Riksdag

:Riksdag is also the Swedish name of the Parliament of Finland.

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The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. The Riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members, which are publicly elected on a proportional basis to serve four year terms.

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• Speaker of the Riksdag: Bj?rn von Sydow (since september 2002)
• Chamber: Unicameral with 349 members
• Elections: Members are elected by popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms.
• Elections last held: September 15 2002 (next to be held September 17 2006)

Parliament: :This article is about the legislative institution. For alternative meanings, see: Parliament (disambiguation)....

Sweden: The Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: ') is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on the east. Sweden has a low populatio...