Which country's parliament is called the Folketing?
"the electoral law and was able to win compensatory seats. Following the election the other parties grouped together to push for changes to the system which were passed in 1948. 1947 Danish Folketing election Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 28 October 1947, except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 18 February 1948. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest in the Folketing, with 57 of the 150 seats. Voter turnout was 85.8% in Denmark proper and 60.1% in the Faroes. Following legislation in December 1947 the representation of the Faroe Islands constituency was increased from"
"Løgting Løgting (pronounced (Faroese: ""Føroya Løgting"" or just ""Løgtingið"", Danish: ""Færøernes Lagting/Lagtinget"", both meaning ""The løgting of the Faroes"") is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country within the Danish Realm. The name literally means """"Law Thing""""—that is, a law assembly—and derives from Old Norse ""lǫgþing"", which was a name given to ancient assemblies. A ""ting"" or ""þing"" has existed on the Faroe Islands for over a millennium and the Løgting was the highest authority on the islands in the Viking era. From 1274 to 1816 it functioned primarily as a judicial body, whereas the modern Løgting"
"subject to a motion of no confidence. If a vote of no confidence is successfully passed against the Prime Minister, the government must resign or call a snap election. The Folketing is the legislative branch of Denmark, and is located at Christiansborg. It consists of 179 members, of which 2 members are elected in Greenland, and 2 in the Faroe Islands. General elections is nominally held every 4 years, but the Prime Minister can at any point call a snap election. All Danish citizens over the age of 18 years who are living permanently within Denmark is eligible to vote,"
"material, which is thus at the very heart of the Faroese identity and sense of history right from the landnam period to the present time. Løgting Løgting (pronounced (Faroese: ""Føroya Løgting"" or just ""Løgtingið"", Danish: ""Færøernes Lagting/Lagtinget"", both meaning ""The løgting of the Faroes"") is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country within the Danish Realm. The name literally means """"Law Thing""""—that is, a law assembly—and derives from Old Norse ""lǫgþing"", which was a name given to ancient assemblies. A ""ting"" or ""þing"" has existed on the Faroe Islands for over a millennium and the Løgting was"
"the requirements in the Constitution. Among those, the required quorum of 90 members of the Folketing, and the rule that every proposed law requires three readings in the Folketing, before it can be passed into law. The Folketing also have the responsibility of holding the government accountable for the governance. The members of the Folketing does this by submitting questing to the ministers and convene them to explanatory hearings. In addition, the Folketing elect a number of ""State Auditors"" (), who has the responsibility to look through the public accounts, and check that everything is okay, and that the government"
"power with the reigning monarch. In practice, however, the monarch's role is limited to signing laws passed by the legislature; this must be done within 30 days of adoption. The Folketing consists of 179 representatives; including 2 from Greenland and a further 2 from the Faroe Islands. General elections must be held every four years, but it is within the powers of the Prime Minister to ask the monarch to call for an election before the term has elapsed. On a vote of no confidence, the Folketing may force a single Minister or the entire government to resign. Members are"
"tings that governed the historical Landskap provinces, that were superseded by the counties in the 17th century. The name ""ting"" is also found in the names of the first level instances of the Swedish and Finnish court system, which are called tingsrätt (), the Court of the Thing. Similarly, prior to 1953, the Danish legislature was known as Rigsdagen, which comprised the two houses of the Folketing ""People's Thing"" and Landsting ""Land Thing"". The latter, which was reserved for people of means, was abolished by the constitution of 1953. The Norwegian parliament, the ""Storting"", has historically been divided into two"
"reputed to be the oldest working parliament in the world. In Denmark, Iceland and Sweden elections are held at least once every four years. Finland, Åland and Norway have fixed four-year election periods. Elections in the Faroe Islands and Greenland follow the Danish system of elections. The Danish Folketing has 179 seats, including two seats each for the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The Finnish Eduskunta has 200 seats, including one seat for Åland. The Icelandic Althing has 63 seats, the Norwegian Storting 169 seats and the Swedish Riksdag 349 seats. The Faroese Løgting has 32 seats, Greenland's Inatsisartut 31 seats"
