DenmarkMedborgerskabsprøven november 2020, spørgsmål 7 · Country, people, religion, culture and traditions

When is it a tradition to gather in the evening and light a bonfire?

In the exam (Danish)

Hvornår er der tradition for at samles om aftenen og tænde bål?

  1. aOn Constitution Day (grundlovsdag)Til grundlovsdag
  2. bAt Shrovetide (fastelavn)Til fastelavn
  3. cOn Midsummer Eve (sankthans)Til sankthansCorrect answer

Why?

On Midsummer Eve (sankthansaften), 23 June, many Danes gather in the evening and light a bonfire. People often put a witch made of straw on the bonfire, and they sing the Midsummer song (Midsommervisen).

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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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