Peter Daniel Bruun
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Peter Daniel Bruun was a Danish
politician and supreme court lawyer and the first speaker of the Landsting
, a chamber of the parliament
. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849 and a member of the Landsting from 1849 to 1862, representing the National Liberal Party
.
As members of the National Constitutional Assembly, Bruun and Christian Magdalus Jespersen made the proposal for the constitution
that was to become the final version. Key elements in Bruun's and Jespersen's proposal included indirect elections for the Landsting with the requirements to be eligible for election to include a certain minimum income combined with an age of forty years.
When Bruun resigned from politics in 1862, his younger brother Mads Pagh Bruun
was elected to the office as speaker.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
politician and supreme court lawyer and the first speaker of the Landsting
Landsting (Denmark)
The Landsting was a house of the Rigsdag in Denmark from 1849 until 1953, when the bicameral system was abolished. The house had powers equal to the Folketing, which made the two houses of parliament hard to distinguish....
, a chamber of the parliament
Rigsdag
Rigsdagen was the name of the Parliament of Denmark from 1849 to 1953.Rigsdagen was Denmark's first parliament, and it was incorporated in the Constitution of 1849. It was a bicameral legislature, consisting of two houses, the Folketing and the Landsting. The distinction between the two houses was...
. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849 and a member of the Landsting from 1849 to 1862, representing the National Liberal Party
National Liberal Party (Denmark)
The National Liberal Party , was a Danish political party or political movement from the 1830s until about 1880.Often considered "the first Danish political party" the National Liberals were gradually founded as the opposition against the Danish absolute monarchy...
.
As members of the National Constitutional Assembly, Bruun and Christian Magdalus Jespersen made the proposal for the constitution
Constitution of Denmark
The Constitutional Act of Denmark is the Kingdom of Denmark's constitution, or fundamental law. Originally verified in 1849, the last revision was signed on 5 June 1953 as "the existing law, for all to unswerving comply with, the Constitutional Act of Denmark".-Idea and structure:The main...
that was to become the final version. Key elements in Bruun's and Jespersen's proposal included indirect elections for the Landsting with the requirements to be eligible for election to include a certain minimum income combined with an age of forty years.
When Bruun resigned from politics in 1862, his younger brother Mads Pagh Bruun
Mads Pagh Bruun
Mads Pagh Bruun was a Danish politician and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the parliament...
was elected to the office as speaker.