Riksdag of Västerås

Riksdag of Sweden Sveriges riksdag
Three Crowns
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature
Leadership
Speaker	Urban Ahlin, (S) Since 29 September 2014
First Deputy Speaker	Tobias Billström, (M) Since 29 September 2014
Second Deputy Speaker	Björn Söder, (SD) Since 29 September 2014
Third Deputy Speaker	Esabelle Dingizian, (MP) Since 29 September 2014
Structure
Seats	349
Political groups	Government (138)      Social Democrats (113)      Green Party (25) Confidence and supply (21)      Left Party (21) Opposition (The Alliance) (140)      Moderate Party (83)      Centre Party (22)      Liberals (19)      Christian Democrats (16) Other Opposition (50)      Sweden Democrats (46)      Independent (4)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation Sainte-Laguë method See Elections in Sweden
Last election	14 September 2014
Next election	9 September 2018
Meeting place
Helgeandsholmen , 100 12 Kingdom of Sweden
Website
www.riksdagen.se

Government (138)

Confidence and supply (21)

Opposition (The Alliance) (140)

Other Opposition (50)

The Riksdag (Swedish: riksdagen or Sveriges riksdag) is the national legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (Swedish: riksdagsledamöter), elected proportionally and serving, from 1994 onwards, on fixed four-year terms.

The constitutional functions of the Riksdag are enumerated in the Instrument of Government (Swedish: Regeringsformen), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act (Swedish: Riksdagsordningen).

The seat of the Riksdag is at (Swedish: Riksdagshuset), on the island of Helgeandsholmen in the central parts of . The Riksdag has its institutional roots in the feudal Riksdag of the Estates, by tradition thought to have first assembled in Arboga in 1435, and in 1866 following reforms of the 1809 Instrument of Government that body was transformed into a bicameral legislature with an upper chamber (Swedish: Första Kammaren) and a lower chamber (Swedish: Andra Kammaren).