Landsting
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Landsting can mean
  • Thing (assembly)
    Thing (assembly)
    A thing was the governing assembly in Germanic and introduced into some Celtic societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers, meeting in a place called a thingstead...

     - the supreme assembly of a land in Scandinavia, during Viking and mediaeval times
  • The Parliament of Greenland
    Parliament of Greenland
    The Parliament of Greenland is the legislature in the government of Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark. The government of Greenland is also called Home Rule of Greenland. 16 seats are needed for a majority....

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  • Landstinget - one of the two houses of the Danish parliament between 1849 and 1953

  • The County Councils of Sweden
    County Councils of Sweden
    A county council, or landsting, is an elected assembly of a county in Sweden. A county council is a political entity, elected by the county electorate and typically its main responsibilities lie within the public health care system. In each county there is also a county administrative board which...

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