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The ''Rigsdag'' was Denmark's first parliament, and it was incorporated in the Constitution of 1849 . It was a Bicameral Legislature , consisting of two houses, the '' Folketing '' and the '' Landsting ''. The distinction between the two houses was not always clear, as they had equal power. In 1953 , a new constitution was approved by referendum and adopted, with the result that the ''Rigsdag'' and the ''Landsting'' were eliminated in favor of a Unicameral legislature under the name of the '' Folketing ''. The ''Rigsdag'', like today's ''Folketing'', was located in Christiansborg Castle in the centre of Copenhagen . Membership in the ''Rigsdag'' was limited to certain sectors of society – women were not allowed to join, and neither were about a quarter of all men over 30, mostly due to their condition as servants or welfare recipients. The name, meaning roughly 'Imperial Council' or 'Imperial Day', is a Cognate of the names of several legislatures in other Germanic countries, such as the Reichstag in Germany , the Riksdag in Sweden , or the Riksdag in Finland . (For a discussion of the traditional Germanic councils that gave root to bodies such as these, see the article on '' Ting ''-style councils.) SEE ALSO |
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