Folketingstidende

Folketingstidende is an official parliamentary publication issued by the Folketing, the unicameral parliament of Denmark. Its core function is to document and communicate the proceedings of the Danish legislature, particularly through summaries of debates and negotiations conducted in the chamber. The publication also includes a number of supplements connected with parliamentary business. The title belongs to the institutional publishing tradition of the Danish legislature rather than to a commercial newspaper or independently owned media company. It succeeded Rigsdagstidende, the annual publication associated with the Rigsdagen, Denmark's former bicameral parliament. The transition took place in 1953, following the adoption of Denmark's current constitution and the move to a unicameral parliamentary system. In that context, Folketingstidende represented the documentary publication framework of the new constitutional and parliamentary order. For much of its existence, Folketingstidende was issued as a yearly publication. Its role was archival and administrative as well as informational: it supplied an official account of parliamentary activity and helped preserve a public record of legislative proceedings. The publication therefore served parliamentarians, public authorities, researchers, journalists, legal and political professionals, and members of the public seeking authoritative information about the work of the Folketing. A significant change occurred on 6 October 2009, when Folketingstidende ceased to be issued as a conventional annual publication and became an Internet-only publication. This change moved the title from a primarily printed reference format to a digital distribution model. The online format supports more direct access to parliamentary material and aligns the publication with the broader digitization of legislative records. Folketingstidende should be understood as an official information and documentation service of the Danish Parliament, not as a consumer-facing brand with a conventional product portfolio, retail distribution network, or commercial market strategy. Its principal offering is the publication itself: parliamentary summaries and associated supplements made available through the official website. Public information about the title does not identify a separate corporate owner, commercial parent company, named founder, or executive leadership team. Its institutional identity derives from its relationship with the Folketing.

Folketingstidende emerged from the constitutional reorganization of Denmark's parliamentary system in 1953. Before that change, the Danish legislature was the Rigsdagen, and its official yearly publication was known as Rigsdagstidende. Denmark's 1953 constitution established the current unicameral system centered on the Folketing. Folketingstidende replaced Rigsdagstidende as the publication associated with the reconstituted parliament. The publication's purpose has been to provide an official documentary account of activity in the Folketing. It contains summaries of parliamentary negotiations and proceedings, together with a number of supplements relating to parliamentary business. In this role, it functions as an institutional record rather than as a general-interest newspaper. Its users include members and staff of parliament, public officials, researchers, journalists, and others requiring an authoritative account of legislative activity. For most of its history, Folketingstidende followed a yearly publication model. The printed or formally issued annual format reflected its archival and reference-oriented purpose. It was intended to gather and preserve parliamentary material in a stable official publication rather than to operate as a continuously updated commercial news product. On 6 October 2009, the publication model changed substantially. Folketingstidende became an Internet-only publication, ending its previous status as a yearly publication in favor of online distribution. This transition reflected the growing importance of digital access to government and legislative information. It also made the publication more readily accessible to users who need to consult parliamentary material without relying on printed annual volumes. The title remains tied to the Folketing and the Danish parliamentary information system. It is therefore best characterized as an official government publication brand or institutional information service. Available reference material does not establish a separate commercial company, founder, executive team, public listing, or corporate parent. Its continuity is institutional: the publication changed from the Rigsdagen's predecessor title to the Folketing's title in 1953 and later changed from an annual format to an online-only format in 2009.

• 2009

  Transition to Internet-only publication

  [1]Folketingstidendeen.wikipedia.org

  From 6 October 2009, Folketingstidende was issued only on the Internet rather than as a yearly publication.

• 1953

  Folketingstidende replaces Rigsdagstidende

  [1]Folketingstidendeen.wikipedia.org

  Following Denmark's 1953 constitutional transition to a unicameral parliament, Folketingstidende became the official publication associated with the Folketing, replacing the former Rigsdagen's Rigsdagstidende.

An authoritative, institutional record and information service for the proceedings of the Danish Parliament.

• Official parliamentary publication · 1953

  Parliamentary proceedings summaries

  The central content of Folketingstidende consists of summaries of negotiations and proceedings conducted in the Folketing. These materials provide an official account of parliamentary activity and support public access, institutional reference, research, and archival documentation.

• Government information supplement

  Parliamentary supplements

  Folketingstidende includes a number of supplements associated with the work of the Danish Parliament. The supplements extend the publication beyond summaries of negotiations and form part of its broader documentary role.

• Digital government publication · 2009

  Online Folketingstidende

  Since 6 October 2009, Folketingstidende has been distributed exclusively online. The digital edition provides Internet access to the publication's parliamentary summaries and associated material, replacing the former yearly publication format.

• 2009

  Move to an Internet-only publicationStrategy

  Background

  Folketingstidende had historically been issued as a yearly publication documenting the work of the Danish Parliament.

  Action taken

  From 6 October 2009, the publication was made available only on the Internet.

  Aftermath

  The change established the online edition as the publication's distribution format and ended its previous yearly publication model.

  Source

1. 1Folketingstidendeen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Official Folketingstidende websitefolketingstidende.dk