Swedish Parliament Act of 1810 Swedish Parliament Act of 1810 The 1810 Riksdag Act was passed by Parliament on 10 February 1810 during the reign of Charles XIII. It replaced the order of the estates meetings in 1617 reintroduced by Gustav III via the Union and Security Act instead of the Riksdag Act 1723. The 1810 parliamentary regime was adopted after Sweden lost Finland and Gustav IV Adolf was pushed aside in a coup. Charles XIII was subsequently appointed regent and then king, and after that a new form of government, the Government of 1809, was adopted. A notice of parliament which adopted the parliamentary
Parliament of Finland Finland was preceded by the Diet of Finland (; , modern ), which had succeeded the Riksdag of the Estates in 1809. When the unicameral Parliament of Finland was established by the Parliament Act in 1906, Finland was an autonomous grand duchy and principality under the Imperial Russian Tsar, who ruled as the Grand Duke, rather than as an absolute monarch. Universal suffrage and eligibility was implemented first in Finland. Women could both vote and run for office as equals, and this applied also to landless people, with no excluded minorities. The first election to the Parliament was arranged in