As part of the so-called Bologna Process, syllabi in Swedish higher education have been revised and built around learning outcomes, focusing on skills and competencies, both generic and subject-specific. However, it can be questioned whether assessment practice have undergone corresponding changes.In this chapter I give examples of examination tasks set by History departments at Swedish universities and discuss to what extent they correspond with the learning outcomes for the courses. I also discuss the possibility to create "authentic assessment" tasks in order to better determine students' abilities and competencies of relevance in the field of History.