Danish Constitution of 1915

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The Danish Constitution of 1915 was a landmark reform of Denmark’s constitutional framework that significantly expanded democratic rights, including broadening suffrage and strengthening parliamentary democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution of Denmark ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grundloven af 1915 ⓘ
June Constitution of 1915 ⓘ
appliedIn Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark
cameIntoForce 1915-06-05 ⓘ
country Denmark ⓘ
dateOfAdoption 1915-06-05 ⓘ
defined relationship between King and parliament ⓘ
rules for constitutional amendment ⓘ
voting age for parliamentary elections ⓘ
electorateIncluded most adult men ⓘ
rural smallholders ⓘ
urban workers ⓘ
women ⓘ
enshrined principle of popular sovereignty in Denmark ⓘ
expanded democratic rights in Denmark ⓘ
parliamentary democracy in Denmark ⓘ
formOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Denmark ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
inForceUntil 1953-06-05 ⓘ
introduced near-universal suffrage for men ⓘ
suffrage for people on poor relief under certain conditions ⓘ
suffrage for servants ⓘ
women’s eligibility for public office ⓘ
women’s suffrage in national elections ⓘ
language Danish ⓘ
legalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
limited royal prerogative ⓘ
lowered income requirements for voting ⓘ
property requirements for voting ⓘ
partOf constitutional history of Denmark ⓘ
regulated civil liberties ⓘ
composition of the Folketing ⓘ
composition of the Landsting ⓘ
executive power of the King and government ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
judicial independence ⓘ
legislative procedure ⓘ
replaced Danish Constitution of 1866 ⓘ
replacedBy Danish Constitution of 1953 ⓘ
significance landmark in the history of women’s political rights in Denmark ⓘ
major step toward full democracy in Denmark ⓘ
strengthened Folketinget ⓘ
linked to: Folketing

principle of parliamentary responsibility of the government ⓘ
weakened Landstinget ⓘ
linked to: Rigsdag

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Danish Constitution of 1849 → laterReplacedBy → Danish Constitution of 1915 ⓘ
Danish Constitution of 1866 → supersededBy → Danish Constitution of 1915 ⓘ
Danish Constitution of 1915 → alsoKnownAs → Grundloven af 1915 ⓘ
linked to: Danish Constitution of 1915
June Constitution → partiallyReplacedBy → Danish Constitutional Act of 1915 ⓘ
linked to: Danish Constitution of 1915
Rigsdag → constitutionalBasis → Danish Constitution of 1915 ⓘ