NorwayDemokrati 47 · Democracy and human rights
Elections in Norway are secret. What does that mean?
In the exam (Norwegian)
Valg i Norge er hemmelige. Hva betyr det?
- aNo one finds out how you voted, unless you tell them yourselfIngen får vite hva du stemte, hvis du ikke forteller det selvCorrect answer
- bIt is secret which candidates are on the electoral listsDet er hemmelig hvilke kandidater som er med på valglistene
- cNo one finds out which party got the most votes on election nightIngen får vite hvilket parti som fikk flest stemmer på valgnatten
Why?
You choose your ballot paper alone behind a screen, and no one has the right to see it. In this way everyone can vote freely without pressure from others.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Norwegian, as shown above.
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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).
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