The purpose of this study is to examine the discussion about public access to information inrelation to independent schools within the newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Aftonbladet andSvenska Dagbladet. To enable this purpose, a qualitative and quantitative content analysis of gathered articles ranging from 2016 up until 2021 was done. In order to examine the empirical data gained from the articles, the study based its theoretical framework upon multiple approaches. These are as follows; one of the most prominent media theories; agenda setting theory which was complimented by framing theory, and Lennart Lundquist’s (1998) idea of a democratic values and economic values in the public sector from his book Guardians of Democracy. Through the material that has been analysed, the study can conclude that the debate about the principle of public access to information increases around the year 2020 and that the years before, the debate about independent schools was centered on other topics. The study also concludes that there is an overall balance between the arguments for economic and democratic values but the importance of the principle of public access to information about schools is emphasised in most of the articles.