History Of The Riksdag
The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. However when it was founded in 1866 Sweden did not have a parliamentary system of government. The national parliaments of Estonia and Finland are also called Riksdag in Swedish.
Read more about History Of The Riksdag: The Old Riksdag, The New Riksdag, Parliament and Democracy, Constitutional Reform, Present
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