Mudak, here I come. :-)
If Sweden is failing, it's due to the RIGHT-WING parties that have been ruling Sweden for several years now; selling out public property to their buddies at laughingly low prices, destroying our "communist health care" so that people now have to wait much longer and pay more for less medical care, dismantling our top-of-the-world education so that we are now barely in the middle.
Sure, Sweden is a country full of people who support human rights, and we have gender-neutral marriage laws, which have NOT hurt our country in any way. We have had registered partnership and then gay marriage for almost 15 years now, and the only difference is that gay people can formalize their relationships. Having a gay pride parade here is sort of pointless; most people say "So what?" or "Good for you" if they find out a friend is gay. But still, as we are this open and free, there is still a point to have a gay pride parade, for those countries where you will probably be killed if anyone finds out you're gay. Most of us like to be empathic like that; all for one and one for all.
Abortions are legal in the US too. All kinds of medical care are covered by our "communist" healt care, including help for childless couples to become pregnant. Teenagers have extra cheap contraceptives, and all kids receive extensive sexual education in school. I bet we have fewer abortions per capita than the US has*.
Sweden is a fairly well-functioning country. We're not as rich as Norway, sure, but more stable than Greece, Spain or Italy, at least.
* Actually no, I was wrong, we have about the same rate of abortions; a bit higher in some studies, a bit lower in others. If religion and morality had any impact, the US ought to have MUCH lower rates. If availability and acceptance had any impact, we ought to have much higher rates.