Yeah but I do think there is merit in comparing Sweden to neighboring countries such as Denmark.

However, luck is also a factor that shouldn't be disregarded. If anything was learnt from the attempts of modeling the development of the pandemic it should be that the virus does not diffuse through the population in some idealized fashion. It's extremely messy and depends on local circumstances and sheer chance.

This can easily be confirmed by comparing different regions of countries. Despite similar regulations the variation is enormous.