Speaker of The Parliament of Sweden

Speaker Of The Parliament Of Sweden

The Speaker of the Riksdag (Swedish: Riksdagens talman) is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.

The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medeival Riksdag of the Estates was abolished. The new form of the Riksdag included two elected chambers, each with its own Speaker. Since the de facto introduction of parliamentarism in 1917, the Riksdag has properly functioned as the institution to which the Prime Minister and the Government are held accountable. In 1971 the institution was transformed into a unicameral legislature with 349 members. Since 1975, in accordance with the Instrument of Government of 1974, it is the Speaker and no longer the Monarch who appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister.

The current Speaker is Per Westerberg, who has held the gavel since 2006.

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