>Q1) Is it true that the average working Swede pays +/-70% in taxes ?

No, according to http://www.taxrates.cc/html/sweden-tax-rates.html it's 57.77%. However, I doubt that this number is correct. And then again, it's a question of how you calculate. If you add all the taxes, VAT, custom an everything, you may end end up with 80-90%, at least here in Norway.

>Q2) Is it true that in an attempt to enforce "equality" the words him and her have been combined into a new word "hem" ?

I listen to Swedish radio and TV almost every day, and I have never heard such a word.

>Just was told this and asking if such statements are true?