So funny that you mentioned IKEA! Yes, it does have dozens of chairs, but can you imagine living in a country where IKEA is kind of like Wal-Mart and there aren't a lot of other furniture store options (except for the really expensive stuff in designer stores)? So if you're looking for something that is not in that IKEA style (e.g. a La-Z-Boy leather recliner), you're not going to find it in the whole country.

The maternity leave situation in the US is DIRE.

I don't think breastfeeding is mandated by law, but I think that Sweden wants to ensure that the mother is educated on how to breastfeed and therefore they have these people who come around and give the mother a test as a condition of discharge. On the one hand, this is good as others have pointed out. On the other hand, this poor Spanish woman was absolutely terrified and kept going on about how she was faking being happy and content even though she was just tired and exhausted and wanted to go home with her baby, so she did everything required of her to pass all the tests so she could go home. From her perspective, it seemed like the cultural conflict in how to raise a child in Sweden vs. Spain (apparently they tell mothers not to wash the baby for a little while so the nutrients from birth soak into the baby's skin or something) was a major stressor for her after giving birth.

Abortion is legal in Sweden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Sweden). I had to consult wikipedia, but I think that gives a nice overview: