Genre pedagogy and the curriculum cycle is commonly applied in schools in Sweden today. Genre pedagogy aims to develop students’ abilities to write texts in different social contexts. The curriculum cycle (or teaching-learning cycle) is the pedagogical model most commonly used in Swedish schools to achieve this aim. This model has many advantages but often tends to become static and prescriptive. This study aims to examine scientific research concerning genre pedagogy and further on how it has influenced the Swedish curriculum. This study shows that genre pedagogy classifies texts into different genres with common features and that both context and language of each text should be analyzed. In school, genre pedagogy is often taught through the four steps of the curriculum cycle. According to some research the curriculum cycle fails to include critical analysis and creative development of genres, aspects that are included in the Swedish curriculum. One of the articles presents two additional steps to the curriculum cycle which might supplement the first four steps including critical analysis and creative writing. The conclusion of this study states that the Swedish curriculum is clearly influenced by genre pedagogy and the curriculum cycle. It also states that the curriculum cycle needs to be supplemented by the two additional steps to match the curriculum of the Swedish school better.