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In March 1848 thousands of people in Copenhagen went to the king at Christiansborg. What was the result?

In the exam (Danish)

I marts 1848 gik tusindvis af mennesker i København til kongen på Christiansborg. Hvad blev resultatet?

  1. aThe king gave up absolute monarchy, and work on a constitution beganKongen opgav enevælden, og arbejdet med en grundlov begyndteCorrect answer
  2. bThe king was deposed, and Denmark became a republic with no kingKongen blev afsat, og Danmark blev en republik uden konge
  3. cThe king reintroduced absolute monarchy with a heavy handKongen indførte enevælden igen med hård hånd

Why?

Frederick VII (Frederik 7.) agreed to give up absolute monarchy (enevælden). This led to the constitution the following year.

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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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