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Which Danish poet and priest was very important for the creation of folk high schools (højskoler) in Denmark?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvilken dansk digter og præst fik stor betydning for, at der blev skabt højskoler i Danmark?

  1. aH.C. Andersen.H.C. Andersen.
  2. bSøren Kierkegaard.Søren Kierkegaard.
  3. cN.F.S. Grundtvig.N.F.S. Grundtvig.Correct answer

Why?

N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783–1872) believed that education for everyone was a path to democracy. His ideas inspired the folk high schools, where you live at the school during your stay and where there are no exams.

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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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