Parliament House, Stockholm Parliament House, Stockholm The Parliament House (), is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. It is located on nearly half of Helgeandsholmen (island), in the "Gamla stan" (old town) district of central Stockholm. The building complex was designed by Aron Johansson in the Neoclassical style, with a centered Baroque Revival style facade section. Parliament House was constructed between 1897 and 1905. In 1889, a competition had been held to select a design for the new Parliament building, that Johansson won. Upon opening, it replaced the Old Riksdag Building ("Gamla Riksdagshuset") on Riddarholmen (island). The two buildings of
Member of parliament a common name for all legislative assemblies, and hence parlamentario for the member of any of them, which can usually refer to members of: Members of the Congress of Deputies are called "diputados" (deputies), impliying that they are elected to act in the name and on behalf of the people they represent. It is also usual to call members of the European Parliament "eurodiputados". "Members of Parliament" refers to the elected members of the Riksdag. In Swedish, an MP is usually referred to as a "riksdagsledamot" ("member of the Riksdag") or a "riksdagsman" ("Gentleman of the Riksdag"). The former is