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The sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen lived abroad for many years. In which city did he make many of his sculptures?

In the exam (Danish)

Billedhuggeren Bertel Thorvaldsen boede i mange år i udlandet. I hvilken by lavede han mange af sine skulpturer?

  1. aStockholmStockholm
  2. bParisParis
  3. cRomeRomCorrect answer

Why?

Thorvaldsen travelled to Italy in 1797 and lived in Rome for about 40 years, where he was inspired by the art of the Roman Empire. Today his works can be seen at Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen.

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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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