I don't know much about Sweden, but in the Netherlands (my own country) poverty levels are reported at 0.3%, even lower, but this tells a very incomplete story as many people are struggling to make ends meet.

For the record, the U.S. is reported at 1.7% poverty levels; not much above Sweden's levels.

I don't know you or your background, but I think of people who are relatively well off (i.e. programmers and the like) don't quite grasp how much harder everything is if you're working low-income minimum wage jobs. It's perhaps not "poverty" by some measured standard, but it sure isn't easy sailing either.