Number of tiers

Guide To The Danish, Electoral System The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark, page 4. (2011)

Danish Parliament (Folketinget),

http://www.thedanishparliament.dk/Publications/~/media/Pdf_materiale/Pdf_publikationer/English/The%20Parliamentary%20Electoral%20System%20in%20Denmark_samlet%20pdf.ashx  as retrieved on 2012-07-13

Guide To The Danish, Electoral System The Parliamentary Electoral System in Denmark

The Danish system of proportional representation is basically a list system (with provisions for effective preferential – that is, personal – voting within the parties´ lists). Seat allocation takes place at two levels, a multi-member constituency (lower) level and a national (higher) level. For this reason, it is often described as a two-tier allocation system and classified with other electoral systems with the same basic properties – such as Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, Germany and Estonia, …