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What did Denmark give up when it became a member of NATO in 1949?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvad opgav Danmark, da landet blev medlem af NATO i 1949?

  1. aIts policy of being neutralSin politik om at være neutralCorrect answer
  2. bIts UN membership from 1945Sit medlemskab af FN fra 1945
  3. cIts own defence and armySit eget forsvar og sin hær

Why?

For a long time Denmark had tried to stay neutral, but that did not prevent the German occupation in 1940. During the Cold War Denmark therefore chose a side and joined NATO.

Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Danish, as shown above.

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Source

Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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