Citizenship tests

Denmark Citizenship Test

Indfødsretsprøven

Indfødsretsprøven is a written paper, not an interview. You get 45 questions and 45 minutes, no notes and no dictionary, and you have to answer at least 36 correctly. Four of the five questions on Danish values have to be right on their own, so a strong overall score does not save you if you drop those.

The simulation here runs the real shape: 45 questions on one 45 minute clock, marked against both rules at the end. The questions come from SIRI past papers, in Danish, as they were asked. The units take the same questions a subject at a time, untimed, so you can read the answer and move on.

Full test
45 questions, multiple choice, spread across every topic instead of drawn purely at random. One 45:00 clock, pass at 36, and at least 4 of the 5 questions in Danske værdier.
Every paper: 40 Samfund, kultur og historie, 5 Danske værdier.
18 units · 153 questions
A supreme court chamber, the bench facing rows of counsel
Unit 1 of 18
Grundloven og statsmagten
8 questions · untimed · 7 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

The constitution of 1849 and the two revisions since, what it guarantees, how the three powers are split, and where the monarch sits in all of it.

Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A voter folding a ballot paper into the box at a polling station
Unit 2 of 18
Valg og folkestyre
6 questions · untimed · 5 to pass
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How a Folketing is elected and a government formed: the two percent rule, turnout, minority government, and how long a prime minister may stay.

Juvaria, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A parliamentary plenary chamber, the speaker’s rostrum in front of the government bench
Unit 3 of 18
Partierne
11 questions · untimed · 9 to pass
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The party landscape from the oldest to the newest: who founded what, who has governed longest, and which leaders belonged where.

Ole Neitzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A town hall square, the council building at the head of it
Unit 4 of 18
Kommuner, regioner og skat
9 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
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The two levels below the state: who runs the hospitals, the schools and the elder care, who levies the taxes, and how often they are elected.

Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0 ee, via Wikimedia Commons
A panelled courtroom with the bench raised above the floor
Unit 5 of 18
Lov og ret
6 questions · untimed · 5 to pass
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The rules a resident meets first: how long the police may hold you, who orders pre-trial detention, who checks the authorities, and the age limits.

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The long nave of a church, arches receding towards the altar
Unit 6 of 18
Vikingetid og middelalder
7 questions · untimed · 6 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

From the Norse gods and Sweyn Forkbeard to Harald Bluetooth’s stone, the Black Death and the Reformation of 1536.

PierreSelim, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A tractor and baler working a field at harvest
Unit 7 of 18
Enevælde og 1800-tallet
10 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

Absolute monarchy, the wars that shrank the country, the adscription and the slave trade, and the Denmark that came out of 1864.

Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A track running through a valley of turning trees in November
Unit 8 of 18
Verdenskrigene og besættelsen
6 questions · untimed · 5 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

Neutral in one war and occupied in the next: the Kanslergade Agreement, Stauning, the policy of cooperation, the bunkers, and 4 May.

Roman Eisele, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A tower crane over a building going up in a city
Unit 9 of 18
Økonomi, arbejde og befolkning
11 questions · untimed · 9 to pass
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The oil crisis and the boom before it, who works where, what has happened to pensions and unemployment benefit, and who lives in Denmark now.

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A wooden climbing frame in a public playground
Unit 10 of 18
Ligestilling og samfundsforandring
6 questions · untimed · 5 to pass
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How the country changed around its citizens: the Redstockings, the youth revolt, the first female minister, registered partnership and abortion.

Friedrich Haag, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rows of library shelving seen from above, the spines packed end to end
Unit 11 of 18
Litteratur og kunst
8 questions · untimed · 7 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

Andersen, Kierkegaard, Blixen and Ditlevsen, the hymns everybody sings, the painters at Skagen, and the poet who arrived in 2013.

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An observatory dome on a ridge under a sky thick with stars
Unit 12 of 18
Film, musik og videnskab
9 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
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The screen and the laboratory: Matador and The Killing, von Trier and Bier, Mads Mikkelsen, Gasolin, Carl Nielsen, Tycho Brahe and Niels Bohr.

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Low islands scattered across open water, seen from the air
Unit 13 of 18
Rigsfællesskabet
10 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

Greenland and the Faroe Islands: their flags, their towns, how far the constitution reaches, and why neither of them is in the EU.

Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Poppies and camomile across a field in high summer
Unit 14 of 18
Geografi og seværdigheder
11 questions · untimed · 9 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

The map and what stands on it: the biggest cities, the highest point, the bridges, Kronborg, Amalienborg, Roskilde, Bornholm and Møn.

Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A bronze globe on a seafront, the continents raised on its face
Unit 15 of 18
Danmark i Europa
6 questions · untimed · 5 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

The referendums that decided Denmark’s place in Europe, the opt-out that is left, and who sits in the Council and the Parliament.

Stu’s Images, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A coast guard patrol vessel under way offshore
Unit 16 of 18
Forsvar og udenrigspolitik
9 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
Swedish questionsEnglish help

NATO in 1949 and the UN in 1945, conscription, the Cold War line, Iraq, development aid, the Nordic Council and the Paris Agreement.

Andrew Van Ova, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A march filling a street behind a banner
Unit 17 of 18
Danske værdier: frihed og ligestilling
10 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
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The values questions on how people live together: equal pay, marriage, religion, gender and consent. Four of the five on the real paper have to be right.

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The empty benches of a debating chamber, seen from the floor
Unit 18 of 18
Danske værdier: demokrati og retsstat
10 questions · untimed · 8 to pass
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The values questions on the state itself: the vote, the press, the police, bribery and espionage, and where Denmark ranks on democracy.

JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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About the Indfødsretsprøven

Denmark does not publish a question pool, but it does publish something better: the real papers. After every sitting SIRI releases the paper that was sat and the answer key that marked it. The questions here are transcribed from four of them, in Danish, worded as they were asked.

The values section is the part worth watching. Five questions, at least four of them right, and no amount of margin elsewhere makes up for it. Topic practice keeps those five as their own section so you can drill them apart from the history and the geography.

Common questions

How many questions do you have to get right?

At least thirty six of the forty five. On top of that you have to answer at least four of the five questions on Danish values correctly, so those five carry a rule of their own. Both marks are printed on the answer key SIRI publishes after every sitting.

Is the test in Danish?

Yes, and only in Danish. No dictionary and no other aids are allowed in the room. The English shown here is a study aid, not something you will see on the day.

What are the questions drawn from?

Thirty five come from the læremateriale SIRI publishes, five are on current affairs from the months before the sitting, and five are on Danish values. The current-affairs five are left out of this practice, because the news they ask about will have moved on by your sitting.

How often is the test held?

Twice a year, in summer and in winter. SIRI publishes each paper and its answer key afterwards, which is where the questions here come from.

Are the questions multiple choice?

Yes. Each one gives you two or three answers to choose from, and you mark one. The full test here shows the same options for the same reason: picking the right one is the actual exam.

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