227. Which country is a neighboring country of Germany?

Answer options

1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Sweden

Explanation

Denmark is Germany’s only Scandinavian neighbor with a land border (in Schleswig-Holstein); Finland, Norway, and Sweden do not border Germany. The current boundary stems from the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites following the 1864 Danish–Prussian War and is framed by the 1955 Bonn–Copenhagen Declarations, which safeguard the rights of Danish and German minorities. Constitutionally, minority protection and cross-border cooperation rest on Article 3 of the Basic Law (equality), Articles 23/24 (European integration and transfer of sovereign powers), and Länder law such as Schleswig-Holstein’s constitution; the Schengen regime now ensures largely control-free border crossings.