Diet of Finland

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The Diet of Finland was the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland, representing the four traditional estates and playing a central role in Finnish governance and autonomy under Russian rule.

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Diet of Finland canonical 8
Finnish Diet 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly
parliamentary body
abolishedWith introduction of unicameral Parliament of Finland
category Defunct legislatures
Grand Duchy of Finland
Political history of Finland
compositionPrinciple representation by estates rather than universal suffrage
convenedBy Emperor of Russia
convenes in sessions summoned by the monarch
country Grand Duchy of Finland
followedBy Parliament of Finland
governs internal affairs of the Grand Duchy of Finland
hasChamberStructure four-estate legislature
hasLegalBasis Constitutional laws of Sweden retained in Finland
hasPower to approve legislation
to petition the monarch
to propose legislation
headOfState Grand Duke of Finland
surface form: Emperor of Russia as Grand Duke of Finland
historicalPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
influencedBy Swedish constitutional tradition
languageUsed Finnish
Swedish
legislativeType estate-based legislature
locatedIn Finland
meetsIn Helsinki
Porvoo
Turku
partOf Grand Duchy of Finland
politicalSystem estate representation
precededBy Riksdag of the Estates
surface form: Swedish Riksdag of the Estates (in Finnish territories)
relatedTo Finnish autonomy within the Russian Empire
Finnish nationalism
representedEstate burghers
clergy
nobility
peasants
role budgetary authority
guardian of Finnish autonomy
legislation
taxation approval
seat Helsinki (later sessions)
significance central institution of Finnish self-government under Russian rule
underSovereigntyOf Russian Empire
votingSystem estate-based voting

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Parliament of Finland precededBy Diet of Finland
Grand Duchy of Finland legislativeBody Diet of Finland
February Manifesto (1899) opposedBy Diet of Finland
this entity surface form: Finnish Diet
February Manifesto (1899) relatedTo Diet of Finland
Finnish Party participatedIn Diet of Finland
Arvid Genetz memberOf Diet of Finland