bicameral Riksdag of Sweden

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The bicameral Riksdag of Sweden was the former two-chamber national legislature that governed Sweden from the 19th century until it was replaced by the current unicameral Riksdag in 1971.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature
former national legislature
constitutionalBasis Instrument of Government of 1809 (as amended) NERFINISHED
country Sweden
dissolved 1970
effectiveReplacementDate 1971
endTime 1970
followedBy unicameral Riksdag of Sweden
governs Sweden NERFINISHED
hasPart First Chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden NERFINISHED
Second Chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 19th century
20th century
houseType lower house
upper house
inception 1866
jurisdiction Sweden NERFINISHED
legalForm parliament
legislativeBodyOf Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
legislativeBranchOf Government of Sweden NERFINISHED
legislativeProcess bicameralism
location Stockholm NERFINISHED
meetsIn Parliament House, Stockholm NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Swedish
nativeName Sveriges riksdag NERFINISHED
numberOfChambers 2
partOf constitutional system of Sweden
precededBy Riksdag of the Estates NERFINISHED
reasonForReplacement parliamentary reform toward unicameralism
replacedBy unicameral Riksdag of Sweden
role approving the budget
enacting laws
supervising the government
seat Stockholm NERFINISHED
sessionType plenary sessions
startTime 1867
status defunct
typeOfGovernmentBody parliamentary assembly
usedLanguage Swedish
votingSystemInFirstChamber indirect election
votingSystemInSecondChamber proportional representation

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Riksdag of the Estates followedBy bicameral Riksdag of Sweden
Speaker of the Riksdag hasInauguralHolder bicameral Riksdag of Sweden
this entity surface form: Louis De Geer (as first Speaker of the bicameral Riksdag)