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 decide which candidate will be elected the modified Sainte-Laguë method is used. This method usually but not always gives an accurate result in proportion to cast votes. In the 2014 general election the center-right coalition government got one less MP than the overall opposition, in despite of more votes in total. To get a more proportional result 39 MPs are elected at compensation mandate ("Utjämningsmandat") and those MPs therefore doesn't represent their own constituency. The salaries of the MPs are decided by the Riksdag Pay Committee ("Riksdagens arvodesnämnd"), a government agency under the Riksdag. Since 1 November 2007, the basic