''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 (german: Reichsrat; cs, Říšská rada, links=yes; pl, Rada Państwa, links=yes; it, Consiglio Imperiale, links=yes; sl, Državni zbor, links=yes; uk, Райхсрат, Державна рада, links=yes; bs, Carevins ...
, the parliament of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary (1867–1918)
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Reichsrat (Germany)
The Reichsrat 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 represent their interests in ...
, a body representing the German States in the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
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Riksråd
Riksrådet (in Norwegian and Swedish), 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 rule ...
, various Royal Councils in Scandinavian countries
* Riksrådet, the
Privy Council of Sweden
The Council of the Realm, or simply The Council ( sv, Riksrådet or sv, Rådet: sometimes in la, Senatus Regni Sueciae), was a cabinet of medieval origin, consisting of magnates ( sv, stormän) which advised, and at times co-ruled with, the Ki ...
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 parliamentary b ...
, the directly elected body or Lower House of parliaments in various German-speaking countries
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Riksdag (disambiguation) Legislative assemblies
*Parliament of Sweden or ''Riksdagen''
*Parliament of Finland, officially called ''Riksdagen'' in Swedish
*Riksdag of the Estates, the feudal legislature in Sweden from 1486 to 1866 and in Finland until 1809
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Riks ...
, the cognate of Reichstag in Scandinavian countries
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Rigsdagen
Rigsdagen () was the name of the national legislature of Denmark from 1849 to 1953.
''Rigsdagen'' was Denmark's first parliament, and it was incorporated in the Constitution of 1849. It was a bicameral legislature, consisting of two houses, the ...
, Parliament of Denmark (1849–1953)
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Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
and
Bundesrat are the two chambers of parliament
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