Folketing

The Storting won that fight in 1884, and after that year, the king accepted to give the role of prime minister to whoever commanded the majority in parliament.

The King of Denmark was forced to accept the same principle in 1901 for the Folketing in Copenhagen and in 1904 for the Icelandic parliament, the Althing in Reykjavik.

In Sweden, Gustav V relented and agreed to appoint the majority leader in the Riksdag prime minister after the elections in 1917.

That was a turbulent year, with hunger riots and demonstrations here and there, and people demanding a republic.

Similarly, in Denmark, the Danish Social Democrats adopted a new party program in 1934.

It was called Denmark for the People, and it stressed that their policies weren't restricted to socialism for the factory workers, but they wanted a welfare state that would benefit everyone, also farmers and the middle classes.

The Danish electorate responded favorably to this program and awarded the party more than 46% of the votes in the 1935 elections to the Folketing.

This vision of a society that included everyone and helped anyone who needed it was implemented throughout Scandinavia in a series of laws passed in the 1930s.