The Old Riksdag Building
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The Riksdag building is the former seat of the Parliament of Sweden
. It is located in Birger Jarls torg
in Stockholm
. It was the seat of the Riksdag
from 1866-1905. Before that it had from 1833 been the House of the Estates of Sweden
. An additional part to the seaside was designed in 1911 by Aron Johansson.
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
. It is located in Birger Jarls torg
Birger Jarls Torg
Birger Jarls torg is a public square on Riddarholmen in Gamla stan, the old town in Stockholm, Sweden.The square used to be called Riddarholmstorget, but was in the mid-19th century renamed Birger Jarls Torg after Birger Jarl, traditionally attributed as the founder of Stockholm, and a statue of...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. It was the seat of the Riksdag
Parliament of Sweden
The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
from 1866-1905. Before that it had from 1833 been the House of the Estates of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. An additional part to the seaside was designed in 1911 by Aron Johansson.
See also
- House of the Estates
- Riksdag buildingRiksdag buildingThe Riksdag building is the seat of the Parliament of Sweden. It is located on Helgeandsholmen in Stockholm.- History :...
- Swedish House of Lords