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The aim of the thesis is to examine how one can understand the recent employment of a policy-entrepreneur in the city of Helsingborg. The study will be using a explaining-outcome process-tracing method since the causes regarding the outcome attracts the interest of this essay. As theory the study has been using ”Agendas, Alternatives and public policies” by John W. Kingdon, where he presents three perspectives: Problems, the Primeval Soup and the Political stream. The problems representing the challenges that the actors in the political process is experiencing. The Primeval Soup represents the solutions that occur, and the meaning of the political stream is what kind of political context the problems and solutions occur from. This theory is then added to the empirical findings regarding the employment. The findings suggest that the policy-entrepreneur is using each of these perspectives to place important subjects on the agenda. One subject is especially important, which is the connection between Helsingborg and Helsingör. The policy-entrepreneur has an important role in the city of Helsingborg’s will to increase state presence and consequently in the communication with the government