I would argue that Sweden is not collectivistic at all. In the golden years of the Folkhem (the people's home) Sweden was collectivistic to a larger extent, bu

I would argue that Sweden is not collectivistic at all. In the golden years of the Folkhem (the people's home) Sweden was collectivistic to a larger extent, but because of the massive increase of living standards, a huge middle class emerged. Core beliefs of the middle class is typically high individualism and materialism which usually translates to some form of liberalism. Many, especially on the right, makes the mistake to equate high taxes with collectivism, but that is not necessarily the case, because it depends on how the taxes are collected and what the taxes are used for. Today the Swedish's left argument for high taxes is to increase individual freedom, not collective freedom. The Swedish's right argument for low taxes is to increase individual freedom, not collective freedom, thus both the left and the right in Sweden is ruled by the same middle class and every big topic in Sweden since the at least 20 years has been of a middle class perspective. Reducing society to high vs low taxes is one of the most extreme forms of individualism you can have.