Constitutional Act of Denmark 1953, as amended to 2009
Legislature
  • English
    Legislative authority shall be vested in the King and the Folketing conjointly.
    … (Sec. 3)
  • Danish
    Den lovgivende magt er hos kongen og Folketinget i forening.
    … (§ 3)
Legislature
  • English
    The Folketing shall consist of one assembly of not more than one hundred and seventy-nine Members, of whom two Members shall be elected in the Faroe Islands and two Members in Greenland. (Sec. 28)
  • Danish
    Folketinget udgør én forsamling bestående af højst 179 medlemmer, hvoraf 2 medlemmer vælges på Færøerne og 2 i Grønland. (§ 28)
Legislature
  • English
    (1) Any person who is entitled to vote at Folketing elections shall be eligible for membership of the Folketing, unless he has been convicted of an act which in the eyes of the public makes him unworthy to be a Member of the Folketing.
    … (Sec. 30)
  • Danish
    Stk. 1. Valgbar til Folketinget er enhver, som har valgret til dette, medmindre vedkommende er straffet for en handling, der i almindeligt omdømme gør ham uværdig til at være medlem af Folketinget.
    … (§ 30)
Legislature
  • English
    (1) The Members of the Folketing shall be elected by general and direct ballot.
    (2) Rules for the exercise of the suffrage shall be laid down by the Parliamentary Election Act of Denmark, which, to secure equal representation of the various opinions of the electorate, shall prescribe the manner of election and decide whether proportional representation shall be adopted with or without elections in single-member constituencies.
    … (Sec. 31)
  • Danish
    Stk. 1. Folketingets medlemmer vælges ved almindelige, direkte og hemmelige valg.
    Stk. 2. De nærmere regler for valgrettens udøvelse gives ved valgloven, der til sikring af en ligelig repræsentation af de forskellige anskuelser blandt vælgerne fastsætter valgmåden, herunder hvorvidt forholdstalsvalgmåden skal føres igennem i eller uden forbindelse med valg i enkeltmandskredse.
    … (§ 31)
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Constitutional Act of Denmark 1953 (English); Act of Succession 1953, as amended to 2009 (English). According to Sec. 2 of the Constitutional Act: "… Royal authority shall be inherited by men and women in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Succession to the Throne of March 27th 1953."

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Constitutional Act of Denmark 1953 (Danish); Act of Succession 1953, as amended to 2009 (Danish).

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