"is also responsible for adopting the state's budgets, approving the state's accounts, appointing and exercising control of the Government, and taking part in international co-operation. Bills may be initiated by the Government or by members of parliament. All bills passed must be presented before the Council of State to receive Royal Assent within thirty days in order to become law. Denmark is a representative democracy with universal suffrage. Membership of the Folketing is based on proportional representation of political parties, with a 2% electoral threshold. Danes elect 175 members to the Folketing, with Greenland and the Faroe Islands electing an"
"democratically elected by proportional representation: 135 by the D'Hondt method and 40 by the Sainte-Laguë method. The Danish political system has traditionally generated coalitions. Most post-war governments have been minority coalitions ruling with the support of non-government parties. The most recent general election took place on 18 June 2015 and the Folketing reconvened on 6 October. The first sitting of the house was attended by Queen Margrethe II. From 1849 to 1953 the ""Folketing"" was one of the two houses in the bicameral parliament known as the ""Rigsdag""; the other house was known as ""Landstinget"". Since both houses, in principle,"
"was elected by common vote, although indirectly and with a higher age limit than for the Folketing. During the next decades, law-making mainly took place in the Folketing and the Landsting came to be regarded as a superfluous rubber stamp. In 1953, a revised constitution was adopted by popular vote. Among the changes was the elimination of the Landsting and the introduction of a unicameral parliament, known only as the Folketing. Christiansborg Palace (also known by its nickname ""Borgen"", Danish for ""the castle"") has been the domicile of parliament since 1849. The palace is located in the heart of Copenhagen."
"executive and the national parliament (). Members of the judiciary are nominated by the executive (conventionally by recommendation of the judiciary itself), formally appointed by the monarch and employed until retirement. Denmark has a multi-party system, with two strong parties, and four or five other significant parties. No single party has held an absolute majority in the Folketing since the beginning of the 20th century. Since only four post-war coalition governments have enjoyed a majority, government bills rarely become law without negotiations and compromise with both supporting and opposition parties. Hence the Folketing tends to be more powerful than legislatures"
"Storting. The parliament in its present form was first constituted at Eidsvoll in 1814, although its origins can be traced back to the allting, as early as the 9th century, a type of ""thing"", or common assembly of free men in Germanic societies that would gather at a place called a thingstead and were presided over by lawspeakers. The alltings were where legal and political matters were discussed. These gradually were formalised so that the things grew into regional meetings and acquired backing and authority from the Crown, even to the extent that on occasions they were instrumental in effecting"
"parliamentary republic. The modern parliament, ""Alþingi"" (English: Althing), was founded in 1845 as an advisory body to the Danish monarch. It was widely seen as a re-establishment of the assembly founded in 930 in the Commonwealth period and suspended in 1799. Consequently, ""it is arguably the world's oldest parliamentary democracy."" It currently has 63 members, elected for a maximum period of four years. The president is elected by popular vote for a term of four years, with no term limit. The elections for president, the Althing, and local municipal councils are all held separately every four years. The president of"
"20 to 200 seats, but almost always significantly fewer than the lower house. In the United Kingdom however, the lower house (the House of Commons) has 650 members, but the upper house (the House of Lords) currently has slightly more members than the lower house, and at one time (before the exclusion of most of the hereditary peers) had considerably more. Until 1953, the Rigsdag in Denmark was similarly divided into the ""Folketing"" and ""Landsting"", but has since become a unicameral legislature. The same goes with Sweden and its ""Riksdag"" until 1971. The Norwegian parliament (""Storting"") was officially divided in"
"foreign policy are outside the scope of Home Rule. The Danish Folketing has legislative power in all areas except those which have been taken over by the Løgting. The Faroese have two seats in the Danish Folketing. Within the framework of Home Rule the Løgting provides for constitutional affairs and for the order of business. According to the Faroese Home Rule Act the organization of internal affairs is solely within the province of the Faroese Parliament. An act concerning this matter was passed on 26 July 1994. According to section No. 1. of this act the division of legal power"
