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In fall 2016 a new curriculum will be introduced in basic education in Finland which will result in dramatic changes for teachers. Since the teachers are in charge of implementing the changes in practice, their attitudes towards the new curriculum are of high relevance. Prior research show that teachers are more positive to school reforms if they are aware of, and accept, the purpose and the consequences of the reform. The purpose of this study is to find out how the teachers feel about the new curriculum for basic education. I want to find out if they are aware of how the new curriculum affect them and their work, if they feel that they have participated in the work process, if they find the new curriculum relevant and easy to implement, how they feel about the content, and finally, how they feel about their own roles as teachers as the new curriculum is introduced. The study was done with quantitative methods. An electronic questionnaire was sent out in March 2016 to teachers working in grades 1-6 in swedish speaking schools in Espoo. A total of 48 teachers answered the questionnaire. The data was analyzed with the statistic programme SPSS. The results showed that most teachers feel positive about the new curriculum even though they think that their profession will become more demanding. They understand and accept the purpose of the reform and are well aware of how the new curriculum will affect them and their work. However, they are sceptical about how well the curriculum will work in practice. Many teachers feel like both the schools and the teachers lack enough resources and competences to successfully implement the curriculum in practice.