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Speaker of the Riksdag - Definition and Overview |
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The Speaker, or Talman, of the Riksdag is the chairman of the national parliament in Sweden. The new Riksdag was created in 1867, when the old Riksdag of the Estates institution was abolished and included two chambers, each with its own speaker. Since the intoduction of parliamentarism in the 1920s the Riksdag has properly functioned as the Parliament of Sweden. In 1970 the institution underwent changes which transformed it into a unicameral legislative with 349 members as a precursor of the new Constitution of Sweden adopted in 1974.
Speakers of the Two Chamber Riksdag (1867-1970)
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Speakers in the First Chamber
- Gustaf Lagerbielke (1867-1876)
- Henning Hamilton (1877)
- Anton Niklas Sundberg (1878-1880)
- Gustaf Lagerbielke (1881-1891)
- Pehr von Ehrenheim (1891-1895)
- Gustaf Sparre (1896-1908)
- Christian Lundeberg (1909-1911)
- Ivar Afzelius (1912-1915)
- Hugo Hamilton (1916-1928)
- Axel Vennersten (1928-1936)
- Johan Nilsson (1937-1955)
- John Bergvall, Liberal (1956-1959)
- Gustaf Sundelin, Liberal (1959-1964)
- Erik Boheman, Liberal (1965-1970)
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Speakers in the Second Chamber
- Anton Niklas Sundberg (1867-1872)
- Ferdinand Asker (1873-1875)
- Arvid Posse (1876-1880)
- Olof Wijk (1880-1890)
- Gustaf Ryding (1891)
- Carl Herslow (1892-1893)
- Robert De la Gardie (1894-1902)
- Axel Swartling (1903-1912)
- Carl Bonde (1913)
- Johan Widén (1914-1917)
- Daniel Persson (1918)
- Herman Lindqvist, Social Democrat (1918-1921)
- Viktor Larsson, Social Democrat (1922-1923)
- Herman Lindqvist, Social Democrat (1924-1927)
- Viktor Larsson, Social Democrat (1927)
- Bernhard Eriksson, Social Democrat (1928-1932)
- August Sävström, Social Democrat (1933-1952)
- Gustaf Nilsson, Social Democrat (1953-1957)
- Sven Patrik Svensson (1958-1960)
- Fridolf Thapper, Social Democrat (1960-1968)
- Henry Allard, Social Democrat (1969-1970)
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Speakers of the Unicameral Riksdag (1971- )
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