"Folketing. It is their job to check if it follows the financial laws. Once they have made their statement, the Folketing vote for its approval. § 48 The Folketing make their own rules of procedure. § 49 The meetings are open to the public, however can be closed for the public. This has not been done since 1924. § 50 The quorum for the Folketing is 90 members (out of 179) § 51 The Folketing can establish commissions to investigate important cases. The consists of members of the Folketing, and can demand information from citizens and public agencies. § 52"
"speak in the Folketing, but cannot vote (unless they are also members of the Folketing). § 41 Every member of the Folketing can suggest laws or decisions. All laws needs to be brought up in 3 times, before they can be approved. 2/5 of the Folketing can required that there is at least 12 working days between second and third session. Exceptions are laws about budgets, loans, taxes, expropriation, citizenship, and laws that are urgent to get passed. At the end of a business year, all pending laws or decisions is dropped. § 42 This paragraph concerns referendums, and is"
"established in 1852 is a parliamentary assembly, which gained legislative power when home rule was introduced in 1948. The Manx Tynwald and the Icelandic Alþing are the two other modern parliaments with ties back to the old Norse assemblies of Europe. Today, the Faroe Islands compromise one constituency, and the number of MPs is fixed at 33. The first election with this new system was held on 19 January 2008, after the Election law was changed in late 2007, prior to which the membership of the Løgting varied from 27 to 32. The 7 constituencies had 27 seats and up"
"and suspended operations (although the resignation was never accepted by King Christian X).—all day-to-day business had been handed over to the Permanent Secretaries, each effectively running his own ministry. The Germans administered the rest of the country, and the Danish Rigsdag did not convene for the remainder of the occupation until a new one was formed following the liberation on 5 May 1945. The Folketing is composed of 179 seats, of which two are reserved for the Faroe Islands and two for Greenland. The remaining 175 seats are taken up by MPs from elected in Denmark. All 179 seats are"
"Storting The Storting ( , ""the great ""thing"""" or ""the great assembly"") is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members, and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional representation in nineteen plurinominal constituencies. A member of the Storting is known in Norwegian as a ""stortingsrepresentant"", literally ""Storting representative"". The assembly is led by a president and, since 2009, five vice presidents: the presidium. The members are allocated to twelve standing committees, as well as four procedural committees. Three ombudsmen are directly"
"Gulating Gulating () is the name of both one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or ""things"" and one of the present-day law courts of western Norway. The Gulaþing was an annual parliamentary assembly which took place in Gulen, on the west coast of Norway north of Bergen, from approximately 900 to 1300 AD and was one of the oldest and largest parliamentary assemblies in medieval Norway. The Gulatinget Millennium Site is a symbol of the history of this Norwegian representative form of parliament, with traditions reaching over a thousand years back in time. Initially farmers from Western Norway met"
"parliament, the , consisting of the Landsting and the Folketing. The most significant change in the Constitution of 1953 was the abolishment of the Landsting, leaving the unicameral Folketing. It also enshrined fundamental civil rights, which remain in the current constitution: such as ""habeas corpus"" (section 71), private property rights (section 72) and freedom of speech (section 77). The Constitutional Act has been changed (replaced) very few times, but always with the consent of Danish citizens. The wording in the Act is so general that it can still be applied today, despite major changes in society and political life in"
"to 5 supplementary seats. That Election Act came into force in 1978, and the eight general elections between 1978 and 2004 all resulted in 32 members. The Løgting is elected for a period of four years. Election of the Løgting can take place before the end of an election period if the Løgting agrees on dissolving itself. The Løgmaður (Prime Minister) issues a proclamation of the forthcoming election and appoints the day of election, which must take place, at the earliest, six weeks after the proclamation. The Faroese ting or assembly was originally a so-called ""alþing"", with both legislative and"
"Swedish Assembly of Finland The Swedish Assembly of Finland (, , although often referred to as ""Folktinget"" even in Finnish) is an official consultative parliament representing the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Elections are held every four years, and candidates are nominated by the political parties which are either bilingual or Swedish-speaking. The assembly has 75 seats, where 70 are filled on the basis of municipal election results, and five are appointed by the Parliament of Åland (). The assembly is a forum for political discussion on issues concerning Swedish speakers, and it also functions as an interest group for Swedish-speaking"
