Speaker of the Riksdag 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 the institution was transformed into a unicameral legislature with 350 members, reduced to 349 in 1976 to avoid
S. N. Prasan Kumar (Member of Parliament) S. N. Prasan Kumar (Member of Parliament) S.N.Prasan Kumar was a former member of Parliament from Karnataka, India. He was born on 3 June 1935 to Sri N Ramaiah Setty and Smt. Varalakshmi in Madhugiri, Tumukuru District, Karnataka. At an early age he lost his mother, and was later adopted by his maternal grandfather by whom he was raised. His maternal grandfather Nanjaiah Setty was an MRA (Mysore Representative Assembly) member for 22 years prior to independence and served in the Municipal Council for 14 years. He was brought up in a political family as well as having ownership of