Folketing
Americannoun
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the unicameral parliament of Denmark.
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History/Historical. the lower house of the Rigsdag.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Folketing
Example Sentences
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The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city's oldest buildings and is a stone's throw from Denmark's parliament, the Folketing, housed in the old royal palace of Christiansborg castle.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2024
Four of the 179 seats in Denmark’s legislature, known as the Folketing, are reserved for Greenland and the Faeroe Islands, another autonomous Danish territory.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022
In the Danish parliamentary democracy, no party on its own has won a clear majority of the 179 seats that make up Parliament, called the Folketing, in more than a century.
From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2022
Ultimately the decision would rest with MPs in Denmark's Folketing.
From BBC • May 31, 2022
Deprived of nearly all its supporters in the Folketing, the Conservative ministry resigned, and King Christian was obliged to assent to the formation of a “cabinet of the Left” under Professor Deuntzer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
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