Danish citizenship test asks about badminton star and meat in daycare

Some 6,535 foreign nationals took Denmark’s citizenship test on Wednesday, answering questions on topics ranging from Viktor Axelsen’s sport to whether parents can demand ritually slaughtered meat in public daycare centres, state broadcaster DR reports.

The test, held twice yearly at 46 language centres nationwide, requires applicants to answer 36 of 45 questions correctly—including at least four of five on Danish values. Among this year’s questions: which two ministers attended a January meeting on Greenland in Washington (Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Greenland’s Vivian Motzfeldt), and what defined the 2025–26 winter (the coldest in 13 years).

Other questions covered municipal governance, Inger Støjberg’s 2022 party, the Faroe Islands’ population, and whether civil servants accepting bribes face prison (yes) or bigamy is legal (no). Applicants must also know that parents cannot dictate meat-sourcing rules in daycare kitchens.

Results will be released later. Last November’s pass rate was 47.2%, down from 58.2% the previous year. The test is one of several requirements for naturalisation.