The Indfødsretsprøven has 45 questions, and most candidates who fail do so on the same five question types. Use the list below to find your weakest areas and focus your study there. Want to measure first? Take a free Danish citizenship test.
You need at least 36 of 45 questions correct, and at the same time 4 of 5 values questions must be correct. The values rule catches many candidates: you can have 40 correct total and still fail if you miss 2 values questions.
Many questions require an exact year. Confusing nearby dates (1864 vs. 1920, 1915 vs. 1953) is the most common mistake.
Examples: the constitution (1849), the Schleswig wars (1864), women's suffrage (1915), reunification of Southern Jutland (1920), constitutional reform (1953), EEC membership (1973).
Referendums on EU matters appear regularly, and the four Danish opt-outs and their timing are easy to mix up.
Remember the difference between Maastricht (1992), Edinburgh (1993), the euro (2000), the justice opt-out (2015) and the defence opt-out (2022).
Kanslergadeforliget, Septemberforliget, Welfare Pact and similar political deals come up often. Many candidates confuse the year and what each pact actually solved.
Match the right pact to the crisis it solved (1933 economic depression, 1899 labour market) and the parties involved.
Five questions cover events from the six months before the exam. You cannot guess these and many candidates underestimate how much news they need to follow.
Read DR and TV2 daily. Note parliamentary decisions, prime-minister meetings, government changes and referendums from the half-year before your exam.
Five questions cover Danish values, and you need at least 4 of 5 correct - regardless of how well you score on the rest. Many candidates miss this extra hurdle.
Equality, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, democracy and tolerance are the core themes. Read the dedicated guide and practise them separately.
