The Parliament of Denmark is called the:

The Parliament of Denmark is called the Folketing, which means "the people's thing" or "people's assembly".

Structure:

• The Folketing is a unicameral legislature with 179 members.
• Of these, 175 are elected from Denmark, two from the Faroe Islands and two from Greenland.
• Members are elected for a maximum term of four years.
• Denmark abolished its upper house, the Landsting, in 1953, and since then the Folketing has been the only chamber.

Electoral system:

• Denmark uses a list-based system with a low threshold of 2 per cent, which allows many parties to win seats.
• Minority and coalition governments are common.

Seat:

• The Folketing meets in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen.
• The palace also houses the Prime Minister's Office and the Supreme Court.

Powers:

• Making laws.
• Approving the state budget.
• Supervising the government, which must not have a majority against it in the Folketing.

Political system:

• Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
• The monarch is head of state, and the Prime Minister is head of government.
• The Danish Constitution (Grundloven) was first adopted on 5 June 1849; 5 June is Constitution Day.

Other facts about Denmark:

• Capital: Copenhagen.
• Currency: Danish krone; Denmark is in the European Union but did not adopt the euro.
• Greenland and the Faroe Islands are autonomous territories within the Kingdom of Denmark.

Meaning of "thing":

"Thing" was an old Norse word for an assembly of free people, and it appears in the names of several Nordic parliaments.

Parliaments of other countries:

• Finland: Eduskunta.
• Germany: Bundestag.
• Ireland: Oireachtas.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Eduskunta, Bundestag and Oireachtas are the parliaments of Finland, Germany and Ireland.