Andra kammaren

Second Chamber

Andra kammaren
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Type
Type
History
Established22 June 1866
Disbanded20 September 1970
Meeting place
Old Parliament House, Stockholm

The Andra kammaren (lit. Second Chamber) was the lower house of the bicameral Riksdag of Sweden between 1866 and 1970 that replaced the Riksdag of the Estates. The upper house was the Första kammaren.

At the time of its abolition the chamber had 233 members, who were elected for four-year terms of office by men and women over the age of twenty.[1] Both chambers had the same powers. At the last general election in 1968, the Social Democrats received more than half the votes.

  1. ^ Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook, Volume 24, Dan Golenpaul, McGraw-Hill, 1970, page 358