Relax a bit. The only point GP was trying to make is that it's not just Sweden but in many EU countries it's also a law. There is no need to be aggressive.
I'm not being aggressive, I'm just frustrated because it seems to be impossible to point out that something is the case in the country where I live without one of the replies being in the spirit of "well, actually..." — so all I'm saying is that pointing out a phenomenon as geographically situated somewhere is not the same as pointing it out as unique to that location. I get this often enough that I expect it every time, so I'm sorry if some of the frustration shines through. There just seems to be a pathological tendency to correct people, to the extent where the errors are willfully interpreted as such.
I get why this frustrates you but as you can not change other people you could try to clarify by adding a "This might exist in other countries as well" or similar.
To be honest, it is your "relax a bit" and "no need to be aggressive" comments that are kind of passive-aggressive.
In the whole history of relaxing, no one has ever relaxed after being told to relax a bit.
Man I’m relaxing now. Got my feet up, contemplating getting a drink after I read these comments.