For Sweden all the above mentioned connectors are used, and some more.

For receptacles: The only type of terminal I've seen on the market today has a center screw which when tightened pushes a plate down, to hold one wire one each side of the screw. (It is one of the types described by Ragnar above) The same type is used on circuit breakers and the like.

Switches increasingly come with the push-in terminal with a release button. The button on the popular ELJO brand is to hard to push by hand, for some reason.

I should add that the Kopp brand is the extreme low end here.

[This message has been edited by C-H (edited 05-08-2003).]