eduskuntavaltiopäivät
Eduskuntavaltiopäivät is a Finnish term used to refer to the sessions of the Finnish legislature in the era of the Diet of the Estates and, later, in discussions surrounding the transition to the modern Eduskunta. The concept emerges from Finland’s constitutional history, where the legislative body evolved from the historic Estates.
Historically, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire from 1809. The Diet of the
In 1906–1907, Finland implemented a major constitutional reform that replaced the four-estate Diet with a unicameral
Significance and usage: today the phrase is primarily of historical interest, used in constitutional histories to