Odelsting

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The Odelsting was one of the two former chambers of the Norwegian Parliament, historically responsible for initiating and passing most legislation before Norway adopted a unicameral system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of parliament
former legislative chamber
abolishedBy constitutional amendment of 2007
appliesTo members of the Storting elected from across Norway
buildingLocation Karl Johans gate, Oslo
classification defunct political institution of Norway
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Norway
continent Europe
country Norway
decisionMakingMode majority vote
disputeResolutionMechanism joint session of the Storting
effectiveAbolitionDate 1 October 2009
governmentBranch legislative branch of Norway
hadMembers Norwegian MPs (Storting representatives)
hasNorwegianName Odelstinget
hasRole initiating legislation
lower chamber in a bicameral system
passing legislation
historicalFunction main chamber for ordinary legislation in Norway
part of a modified bicameral system within a formally unicameral parliament
jurisdiction national legislation of Norway
languageOfName Norwegian
legalStatusAfter2009 no longer exists as a separate chamber
legalSystem Norwegian law
legislativeBodyOf Norway
legislativeProcedure first chamber to consider most bills
sent approved bills to Lagting for second consideration
meetingPlace Parliament of Norway Building, Oslo
namedAfter odel (allodial land right)
oppositeChamber Lagting
oversightFunction participation in parliamentary scrutiny of the government
parliamentName Stortinget
partOf Storting
politicalSystemContext parliamentary democracy of Norway
reasonForAbolition desire for more efficient and clearer unicameral procedure
region Northern Europe
relatedReform reform simplifying the Storting to a single chamber
replacedBy unicameral Storting
scope national
seatingArrangement separate chamber within the Storting building
selectionMethod members of Storting divided internally into Odelsting and Lagting
timePeriod existed until the 2009 parliamentary term
typeOfLegislationHandled most government proposals
ordinary bills
usedVotingSystem parliamentary roll-call and electronic voting (in later years)

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lagting
hasCounterpart
Odelsting ("Odelstinget")
hasNorwegianName
Parliament of Norway
previousChamber

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