Politics of the Faroe Islands - L Gting, List of Speakers of the L Gting of the Faroe Islands (Paperback)

Chapters: L gting, List of Speakers of the L gting of the Faroe Islands, List of Danish High Commissioners in the Faroe Islands, Kommunusamskipan F roya. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article is part of the series: Politics and government ofthe Faroe Islands See also Politics of Denmark L gting house in Thorshavn, built in 1856. L gting house in the 1950s. The building in the background was from the Faroese telecom and belongs now to the L gting as administration offices. L gting hall about 1900.L gting (pronounced (or Faroese L gtingi "the L gting; full official name: F roya l gting "L gting of the Faroes") is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, a self-ruling province of Denmark. The name literally means "Law Thing" and derives from Old Norse lg ing, which was a high court in Norway's empire, written Lagting(et) in Modern Norwegian, Danish and Swedish, but L g ing(i ) in Icelandic. The parliament on land is also called the Lagting. A ting or ing has existed on the Faroe Islands for over a millennium. Along with Manx Tynwald and the Icelandic Al ing it is one of the three oldest Norse assemblies of Europe, comprising one of the oldest parliamentary systems in the world. Today, the Faroe Islands compromise one constituency, and the number of MPs is fixed at 33. The first elections with this new system was held on 19 January 2008, after the Election law was changed in late 2007. Prior to that, the membership of the L gting varied from 27 to 32. The 7 constituencies had 27 seats, and up to 5 supplementary seats. That Election Act came into force in 1978, and the eight general elections between 1978 and 2004 all resulted in 32 members. The L gting is elected for a period of four years. Election of the L gting can take place bef...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=535570