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You appear to have done your homework quite well, to a point. You didn't say what gearing your BadBoy has/had. The reason I mention this is that Cannondale frames are light. Indeed, for the same price, aluminium frames are normally quite a bit lighter than steel frames, and they're stiffer than steel frames too. Steel of course has a longer life normally, and a less harsh ride than aluminium.
So even though you're looking for a bike with the more classical and thinner tubing look, it will hardly ever be the light bike that you're hoping for. A Cannondale frame built up as a singlespeed or fixed bike, would normally be lighter. That is to say, don't expect lightness just because your BadBoy was geared, and a new bike only has one gear. They may be the same weight, or the steel framed bike may even be heavier.
Have you checked with Evans? Do they ship to Sweden? I'm about to add quite a few more steel framed bikes to the OTP list, and many of them might be Evans exclusives.
The Mercier is very nice looking. But also very similar to the KHS Flite 100....but you obviously knew that.