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Sammanfattning: This research overview aims to clarify and specify the term intercultural competence, as well as to distinguish which terms and concepts researchers use in tandem with this. Further, this research overview aims to examine how intercultural competence can be understood in the context of history education. Both from a theoretical, didactical perspective - and from a practical perspective. In other words, this research overview is akin to a three-stage rocket. First, key concepts and theories are introduced; secondly, the application of intercultural competence in relation to history didactics are examined; and lastly, the practical possibilities for the aforementioned application are presented. The method used to conduct this research overview study has been information searching. The three databases that were used are ERIC, SwePub, and DiVA. ERIC was used to ensure a rich collection of international research; SwePub and DiVA were used to collect research that portray Swedish conditions. Additional research and literature has been used, in consultation with our mentor. The key conclusions gathered from the results of this study are as follows: this field of research originated on the American continent - following the civil rights movement. In an anglo-american context, the term “multicultural education” is most commonly used. The research field has striking similarities with the field known as “critical pedagogy” - with an emphasis on reforming the educational institutions as such. The application of intercultural competence within history education and Jörn Rüsen’s three narrative competencies are not only plausible - but can be seen as dimensions of one-another. Lastly, this research overview shows how intercultural historical competence can be applied in real classroom situations - more research is needed on this particular point.