Danish Citizenship Test Online: Free Mini Test, Past Papers, What Repeats

SIRI publishes each Indfødsretsprøven paper with its answer key after the sitting — the June 2026 paper appeared on the test day — and its preparation page holds the 13 papers from June 2020 to June 2026. That archive is the most valuable free resource for the citizenship test, because the test repeats itself: in the June 2026 paper, 24 of the 35 learning-material questions had closely matching wording in an earlier paper. We analysed all 13 papers from June 2020 to June 2026 — 570 questions — to show what repeats, what never does, and which questions candidates find hardest.

SIRI papers and keys; our analysis. A question counts as “seen before” when its wording is at least 85% similar to a question in an earlier paper.

The test itself is not taken online. Indfødsretsprøven is held at language centres on one national date — next on 25 November 2026, 13:00–13:45 [official: SIRI’s dates-and-deadlines PDF for that sitting, “Varighed: 13.00 – 13.45”] — and you must show original ID on the test day (“fremvise original legitimation på prøvedagen”) [official: SIRI, Om Indfødsretsprøven]. We found no online sitting described on SIRI’s pages. What is online is everything around it: SIRI’s participant information says “Hos mange sprogcentre kan du også tilmelde dig online” — at many language centres you can also register online [official] — and all the practice material is on the web: the learning material, its audio version and the earlier papers. Under “Tidligere indfødsretsprøver” SIRI’s preparation page listed 13 papers, summer 2020 to summer 2026, each beside a “retteark” (answer sheet) PDF, when we saved it on 25 September 2026 [official: SIRI preparation page].

A caution from SIRI itself, which applies to this site too: pages on the internet that offer training with questions based on the learning material “ikke er fra Styrelsen for International Rekruttering og Integration (SIRI) og således ikke er officielle”, their content can be imprecise or misleading, and they cannot replace SIRI’s learning material, its audio version or the past papers [official: SIRI preparation page]. That is why the mini test below uses only SIRI’s own questions and keys, and why the full papers remain the real practice.

The same two questions with an English translation, so that a reader who is still building their Danish can check what was asked. The real test has no translation: it is in Danish only.

For full papers rather than two questions: SIRI’s preparation page has all 13 papers with their answer sheets as free PDFs, and the ProSyllabus practice library has the same 13 as timed quizzes, marked against SIRI’s keys.

If the Danish in those questions was the hard part, that is worth knowing early. The regulation says “Det dansksproglige niveau for prøven er niveauet for Prøve i Dansk 3” — the Danish of the test is at the level of Prøve i Dansk 3 (BEK nr. 453/2024) [official] — and citizenship needs a Danish test as well as this one: the naturalisation circular makes it a condition that the applicant documents Danish “ved bevis for at have bestået danskuddannelsernes Prøve i Dansk 3 eller en af de i bilag 3.a angivne prøver” (circular nr. 9461 §24 stk.1; stk.2 has the Prøve i Dansk 2 route and stk.3 requires Indfødsretsprøven) [official]. Which test, and what a pass means in grades, is in PD2 or PD3 for permanent residence and citizenship; the format of PD3 with one original task per part is in the Prøve i Dansk 3 examples guide.

The share of repeats has grown as the archive has grown — from 6 in November 2021 to 24 in June 2026. The reason is simple arithmetic: the learning material has a limited number of testable facts, and each new paper draws from the same pool. The current-affairs questions (36–40) are not designed to repeat — none did in our corpus — and are best studied from recent news; the values questions (41–45) repeat in theme and sometimes in wording. For the 35 learning-material questions, working through every past paper with its key is the best single use of study time.

• Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Realm (rigsfællesskabet) — in the learning-material block of every one of the 13 papers: the symbol in Greenland’s flag, the largest town, whether the constitution applies there, whether they are in the EU, population, the share of Greenland under ice.
• Dates. About 40 questions in the archive begin with “Hvornår” (“when”), and each paper carries between 11 and 22 questions with a year in the stem.
• Prime ministers and parties — which party a prime minister led, which decade, which party has governed longest.
• Culture as “what is X known for” — writers, film directors, architects, actors.
• Colonies — the Danish West Indies sold to the USA in 1917 (asked in November 2022 and November 2025), the slave trade to the Caribbean colonies (May 2023 and November 2024).

After each sitting SIRI publishes the share of a random sample that chose each answer. Matching those annexes to the answer keys shows which questions candidates get wrong. The pattern is consistent: the hardest items are prime ministers and parties, cultural figures, and facts that changed recently.

The lesson of the November 2025 result deserves emphasis. Denmark abolished its EU defence opt-out in the 2022 referendum, the learning material says so, and yet only 20% of SIRI’s sample answered correctly that it no longer exists. Facts that changed recently are where a candidate’s general knowledge works against them. When you read the current edition, note every “since 2022”, “from 2025” and “after the 2026 election”.

The five current-affairs questions cover events of significant interest in Danish news in roughly the last six months. We classified the 20 asked from November 2024 to June 2026: politics and government 10, sport 4 (Olympic golds in 2024, the handball player of the year, the 2025 Vuelta, Viktor Axelsen’s retirement), and one each on the royal family, an anniversary (80 years since liberation on 5 May 2025), prices, a security incident (drones closing Copenhagen Airport on 22 September 2025), the weather and an obituary. For 25 November 2026 the window is roughly late May to November 2026. Follow one Danish news source through the autumn and note elections, government decisions, royal events and major sporting results.

1. Start with the three most recent papers (June 2026, November 2025, May 2025) under real conditions: 45 minutes, no aids.
2. Mark with the official key and record three numbers: correct in 1–35, in 36–40 and in 41–45 — and check you have at least 4 of 5 in the last block as well as 36 overall.
3. For every wrong learning-material answer, find the page in the August 2026 edition — and check whether the fact has since changed.
4. Work back through all 13 papers; the repeats will start to feel familiar, which is exactly the point.
5. Ask your centre for a copy of your own answer booklet after the real test if you need to complain — it is free, and complaints to SIRI must be made within four weeks of the marking.