''Reichsrat'' is a legislative body in German-speaking countries similar to the Upper House of a Parliament. The cognate in Scandinavian countries is ''Riksråd''. These may refer to:
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Reichsrat (Austria)
The Imperial Council was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861 until 1918. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords (Austria), House of Lords (), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (Austria), House of D ...
, the parliament of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
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Reichsrat (Germany)
The Reichsrat (, "Reich Council") of the Weimar Republic was the de facto upper house of Germany's parliament; the lower house was the popularly elected Reichstag. The Reichsrat's members were appointed by the German state governments to represe ...
, a body representing the German States in the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
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Riksråd
Riksrådet (in Norwegian and Swedish) or Rigsrådet (in Danish or English: the Council of the Realm and the Council of the State – sometimes translated as the "Privy Council") is the name of the councils of the Scandinavian countries that ...
, various Royal Councils in Scandinavian countries
* Riksrådet, the
Privy Council of Sweden
The Council of the Realm, or simply The Council ( or : sometimes in ), was a cabinet of medieval origin, consisting of magnates () which advised, and at times co-ruled with, the King of Sweden.
The 1634 Instrument of Government, Sweden's fir ...
See also
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Reichstag (disambiguation)
is a German word generally meaning ''parliament'', more directly translated as '' Diet of the Realm'' or ''National Diet'', or more loosely as ''Imperial Diet''. It may refer to:
Buildings and places
is the specific German word for parliamenta ...
, the directly elected body or Lower House of parliaments in various German-speaking countries
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Riksdag (disambiguation)
The Riksdag is the unicameral parliament of Sweden.
It may also refer to:
Legislative assemblies
* Parliament of Sweden also ''Riksdagen''
*Parliament of Finland, officially called ''Riksdagen'' in Swedish
* Riksdag of the Estates, the feudal ...
, the cognate of Reichstag in Scandinavian countries
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Rigsdagen
The Rigsdag ( ) was the name of the national legislature of Denmark from 1849 to 1953.
The Rigsdag was Denmark's first parliament, and it was incorporated in the Constitution of 1849. It was a bicameral legislature, consisting of two houses, t ...
, Parliament of Denmark (1849–1953)
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Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag wa ...
and
Bundesrat (disambiguation)
Bundesrat is a German word that means ''federal council'' and may refer to:
* Federal Council (Austria)
* German Bundesrat
* Federal Council (Switzerland)
* Bundesrat (German Empire)
See also
*Federal Council (disambiguation)
Federal Council may ...
are the two chambers of parliament
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Imperial Council (disambiguation), literal translation
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