There are degrees of socialism, Bebe. Any government that uses taxes to provide services or products for the people has a socialist component. Socialism is an economic system.

I grew up in the 50s and 60s. Internationally, including both the US and the UK, socialism was not a dirty word. All western countries in those days had 'mixed economies ' Part socialist and part capitalist.
.in my native South Africa, when we were still part of the British Empire and run by the Brits, Air, rail, harbour, phones, electricity hospitals were all owned by government.

It was Thatcher and Reagan who made socialism a dirty word.

As a German citizen, I have lived in many countries in the EU, plus England and Scotland

Germany is a strong welfare society. So are Portugal, France, and many others. Even now, so is the UK, though much of it has been destroyed by privatisation. Thankfully, none of the countries in Europe privatised

For the record, China is also a capitalist economy, if you want to use the Scandinavian countries as a model.

Scandinavia, like other countries have strong welfare systems which would be considered socialist by Americans. Trade/business has always existed, and it's existence does not mean a country isn"t socialist.