This evidence-driven decision making process (which is indeed the default here) works remarkably well when things are moving slowly. It kills bullshit beautifully. This is normally something I'm quite proud about.
However, it breaks down so badly when you're suddenly facing a one in a hundred years pandemic and you can't act decisively 3-4 months into the pandemic because there's no evidence yet.
Sweden is "peace-damaged". We haven't really had to deal with any national-level crises the since the spanish flu about 100 years ago. The last war was in 1814. 500 soldiers died.
Note that the above mostly applies to national governance - this is the stuff that really gets set into code and culture over time.
At a local e.g. hospital/research unit/private company level, there's fantastic innovation happening on a daily basis, just as in the rest of the world.