Riksdag Riksdag The Riksdag ( or "Sveriges riksdag") is the national legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and serving, from 1994 onwards, on fixed four-year terms. The constitutional functions of the Riksdag are enumerated in the Instrument of Government (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act (). The seat of the Riksdag is at Parliament House (), on the island of Helgeandsholmen in the central parts of Stockholm. The Riksdag has its institutional roots in the feudal
Speaker of the Riksdag parliamentary deadlocks. Since 1975, in accordance with the Instrument of Government of 1974, it is the speaker and no longer the Monarch who appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister. The current speaker is Andreas Norlén, who has held the gavel since September 2018. The speaker is the head and presiding officer of the Riksdag, and is elected by the chamber as the first order of business when the Riksdag re-convenes following a general election. As such the speaker coordinates the work that takes place in the Riksdag. The office is mandated in the Swedish constitution and the duties of the