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The Constitutional Act of the Kingdom (Riges Grundlov — “Basic Law of the Kingdom”, Act of 5/6/1953, hereafter Const) and the Act of Succession have been in force without amendments since 1953. These documents together comprise the Danish Constitution. The Constitutional Act declares Denmark a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary-democratic form of government. The unicameral Parliament (Folketing) consists of 179 Members of which two are elected from Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The Head of State is the Queen. She has the right to dissolve Parliament (§ 32 Const) and to participate in meetings of the Council of State (§§ 17–18 Const) However, the exercise of her functions is mostly ceremonial and representative in nature.
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Stern, J. (2008). Denmark. In: Kucsko-Stadlmayer, G. (eds) European Ombudsman-Institutions. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-72882-6_20
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