Riksdag

Riksdag

See also: riksdag

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish riksdag.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/, /ˈɹɪksdaɡ/, /ˈɹiːksdɑːɡ/, /ˈɹiːksdaɡ/

Proper noun

Riksdag

1. The Swedish parliament.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 288:

     The bloodless royalist coup d'état performed against his Riksdag by enlightened ruler Gustavus III of Sweden in August 1772 gave credence to the idea of a European wave of reaction against the excesses of representative government.

Translations

Swedish parliament

Finnish: Ruotsin valtiopäivät Swedish: Sveriges riksdag (sv), riksdagen (sv)