Rigsdag

[ rigz-dahg ]

noun

1. the former parliament of Denmark, consisting of an upper house and a lower house: replaced in 1953 by the unicameral Folketing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rigsdag¹

< Danish, equivalent to rigs, genitive of rig kingdom + dag diet, assembly. Reichstag

Example Sentences

Rigsdag, rigz′dag, n. the parliament of Denmark.

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Landsthing, l�ns′ting, n. the upper house of the Danish Rigsdag or parliament.

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The Rigsdag which assembled on the 23rd of February 1657 willingly granted considerable subsidies for mobilization and other military expenses; on the 15th of April Frederick III. desired, and on the 23rd of April he received, the assent of the majority of the Rigsraad to attack Sweden’s German provinces; in the beginning of May the still pending negotiations with that power were broken off, and on the 1st of June Frederick signed the manifesto justifying a war which was never formally declared.

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In 1834 he became professor of practical economy at Upsala, and in 1844 and 1848 he represented the university of that city in the Rigsdag.

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Then one of those obstructive members to be encountered in every legislative assembly—be it Reichsrath, Rigsdag, Skupstina, or Storthing—rises to take his little innings on some petty topic that concerns none beyond his own small circle.

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