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I mean, it's not super weird to see a globe structure somewhere and assume it's just a globe without being part of some elaborate country-wide solarsystem. Here is a tiny list of some more, but I'm sure there exists 1000s more around the world: https://second.wiki/wiki/liste_kugelfc3b6rmiger_bauwerke

Well, if it was empty then it would be strange, but it's a venues hall for concerts, etc., and people could've just thought it's just the architects being creative.

I don't think it was built this way with the intention to symbolize the Sun. Making it the center of a model Solar System was probably more of an afterthought (although a really cool one).

I mean, it is a big spherical venue. Representing the Sun is more of a secondary use.

Stayed in a hotel near the Ericsson Globe. No clue.

When I saw the tiny Venus (or was it Mercury?) on a pedestal in downtown Stockholm, I suspected something was up.

Globen just means literally "the globe".

Globen doesn't mean the sun in Swedish. It's just The Sphere. But yes, I had no idea about this.