Riksdag politician to form a government. Under the new Instrument of Government (one of the four fundamental laws of the Constitution) enacted in 1974, that task was removed from the Monarch of Sweden and given to the Speaker of the Riksdag. To make changes to the Constitution under the new Instrument of Government, amendments must be approved twice, in two successive electoral periods with a regular general election held in between. There are 15 parliamentary committees in the Riksdag. As of February 2013, 44.7 percent of the members of the Riksdag are women. This is the world's fourth highest proportion of
Polish parliament (expression) Polish parliament (expression) "Polish parliament" (Swedish and Norwegian: "Polsk riksdag"; ; ; ; ; ) is an expression referring to the historical Polish parliaments ("Sejm walny"). It implies chaos and general disorder, and that no real decision can be reached during sessions. Every single member of the Polish parliament during the 17th and 18th century had an absolute veto (); as a result, legislation could only be passed unanimously. Originally, the procedure was used for technical issues such as points of order, but as diverging interests discovered they could disrupt their opponents' agendas singlehandedly, the process came to be abused.