at the introduction of the new numbering scheme in 1992, the e 47 was originally devised to continue from helsingborg northward through sweden and norway to gothenburg, oslo, trondheim and finally olderfjord, replacing almost all of the old e 6. after negotiations between unece and the swedish and norwegian authorities, this plan was abandoned, and the e 6 remains designated as such, both on signage and in the official documents, throughout its entire old length in scandinavia (including the snippets trelleborg–malmö and malmö–helsingborg, which are concurrent with the e 22 and the e 20 respectively, and were never intended to become parts of the e 47). a similar solution was made for the e 4 through sweden. these two roads are the most conspicuous exceptions to the rule that even numbers signify west-to-east e-roads.