Riksdag

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legislature parliament of a country unicameral national parliament

The Riksdag is Sweden’s unicameral national parliament, responsible for making laws, deciding on the budget, and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Rigsdag 1
Riksdag of Sweden 1
Riksdag of the Estates 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
parliament of a country ⓘ
unicameral national parliament ⓘ
budgetYear calendar year ⓘ
buildingName Parliament House, Stockholm ⓘ
surface form: Riksdagshuset
canDismiss Government of Sweden through vote of no confidence ⓘ
Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Sweden
constitutionalBasis Instrument of Government (Sweden) ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme decision-making body in Sweden ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
countryCallingCode +46 ⓘ
currentSpeaker Andreas Norlén ⓘ
currentSpeakerStartDate 2018-09-24 ⓘ
electionInterval every four years ⓘ
electoralThreshold 12 percent in a constituency ⓘ
4 percent nationwide ⓘ
established 1866 ⓘ
function amends the Constitution of Sweden ⓘ
appoints the Prime Minister of Sweden ⓘ
decides the national budget ⓘ
oversees the government ⓘ
passes laws ⓘ
ratifies international treaties when required by law ⓘ
hasLibrary Riksdag Library ⓘ
hasPart Committee on Civil Affairs ⓘ
Committee on Cultural Affairs ⓘ
Committee on Defence ⓘ
Committee on Education ⓘ
Committee on Environment and Agriculture ⓘ
Committee on European Union Affairs ⓘ
Committee on Finance ⓘ
Committee on Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Committee on Health and Welfare ⓘ
Committee on Industry and Trade ⓘ
Committee on Justice ⓘ
Committee on Social Insurance ⓘ
Committee on Taxation ⓘ
Committee on Transport and Communications ⓘ
Committee on the Constitution ⓘ
Committee on the Constitution (Konstitutionsutskottet) ⓘ
Committee on the Labour Market ⓘ
headTitle Speaker of the Riksdag ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
houseType unicameral ⓘ
languageUsed Swedish language ⓘ
surface form: Swedish
lastElectionDate 2022-09-11 ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
location Stockholm ⓘ
meetingPlace Parliament House, Stockholm ⓘ
memberOf Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies ⓘ
Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ
nextElectionScheduled 2026 ⓘ
numberOfChambers 1 ⓘ
numberOfMembers 349 ⓘ
officialName Riksdag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sveriges riksdag
oversees Swedish government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Sweden
replaced bicameral Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
replacedBy Riksdag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: unicameral Riksdag
sessionEnd June ⓘ
sessionStart September ⓘ
shortName Riksdag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Riksdagen
supervises Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
termLength 4 years ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
votingSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
website https://www.riksdagen.se ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Riksbank Act → enactedBy → Riksdag ⓘ
Sveriges Riksbank → foundedBy → Riksdag ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riksdag of the Estates
Sveriges Riksbank → governedBy → Riksdag ⓘ
Stockholm → isSeatOf → Riksdag ⓘ
Sweden → nationalLegislature → Riksdag ⓘ
Riksdag → officialName → Riksdag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sveriges riksdag
this entity surface form: Sametinget
SRB → overseenBy → Riksdag ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swedish Parliament
Folketing → precededBy → Riksdag ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rigsdag
this entity surface form: Riksdag of Sweden
Riksdag → replacedBy → Riksdag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: unicameral Riksdag
Riksdag → shortName → Riksdag self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Riksdagen