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‖ Landsting, n. Now Hist.|ˈlantstiŋ|
Also -thing, and hyphened.
[Da., f. lands, gen. of land country, + ting assembly (see Thing n.2).]
Formerly (until 1953), the upper house of the Danish Parliament (cf. Rigsdag n.).
1862Chambers's Encycl. III. 493/1 Although the Landsthing bears some analogy to the English House of Lords in respect to..its position in regard to the Lower House, or Folksthing, its members do not of necessity belong to the aristocratic class. 1938J. H. S. Birch Denmark in Hist. xx. 337 The Constitution provided for two Assemblies, the Folketing and the Landsting. 1972S. Oakley Story of Denmark xiii. 178 As a concession to the Right, the Landsting was to be selected indirectly. |