wedish preschool class got its first specific curriculum in <:;>. ecause of this, the preschool class can be said to face change where existing practice meets new policy. This study aims to analy+e how teachers in preschool classes do policy during this time of change by studying how teachers in preschool class relate the new curriculum to existing practice. ew institutionalism, theory of professionalism and policy enactment theory are used to understand this. The data used are conversations with teachers at three different schools. The re-­‐sults show that parallel processes of recontextuali+ation are initiated when new curriculum is confronted with the teachers6 interpretations of their as-­‐signment, i.e. a simultaneous process of adaptation and change of existing pedagogical practice take place. Teachers interpret the new curriculum and relate to it as a whole. They express a recognition in terms of a societal trust in the teaching they conduct. ven though the teachers express that the new curriculum gives them trust, professional exclusivity and legitimacy, they also inte rpret it as a recognition of things they want to change in the educational practice. It is through this recognition that the teachers interpret and do policy. The article discusses a shift of the position of the preschool class in the educa-­‐tion system.