Speaker of the Riksdag

Speaker of the Riksdag
Riksdagens talman
Coat of Arms of the Swedish Parliament
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Incumbent Andreas Norlén since 24 September 2018
The Riksdag
Style	Swedish: Herr talman (English: "Mr Speaker")
Seat	Parliament House
Nominator	Riksdag
Appointer	The Alderman
Term length	Four years (de facto)
Inaugural holder	Henry Allard
Formation	1617; 407 years ago (1617)
Deputy	See List of Deputy Speakers
Salary	2,112,000 kr annually[1]
Website	www.riksdagen.se

The speaker of the Riksdag (Swedish: Riksdagens talman) is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden.

The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medieval Riksdag of the Estates was abolished. The new form of the Riksdag included two elected chambers, each with its own speaker. Since the de facto introduction of parliamentarism in 1917, the Riksdag has properly functioned as the institution to which the prime minister and the government are held accountable. In 1971 the institution was transformed into a unicameral legislature with 350 members, reduced to 349 in 1976 to avoid parliamentary deadlocks. Since 1975, in accordance with the Instrument of Government of 1974, it is the speaker and no longer the monarch who appoints and dismisses the prime minister.

The current speaker is Andreas Norlén, who has held the gavel since September 2018.^[2]