Riksdag

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Riksdag

/ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/ UK
/ˈɹɪksdaɡ/ UK
/ˈɹiːksdɑːɡ/ UK
/ˈɹiːksdaɡ/ UK

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Borrowed from Swedish riksdag.

proper noun

The Swedish parliament. The bloodless royalist coup d'état performed against his Riksdag by enlightened ruler Gustavus III of Sweden in August 1772 gave credence to the idea of a European wave of reaction against the excesses of representative government.

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"Riksdag." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/riksdag. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Riksdag. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/riksdag

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"Riksdag." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/riksdag.

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@misc{riksdag_2026,
  title = {Riksdag},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/riksdag},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}