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Riksdag en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɹiːksdɑːɡ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɹɪksdaɡ/ (UK)
  • /ˈɹiːksdaɡ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish riksdag.

Meanings

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

Translations (4)

sv Sveriges riksdag (Swedish parliament) · sv riksdagen (Swedish parliament) · ka რიქსდაგი (Swedish parliament) · fi Ruotsin valtiopäivät (Swedish parliament)