The contribution deals with the Swedish situation, its policy of multiculturalism and in a narrower sense, with its relation to immigrants, and with how all the mentioned reflects on circumstances in education with stresses on elementary school level. The basic framework of the contribution is a dissertation on multiculturalism policy in Sweden that should bring to effect equitable relations, and consequently connects with the ideologies of equalitarianism and anti-racism. All the mentioned also reflects in fundamental principles, which set the frameworks of educational programmes that are being realised in practice in various ways.