Editing Riksdag (section)

==Membership ==
{{Main|Member of Parliament (Sweden)}}
{{See also|List of members of the Riksdag, 2022–2026}}
As of September 2022, 163 members, or 46.7% of the 349 members are women. Five parties have a majority representation of female MPs as of 2022: the Left Party (17 of 24, 70.8%), the Green Party (12 of 18, 66.7%), the Liberals (9 of 16, 56.3%), the Center Party (13 of 24, 54.2%), and the Social Democratic Party (55 of 107, 51.4%). The party with the lowest share of female MPs is the Sweden Democrats (18 of 73, 24.7%).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ledamöter & partier|url=https://riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/|last=Riksdagsförvaltningen|website=riksdagen.se|language=sv|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926232636/https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Members of the Riksdag are full-time legislators with a salary of {{currency|78500|SEK2}} per month, as of 1 January 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-12 |title=Decision to increase members’ pay from 1 January 2025 |url=https://www.riksdagen.se/en/news/articles/2024/nov/12/decision-to-increase-members-pay-from-1-january_cmsc43f4540-c064-4e60-b3e9-bccb4585eb21en/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.riksdagen.se |language=en}}</ref>

According to a survey investigation by the sociologist Jenny Hansson, Members of the Riksdag have an average work week of 66 hours, including side responsibilities. Hansson's investigation further reports that the average member sleeps 6.5 hours per night.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www8.umu.se/soc/personal/Jenny%20Hanssons%20avhandlingsarbete.%20Presentation%20samt%20.pdf |title=Hansson, Jenny (2008). De Folkvaldas Livsvillkor. Umea: Umea University. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303215553/http://www8.umu.se/soc/personal/Jenny%20Hanssons%20avhandlingsarbete.%20Presentation%20samt%20.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2009 }}</ref>

{| style="text-align:center"
| [[File:Riksdagen.andra kammaren b7dn273 2826.jpg|thumb|The former second chamber, nowadays used for committee meetings and conferences]]
| [[File:Sveriges riksdag fr vasabron.JPG|thumb|The Riksdag building exterior, from the west, at night]]
|}

=== Presidium === 
The [[presidium]] consists of a [[speaker (politics)|speaker]] and three [[deputy speaker]]s. 
They are elected for a 4-year [[term of office|term]]. The Speaker is not allowed to vote, but the three deputies are allowed to vote.