Riksdag of the Estates

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The Riksdag of the Estates was the historical Swedish parliament composed of separate social estates—nobility, clergy, burghers, and peasants—that shared in governing the Swedish realm before the advent of modern parliamentary democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical parliament ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
abolishedBy 1809 Instrument of Government ⓘ
surface form: Instrument of Government of 1809
alsoKnownAs Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
surface form: Diet of the Estates (Sweden)

Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
surface form: Swedish Riksdag of the Estates
composedOf Estate of the Burghers ⓘ
Estate of the Clergy ⓘ
Estate of the Nobility ⓘ
Estate of the Peasants ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple shared governance between monarch and estates ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
decisionRule concordance of estates often required ⓘ
each estate voted separately ⓘ
dissolved 1866 ⓘ
followedBy bicameral Riksdag of Sweden ⓘ
governmentalRole legislation ⓘ
representation of estates ⓘ
taxation approval ⓘ
historicalEra Coup of 1772 in Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Age of Liberty in Sweden

Early modern period ⓘ
jurisdiction Swedish realm ⓘ
languageUsed Swedish ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional organ of the Swedish realm ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
location Stockholm ⓘ
metInBuilding Riddarhuset (House of Nobility) ⓘ
Riddarhuset annexes and other halls in Stockholm ⓘ
nativeName Riksdag of the Estates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Svenska ståndsriksdagen
numberOfEstates 4 ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
limiting royal power in Sweden ⓘ
politicalSystem estates-based representation ⓘ
precededBy Medieval Swedish things (local assemblies) ⓘ
reformedBy Riksdag Act of 1866 ⓘ
relatedInstitution Riksdag ⓘ
surface form: Riksdag (modern Swedish parliament)
replacedBy Riksdag ⓘ
surface form: Riksdag of Sweden (bicameral, 1867–1970)
representedClass burghers ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
sharesPowerWith Monarch of Sweden ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Instrument of Government 1634 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1719 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1720 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1772 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1809 ⓘ
startTime 15th century ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation corporate representation of estates ⓘ
votingSystem voting by estate ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swedish Empire → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Great Reduction (stora reduktionen) → implementedBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Reduction
this entity surface form: Swedish Riksdag of the Estates
Riksdag → historicalPrecursor → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Sweden–Norway union → hasParliament → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Act of Succession (Sweden) → adoptedBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) → legislature → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Count Axel von Fersen the Younger → memberOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
subject surface form: Axel von Fersen the Younger
Diet of Finland → precededBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Riksdag of the Estates (in Finnish territories)
Riksdag of the Estates → nativeName → Riksdag of the Estates self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Svenska ståndsriksdagen
Riksdag of the Estates → alsoKnownAs → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Riksdag of the Estates
Riksdag of the Estates → alsoKnownAs → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Diet of the Estates (Sweden)
Age of Liberty → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Age of Liberty → governingInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Swedish nobility → partOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Estates of the Realm in Sweden
Finnish parliamentary reform of 1906 → replacedInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
this entity surface form: four-estate Diet of Finland
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden → associatedWith → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Riksdag of the Estates
Coup of 1772 in Sweden → opposedInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Adolf Frederick of Sweden → associatedWith → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden → removedFromOfficeBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Hats Party → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