Speaker of the Riksdag contacts programme. The Speaker chairs the War Delegation (), when it is deemed necessary to convene. Historical predecessor Speaker of the Riksdag The speaker of the Riksdag () is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden. The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medieval Riksdag of the Estates was abolished. The new form of the Riksdag included two elected chambers, each with its own speaker. Since the "de facto" introduction of parliamentarism in 1917, the Riksdag has properly functioned as the institution to which the Prime Minister and the Government are held accountable. In 1971
Parliament of Finland the split of the Finns Party in June 2017, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä (kesk.) terminated the government's co-operation with the Finns Party and proposed a new coalition consisting of three groups: the intact Centre and National Coalition parties, as well as Blue Reform, a new party consisting solely of former members of the Finns Party. The Parliament's Finnish name is "eduskunta", uncapitalized. This word is used exclusively to refer to Finland's legislature; the general term for legislatures is "parlamentti". In Swedish, the Parliament's name is "riksdag", uncapitalized. This is also the general term for the Swedish legislature. The Parliament of