Sign a collective bargain with a union and all unions are bound to leave you at peace for that agreements duration.
So far two international companies have refused this:
Toys R Us decades ago, eventually they had to give in.
Tesla now.
Where will these political demands stop? Will the unions drive into a bankruptcy any company that expands in another low cost, not unionized country? Any company that employs migrants? Who would bet a billion dollar investment on the answer to such questions?
Of course you sign a contract when doing business. It's like that in any market economy.
What's peculiar about Sweden is how that extends to the labor market. So instead of commercial civil law you have contract law. That's the only difference.
Tesla can either negotiate a contract and do business, or exit the market. They are free to do either.
What seemingly confuses people is that Tesla is not breaking any civil law. Only contract law, which the market has organized around, and which it is free to refuse their business about.
They have options of course:
1) Stop doing business in Sweden.
2) Sign a collective labor agreement that ensure worker's rights just as every other company that operates in Sweden.
Complying with labor protections is not extortion.
And if Tesla does not wish to comply with the norms in Sweden they definitely should stop operating in the country.
This is buying a ticket to the movie and then a mobster taking another fee at the door.
Who is blackmailing whom?