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What did women in Denmark get the right to in 1973?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvad fik kvinder i Danmark ret til i 1973?

  1. aTo gain access to the university and train as a doctor.At få adgang til universitetet og uddanne sig til læge.
  2. bTo have an abortion without applying for permission, early in the pregnancy.At få en abort uden at søge om lov, tidligt i graviditeten.Correct answer
  3. cTo vote in elections to the Folketing and the municipal councils.At stemme ved valg til Folketinget og kommunalbestyrelserne.

Why?

Abortion on request (fri abort) was introduced in 1973, at that time up to the 12th week. Since 2025 the limit has been the 18th week. Women had already got the right to vote in 1915.

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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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