Because they have similar risk factors, which are much, much lower than the other countries people are noting Sweden appeared to have fared better than. The UK,

Because they have similar risk factors, which are much, much lower than the other countries people are noting Sweden appeared to have fared better than. The UK, which imported a lot more cases, has more crowded commuter trains and bars and probably a less sensible population tried the Swedish strategy for a few weeks, but gave up because the deaths were mounting.