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Swedish Riksdag

Riksdag of Sweden
Sveriges riksdag
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Urban Ahlin, (S)
Since 29 September 2014
Tobias Billström, (M)
Since 29 September 2014
Björn Söder, (SD)
Since 29 September 2014
Esabelle Dingizian, (MP)
Since 29 September 2014
Structure
Seats 349
Current Structure of the Riksdag
Political groups

Government (138)

Opposition (The Alliance) (141)

Other Opposition (70)

Elections
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
http://www.riksdagen.se

Government (138)

Opposition (The Alliance) (141)

Other Opposition (70)

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).


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