Regular passport application for a Swedish national during peak summer application period took 3-4 days from stopping into a regional passport application office until the Swedish passport was back for delivery/pick-up.

Regular passport application for a US citizen during peak summer application period took no less than 9-10 days from stopping into a regional passport application office until the passport was back for delivery/pick-up and more commonly took substantially more than 9-10 days.

Applicant's cost of regular passport application is much lower in Sweden than in the US, and that is despite the passport quality and used technology being higher with Swedish passports than US passports. While the USG usually outperforms its stated times by a rather wide margin, we've got a lot of room for improvement in cost/price, quality and time; unfortunately, for US passports, applicants should expect it to cost substantially more but still take substantially longer than it takes for various other countries to perform the service.