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Christiansborg Palace is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen , ___MASK61___ . It is the seat of the Danish Parliament (""), the Danish Prime Minister ' s Office and the Supreme Court of ___MASK61___ . Also , several parts of the palace are used by the Danish monarch , including the Royal Reception Rooms , the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables . In the Danish Folketing election of 1884 , which was held on 25 June 1884 , the approximate total votes and the actual seats won were : Slotsholmen ( English : The Castle Islet ) is an island in the harbour of Copenhagen , ___MASK61___ , and part of Copenhagen Inner City . The name is taken from the successive castles and palaces located on the island since Bishop Absalon constructed the city ' s first castle on the island in 1167 at the site where Christiansborg Palace lies today . An upper house , sometimes called a Senate , is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature ( or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature ), the other chamber being the lower house . The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller , and often has more restricted power , than the lower house . Examples of upper houses in countries include the UK ' s House of Lords , ___MASK45___ ' s Senate , India ' s Rajya Sabha , Russia ' s Federation Council , Ireland ' s Seanad , Germany ' s Bundesrat and the United States Senate . Copenhagen (, ); ) is the capital and most populated city of ___MASK61___ . It has a municipal population of 591 , 481 and a larger urban population of 1 , 280 , 371 . The Copenhagen metropolitan area has just over 2 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand ; another small portion of the city is located on Amager , and is separated from Malmö , Sweden , by the strait of Øresund . The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road . The Folketing (; lit . " the people ' s thing "), also known as the Danish Parliament in English , is the unicameral national parliament ( legislature ) of the Kingdom of ___MASK61___ . Established in 1849 , until 1953 the Folketing was the lower house of a bicameral parliament , called the Rigsdag ; the upper house was the Landsting . It meets in Christiansborg Palace , on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen .