DenmarkDansk kulturliv 1 · Danish cultural life
H.C. Andersen (Hans Christian Andersen) is one of the best-known Danish writers in the world. What did he mainly write?
In the exam (Danish)
H.C. Andersen er en af de mest kendte danske forfattere i verden. Hvad skrev han især?
- aHymns for the churchSalmer til kirken
- bFairy talesEventyrCorrect answer
- cCrime novelsKrimier
Why?
H.C. Andersen (1805–75) wrote many fairy tales, for example “The Ugly Duckling” (“Den grimme ælling”) and “The Emperor's New Clothes” (“Kejserens nye klæder”). They have been translated into more than 100 languages and are read by both children and adults.
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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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