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The purpose of the study is to investigate teachers' experiences of developing cooperation and participation with students in history teaching in order to strengthen students' learning. The goal is particularly interested in understanding what collaboration and participation are in history teaching according to teachers'experiences and which methods are used to achieve this. In addition, it examines what conditions are needed for this to be achieved. Finally, it is also examined whether challenges can arise in order to create cooperation and participation in history teaching. The study is based on a semi-structured qualitative interview method with three teachers. The teachers are from two upper secondary schools and one secondary school in Sweden. The result shows that cooperation and participation can be achieved in different ways, but that the concepts relate to each other. What perhaps appeared surprising was that the relationship with the students was emphasized more than the methods themselves, which were quite basic. Another decisive factor that stood out was the teacher's ability to find inputs for the student and make personal connections to the history subject. When the teacher found the entrance, participation and cooperation also increased. The teacher's passion for the profession was also something that influenced the students' participation.