DenmarkDet danske demokrati og retssamfundet 36 · Danish democracy and the rule of law
A man is suspected of theft. How should he be regarded before a judgment has been given?
In the exam (Danish)
En mand er mistænkt for tyveri. Hvordan skal han regnes, før der er faldet en dom?
- aAs innocent until a court has convicted him.Som uskyldig, indtil en domstol har dømt ham.Correct answer
- bAs guilty if the police are sure that he did it.Som skyldig, hvis politiet er sikre på, at han gjorde det.
- cAs guilty until he himself has proved that he did not do it.Som skyldig, indtil han selv har bevist, at han ikke gjorde det.
Why?
This is called the presumption of innocence. It is the prosecution service (anklagemyndigheden) that must prove guilt, and only a court can find a person guilty.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Danish, as shown above.
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Does a person who is charged in a serious criminal case have the right to a defence lawyer, even if he does not have much money?Correct answer:Yes, the court can give him a defence lawyer, whom the state pays for at first.
Har en person, der er tiltalt i en alvorlig straffesag, ret til en forsvarer, selv om han ikke har mange penge? — Ja, retten kan give ham en forsvarer, som staten betaler først.
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The police have investigated a case. Who decides whether the suspect should be charged and the case taken to court?Correct answer:The prosecution service.
Politiet har efterforsket en sag. Hvem beslutter, om den mistænkte skal tiltales og sagen føres ved retten? — Anklagemyndigheden.
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Which ministry are the police under?Correct answer:The Ministry of Justice.
Hvilket ministerium hører politiet under? — Justitsministeriet.
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Who founded the Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti, SF) in 1959?Correct answer:Aksel Larsen.
Hvem stiftede Socialistisk Folkeparti (SF) i 1959? — Aksel Larsen.
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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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