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What did the 1953 Constitution change about the Folketing?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvad ændrede grundloven fra 1953 ved Folketinget?

  1. aThe Landsting was abolished, so Denmark has only the FolketingLandstinget blev afskaffet, så Danmark kun har FolketingetCorrect answer
  2. bThe Folketing was replaced by a king with all power in the countryFolketinget blev erstattet af en konge med al magt i landet
  3. cThe Folketing got two chambers instead of a single chamberFolketinget fik to kamre i stedet for ét enkelt kammer

Why?

Before 1953 the parliament (Rigsdagen) had two chambers, the Folketing and the Landsting. The 1953 Constitution abolished the Landsting.

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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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