Lagting
Proper noun
Meaning
Lagting
(politics) The quasi-upper house of the parliament of Norway from 1814 to 2009.
Coordinate term: Odelsting
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Examples
Laws were proposed by the government through a Member of the Council of State or by a member of the Odelsting and decided on by the Odelsting and Lagting, in case of repeated disagreement by the joint Storting.
In practice, the Lagting rarely disagreed and mainly just rubber-stamped the Odelsting's decision.
Until 2009, the Storting divided itself into two chambers, the Odelsting and the Lagting for the sole purpose of voting on legislation.