DenmarkDet danske demokrati og retssamfundet 26 · Danish democracy and the rule of law
The police want to search a person's home. As a general rule, what must they have first?
In the exam (Danish)
Politiet vil ransage en persons bolig. Hvad skal de som hovedregel have først?
- aA court order from a judge.En retskendelse fra en dommer.Correct answer
- bPermission from the person's neighbours.Tilladelse fra personens naboer.
- cA written order from the mayor.En skriftlig ordre fra borgmesteren.
Why?
The Constitution says that the home is inviolable. As a general rule, the police may only search a home when a judge has given permission in a court order (retskendelse).
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Danish, as shown above.
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How does a foreign national get Danish citizenship (indfødsret) by naturalisation?Correct answer:By a law passed by the Folketing.
Hvordan får en udlænding dansk indfødsret ved naturalisation? — Ved en lov, som Folketinget vedtager.
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The police arrest a person and do not want to release him. How quickly must he be brought before a judge?Correct answer:Within 24 hours.
Politiet anholder en person og vil ikke løslade ham. Hvor hurtigt skal han stilles for en dommer? — Inden for 24 timer.
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In which court do most court cases begin?Correct answer:The district court (byretten).
I hvilken ret begynder de fleste retssager? — Byretten.
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Søren is unhappy with the judgment he has received in the district court (byretten). What can he usually do?Correct answer:Appeal the judgment to the High Court (landsretten).
Søren er utilfreds med den dom, han har fået i byretten. Hvad kan han som regel gøre? — Anke dommen til landsretten.
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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