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The article examines the interaction between innovation policy and its determinants on the example of Sweden. Initially, Sweden owed its innovativeness to right socio-political conditions, but the process of globalization has forced change in innovation policy paradigm, which is since the 90s twentieth century, actively shaping the institutional environment of enterprises. Similar changes are most likely a prerequisite for maintaining high innovativeness of the Swedish economy in the face of the current economic crisis.