Firstly, I agree with the American system for private companies. Secondly, as far as the public service is concerned, Sweden's set holidays should reflect its culture and traditions i.e. retain the existing Christian and pagan holidays it currently has in place for public employees. Thirdly, the United States is a secular liberal democracy and a self-proclaimed "melting pot." Therefore, the only set holidays for American public employees should be secular ones e.g. Memorial Day, etc.

I'm not sure I understand what this Swedish organization is proposing, or that it is such a major change. In the United States, a company is free to close for any holiday it chooses, or remain open on any holiday it chooses. The governmental offices, on the other hand, have ten set holidays, two tied to pagan/harvest rituals (New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day), and one tied to a secularized Christian holiday (Christmas Day). For the past dozen years, I have myself celebrated "Jewish Christmas Eve," even though I was raised Lutheran. That means that, like millions of Jewish Americans, I eat dinner on Christmas Eve at a Chinese restaurant (whose non-Christian proprietors choose to keep their restaurant open, God bless them) and see a movie (at a theater run by Muslim Pakistanis, who choose to keep their theater open, God bless them). There are no official Jewish holidays in the United States, but Jewish-owned companies can close for Rosh Hoshana, Yom Kippur, Passover, or even Purim if they feel like it. Is this Swedish organization proposing that the GOVERNMENT change its holidays? Or are private companies bound by law to close on official holidays?