"consequence is that, unlike in most other parliamentary systems, a Danish government can never be sure its legislative agenda will pass, and it must assemble a majority for each individual piece of legislation. The 179 members of the folketing are directly elected to four-year terms, subject to calls for early elections. All Danish citizens 18 years or older may vote in legislative elections, which are conducted by secret ballot. Folketing seats are allocated among the various parties using the D'Hondt method of party list proportional representation. A party or electoral alliance must pass the election threshold of 2% of the"
"2015 Danish general election General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 18 June 2015 to elect the 179 members of the Folketing. 175 members were elected in the Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. Although the ruling Social Democrats remained the largest party in the Folketing and increased the number of seats they held, the opposition Venstre party was able to form a minority government headed by Lars Løkke Rasmussen with the support of the Danish People's Party, the Liberal Alliance and the Conservative People's Party. Following the 2011 general election, a"
"names that refer to ""thing"": In addition, ""thing"" can be found in the name of the Swedish Assembly of Finland (""Svenska Finlands folkting""), a semi-official body representing the Finland Swedish, and those of the three distinct elected Sámi assemblies which are all called ""Sameting"" in Norwegian and Swedish. The Swedish national legislature, since medieval times, has borne a different style, Riksdag, which is cognate to the old name of the German national assembly, Reichstag. In Sweden, however, ""ting"" is used to name the subnational county councils, which are called Landsting. That name was also used in medieval times for the"
"eligible to vote in parliamentary elections and long-time residents may vote in local elections. The last elections were the Danish local elections for all municipal councils and regional councils held on 21 November 2017. The Kingdom of Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland) elects a unicameral parliament, the Folketing, on a national level. Of the 179 members of parliament, the Faroe Islands and Greenland elect two members each, 135 are elected from ten multi-member constituencies on a party list PR system using the d'Hondt method and the remaining 40 seats are allocated to ensure proportionality at a national level."
"a process known as a ""Queen's meeting"" (). The monarch and the Cabinet attend regular meetings in the Council of State, where royal assent is given, and the monarch is regularly briefed on the political situation by the Prime Minister and Foreign minister. The Constitution requires the monarch to be a member of the evangelical lutheran church, though not nessesary the Church of Denmark. The Government holds executive power, and is responsible for carrying out the acts of the Folketing. The Government does not have to pass a vote of confidence before taking the seat, but any minister can be"
"of the Czech Parliament allowing the user to test her or his own preferences against the MPs. The Parliament website (Folketinget) has records of votes, speeches, laws, and written questions in plain form. Hvem Stemmer Hvad has elaborate parliament voting statistics and tracks parliamentary questions and media mentions of politicians. The site offers access to its data through an API. The name translates to ""Who Votes What"". Folkevalg lets users debate and vote on concrete parliamentary issues. The site is financially supported by the EU. Folkets Ting is a volunteer-run website with the same data that also offers rss feeds"
"Althing The Alþingi (""parliament"" (Icelandic) and anglicised as or ) is the national parliament of Iceland. It is the oldest parliament in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at (""thing fields""), situated approximately east of what later became the country's capital, Reykjavík. Even after Iceland's union with Norway in 1262, the Althing still held its sessions at until 1800, when it was discontinued for 45 years. It was restored in 1844 and moved to Reykjavík, where it has resided ever since. The present parliament building, the , was built in 1881, made of hewn Icelandic stone. The unicameral"
"and lets users comment on content. ""Folkets Ting"" means ""Peoples Parliament"" and is a pun on ""Folketinget"". www.votewatch.eu has collected and displays full records of the activities of the Members of the European Parliament starting with 2004. VoteWatch.eu is based on the expertise of academics from London School of Economics and Universite Libre de Bruxelles. The website displays full records of voting, attendance and other activities (parliamentary questions, speeches, reports etc.) of MEPs from all member states. Furthermore, it shows a set of statistics that provide detailed information on how the coalitions are forming between the various European Political Groups."