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unusual facts about Parliament of Sweden



Branting I Cabinet

In the general election, 1920 the Swedish Social Democratic Party lost 11 seats in the parliament.

Branting III Cabinet

After an even election result in the general election, 1921 the Swedish Social Democratic Party got 104 seats in the Riksdag, but the Right party and the Farmers' League did also increased theirs.

Caradja

Beyzadé Constantin Caradja (1799–1860) and his wife Adèle Condo-Dandolo (1814–1890) had one son, Prince Jean Constantin Alexandre Othon Karadja Pasha (1835–1894), Ministre Plénipotentiaire, married with Mary-Louise (1868–1943), daughter of commander L. O. Smith, Swedish Senator.

Helena Bargholtz

She was a member of the Riksdag from 1998 to 2006, and from 2009 onwards, although she threatened to leave her party over the controversy of the prostitution laws started by fellow Liberal MP Camilla Lindberg.

Henry Allard

Karl Åke Henry Allard, (born 21 November 1911 in Örebro; died 23 October 1996 in Örebro) was Swedish politician (Social Democrat), speaker of the Riksdag's second chamber 1969–1970.

Johan Pehrson

He has been a Member of Parliament since 1998, representing Örebro County, and is the current Chairman of the parliament's Committee on Justice (since 2002).

Stenmark

Rigmor Stenmark (born 1940), Swedish Centre Party politician, member of the Riksdag 1994–2006

Sven Adolf Hedlund

Hedlund was elected as a Member of Parliament, representing Gothenburg Municipality in the lower house from 1867 to 1869 and from 1879 to 1883.

Year 1809

It was also the year when the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Committee on the Constitution were created.


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