Landsting (Denmark)

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Landsting
Type
Type	Bicameralism
History
Founded	5 June 1849 (1849-06-05)
Disbanded	5 June 1953 (1953-06-05)
Leadership
Speaker of the Landsting	See list
Structure
Seats	76
Political groups	Last Government (35)   Venstre – Liberal Party (22)   Conservative People's Party (13) Supported by (1)   Justice Party of Denmark (1) Opposition (39)   Social Democrats (33)   Radikale Venstre – Social Liberal Party (6) Faroe Islands   Independent (1)
Length of term	8 years
Elections
Voting system	Indirect voting
First election	1849 Danish Landsting election (da)
Last election	1953 Danish Landsting election (da)

The Landsting (Danish: Landstinget) was the upper house of the Rigsdag, from 1849 until 1953, when the bicameral system was abolished in favour of unicameralism. The Landsting 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.