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Landsting
Landsting may refer to:
- Thing (assembly), the supreme assembly of a land in Scandinavia, during Viking and Medieval times
- Parliament of Greenland
- Landstinget, one of the two houses of the Danish parliament between 1849 and 1953
- County councils of Sweden
Landsting (Denmark)
The Landsting was a house of the Rigsdag in Denmark from 1849 until 1953, when the bicameral system was abolished. The house had powers equal to the Folketing, which made the two houses of parliament hard to distinguish.
Originally membership and the electorate was restricted, and the members were largely conservatives. Membership of the house was then restricted to certain sectors of society: only males with a certain net worth could hold a seat. In 1915, these restrictions were removed, and a few new members were appointed by the existing members.