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What did Denmark lose after the war of 1864?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvad mistede Danmark efter krigen i 1864?

  1. aGreenland and the Faroe Islands, to Norway and Sweden (Grønland og Færøerne til Norge og Sverige)Grønland og Færøerne til Norge og Sverige
  2. bThe duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg (Slesvig, Holsten og Lauenborg)Hertugdømmerne Slesvig, Holsten og LauenborgCorrect answer
  3. cBornholm and Lolland-Falster, to Germany (Bornholm og Lolland-Falster til Tyskland)Bornholm og Lolland-Falster til Tyskland

Why?

Denmark lost the war against Prussia and Austria. The duchies came under German rule, and Denmark became a much smaller country.

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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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