This notion is entirely foreign to Swedes, even the young ones. The Swedish language contains a handful of adjectives pertaining to craftsmanship and the quality of work, most of which are utterly untranslatable, and several of which convey the highest praise. High-quality work is an end in itself, completely removed from any profit it might bring. This is difficult for Americans to understand, having spent a lifetime under the rule which says you may make something as shoddy as possible as long as you can convince people it is cool to buy. Four-fifths of the American economy runs on this principle.
Good work is for suckers.
It takes up too much time. The way to get ahead is to hustle. So Larry and the rest of the Americans in Sweden will continue to fidget and twitch until the inevitable day when they return to the United States. The Larrys will finally be out from under the shadow of socialist paternalism. And lots of Swedes will come here too.