Liberal Senate: The Danish Landsting of 1849

Flemming Juul Christiansen

doi:10.4324/9780429323119-6

Liberal Senate: The Danish Landsting of 1849

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The Kingdom of Denmark’s Constitution of 1849 established a two-chamber system with an electorate for the Senate that differed from that for the Lower House. How was this ‘liberal Senate’ compatible with the ideas of the time that senates should be a conservative or moderating force? The chapter points at the liberal outcome as a factor of a compromise between three factions – the left, centre and right – in the Danish Constituent Assembly. Its negotiations took place against the background of ongoing war with the Schleswig-Holstein insurgents, which had ignited nationalism and sentiments in favour of the ‘people’. The need for a conscripted army may also have led to increased pressure to adopt a more democratic constitution, yet broader societal changes were also important.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reforming Senates : Upper Legislative Houses in North Atlantic Small Powers 1800-present
Editors	Nikolaj Bijleveld, Colin Grittner, David E. Smith, Wybren Verstegen
Number of pages	15
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Publication date	16 Oct 2019
Pages	60-74
Chapter	4
ISBN (Print)	9780367339685
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429323119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429323119-6
Publication status	Published - 16 Oct 2019

Series	Routledge Studies in Modern History

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Liberal Senate: The Danish Landsting of 1849. / Christiansen, Flemming Juul.
Reforming Senates: Upper Legislative Houses in North Atlantic Small Powers 1800-present. ed. / Nikolaj Bijleveld; Colin Grittner; David E. Smith; Wybren Verstegen. London: Routledge, 2019. p. 60-74 (Routledge Studies in Modern History).

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