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Yes, they are outward opening mainly for traditional reasons (which is why UK door go inwards I guess). A Loooong time ago people used to have two doors with ~100mm gap between them. The one on the inside would open inwards, and the other one would open outwards. The a 1+1 'coupled' door solution was used to impove the insulation. When doors got better the internal door was eventually just left out and you ended up with a single outward opening door.
http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=640&page=1 supplied this nugget of information; take a look. So yes, essentially a porch that no longer exists.
Because of snow drift? If the door opens inwards with snow piled up against the door it would all go inside the building. However, if the door opens outwards this is removed.
Commercial and public doors or private house doors? All public buildings have doors that open outwards, not just in Sweden, but, for example, the main door of a house, I am not sure why they would open outwards. Unless it is a SCREEN door...
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