lagan.
The route is primarily intended for tourists as a more scenic and cultural alternative to the highway. The road is suitable for both cars, motorcycles and bicycles. It is possible for additional municipalities along the old ''Riksväg 1'' to join ''Riksettan'' and thus have it extended.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Persson|first1=Jörgen|title=Riksväg 1 - Till huvudstaden|url=http://www.riksettan.net/riksvagar/riksvag-1-till-huvudstaden-281|website=Riksettan|accessdate=23 August 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615061835/http://www.riksettan.net/riksvagar/riksvag-1-till-huvudstaden-281|archivedate=15 June 2017|language=Swedish|date=2 June 2011}}</ref>
==Etymology== ''Riksettan'' is portmanteau and was originally the colloquial term for ''Riksväg 1''. The first part of the word, ''Riks-'', derives from the Swedish word ''Riksväg'' which means "national road", or more literally "road of the realm". The second part, ''-ettan'', derives from the definite form of ''"Ett"'', the Swedish word for the number "One".
==See also== *Riksväg 1 *Göta highway
==External links== *The full stretch of former [http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2307312#map=7/57.386/15.590 Riksväg 1], which ''Riksettan'' is part of, marked in OpenStreetMap.
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Category:Roads in Sweden