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Parliament of Sweden Sveriges riksdag
Three Crowns
Type
Type	Unicameral legislature
Leadership
Speaker	Per Westerberg, (m) since 2 October 2006
First Deputy Speaker	Susanne Eberstein, (s) since 2010
Second Deputy Speaker	Ulf Holm, (mp) since 2010
Third Deputy Speaker	Jan Ertsborn, (fp) since 2012
Structure
Seats	349
Political groups	Government      Moderate Party (107)      Liberal People's Party (24)      Centre Party (23)      Christian Democrats (19) Opposition      Social Democratic Party (112)      Green Party (25)      Sweden Democrats (20)      Left Party (19)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation Sainte-Laguë method See Elections in Sweden
Last election	19 September 2010
Next election	14 September 2014
Meeting place
Parliament House Helgeandsholmen Stockholm, 100 12 Kingdom of Sweden
Website
http://www.riksdagen.se

The Parliament of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges riksdag) is the legislative government of Sweden. The parliament building is on the Stockholm island of Helgeandsholmen. The parliament has 349 seats since 1976 (350 between 1971 and 1976). Between 1867 and 1971, the parliament had two chambers, but has been reduced to one. Elections are held in September every fourth year (third year between 1970-1994).

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