The local market makers: Swedish municipalities as preschool quasi-market organisers

National policies aiming at marketisation and privatisation in welfare sectors such as Early Childhood Education Care (ECEC) require governance organisation to be realised. In Sweden, the municipalities are key but largely under-researched organisers for preschool quasi-market infrastructures. This study explores different ways which Swedish act setting. Following organisational theory, we analyse their market shaping activities translating national regulations efforts influence, support control local quasi-market. Documents, websites, interviews with public officials from 30 characterised having either a large (N = 10), medium or small 10) private ECEC sector analysed. The analysis highlights variations on how makers, is further discussed form of three ideal types: Frontier, Keeper, Endorser. We conclude that municipalities’ varying hybridised characteristics important understand implications emerge terms rules game, stakeholder interdependencies relationships, composition actors etc. Attentiveness sub-national/local essential understanding quasi-markets within policy frameworks privatisation.