Riksdag of the Estates

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The Riksdag of the Estates was the historical Swedish parliament composed of separate social estates—nobility, clergy, burghers, and peasants—that shared in governing the Swedish realm before the advent of modern parliamentary democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical parliament ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
abolishedBy Instrument of Government of 1809 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Diet of the Estates (Sweden) ⓘ
Swedish Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
composedOf Estate of the Burghers ⓘ
Estate of the Clergy ⓘ
Estate of the Nobility ⓘ
Estate of the Peasants ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple shared governance between monarch and estates ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
decisionRule concordance of estates often required ⓘ
each estate voted separately ⓘ
dissolved 1866 ⓘ
followedBy bicameral Riksdag of Sweden ⓘ
governmentalRole legislation ⓘ
representation of estates ⓘ
taxation approval ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Liberty in Sweden ⓘ
Early modern period ⓘ
jurisdiction Swedish realm ⓘ
languageUsed Swedish ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional organ of the Swedish realm ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
location Stockholm ⓘ
metInBuilding Riddarhuset (House of Nobility) ⓘ
Riddarhuset annexes and other halls in Stockholm ⓘ
nativeName Svenska ståndsriksdagen ⓘ
numberOfEstates 4 ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn Swedish Age of Liberty (1719–1772) ⓘ
limiting royal power in Sweden ⓘ
politicalSystem estates-based representation ⓘ
precededBy Medieval Swedish things (local assemblies) ⓘ
reformedBy Riksdag Act of 1866 ⓘ
relatedInstitution Riksdag (modern Swedish parliament) ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag
replacedBy Riksdag of Sweden (bicameral, 1867–1970) ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag
representedClass burghers ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
sharesPowerWith Monarch of Sweden ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Instrument of Government 1634 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1719 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1720 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1772 ⓘ
adoption of the Instrument of Government 1809 ⓘ
startTime 15th century ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation corporate representation of estates ⓘ
votingSystem voting by estate ⓘ

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Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swedish Empire → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Great Reduction → implementedBy → Swedish Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Riksdag → historicalPrecursor → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Sweden–Norway union → hasParliament → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Act of Succession (Sweden) → adoptedBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611) → legislature → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Axel von Fersen the Younger → memberOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Diet of Finland → precededBy → Swedish Riksdag of the Estates (in Finnish territories) ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Riksdag of the Estates → nativeName → Svenska ståndsriksdagen ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Riksdag of the Estates → alsoKnownAs → Swedish Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Riksdag of the Estates → alsoKnownAs → Diet of the Estates (Sweden) ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Age of Liberty → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Age of Liberty → governingInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Swedish nobility → partOf → Estates of the Realm in Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Finnish parliamentary reform of 1906 → replacedInstitution → four-estate Diet of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden → associatedWith → Swedish Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Coup of 1772 in Sweden → opposedInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Adolf Frederick of Sweden → associatedWith → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden → removedFromOfficeBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Hats Party → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Second Chamber of the Riksdag → precededBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
First Chamber of the Riksdag → precededBy → Riksdag of the Estates (as a system) ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Frihetstiden → mainInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Estate of the Nobility → partOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Estate of the Nobility → politicalSystem → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Estate of the Clergy → partOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Estate of the Clergy → historicalPeriod → Old Swedish Riksdag ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Estate of the Burghers → partOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Estate of the Burghers → politicalSystem → Swedish Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Estate of the Peasants → partOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Estate of the Peasants → abolishedWith → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
bicameral Riksdag of Sweden → precededBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Riksdag Act of 1866 → replaced → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Riksdag Act of 1866 → precededBy → Riksdag of the Estates system ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Swedish Age of Liberty → hasLegislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Swedish Age of Liberty → powerHeldBy → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Age of Freedom in Finland → legislativeBody → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
1719 Instrument of Government → strengthened → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Anders Chydenius → memberOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Anders Chydenius → parliamentaryTerm → Riksdag 1765–1766 ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Anders Chydenius → parliamentaryTerm → Riksdag 1778–1779 ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Anders Chydenius → parliamentaryTerm → Riksdag 1792 ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates
Council of the Realm → relatedTo → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
1720 Instrument of Government → empoweredInstitution → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal → memberOf → Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
De la Gardie family → memberOfEstate → Swedish Riksdag of the Estates ⓘ
linked to: Riksdag of the Estates