Rigsdag

American  

[rigz-dahg] / ˈrɪgzˌdɑg /

noun

1. the former parliament of Denmark, consisting of an upper house and a lower house: replaced in 1953 by the unicameral Folketing.

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Etymology

Origin of Rigsdag

< Danish, equivalent to rigs, genitive of rig kingdom + dag diet, assembly. Cf. Reichstag

Example Sentences

Inger Merete Nordentoft, Communist member of the Rigsdag, principal of a large school, and spinster, applied for three months' maternity leave.

From Time Magazine Archive

Altogether the six anti-Nazi parties obtained 1,941,600 votes, almost 400,000 more than they got in 1939, and increased their seats in the powerless Rigsdag lower house from 137 to 143.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1888 municipal suffrage was demanded by the “Danish Woman’s Club,” but the Rigsdag rejected the measure.

From The Modern Woman's Rights Movement A Historical Survey by Schirmacher, Kaethe

A candidate for either house of the Rigsdag must have passed the age of twenty-five.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

The government is a constitutional monarchy, with the executive power vested in a king and a ministry, who are held responsible to the Rigsdag, which is the parliament.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly