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What did it mean that Denmark became a member of NATO in 1949?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvad betød det, at Danmark blev medlem af NATO i 1949?

  1. aDenmark became an ally of the Soviet Union.Danmark blev allieret med Sovjetunionen.
  2. bDenmark stopped being a neutral country.Danmark holdt op med at være et neutralt land.Correct answer
  3. cDenmark promised to give up its armed forces.Danmark lovede at nedlægge sit forsvar.

Why?

Before the war, Denmark had tried to be neutral. With NATO membership in 1949, Denmark chose a side in the Cold War: the side of the West, against the Soviet Union and its allies.

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Source

Questions from past Medborgerskabsprøve papers (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim with their official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the official study material. The explanations are ours. Questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. The English translation and the explanations were made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. We are not affiliated with SIRI.

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