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Since acceding to the throne of Sweden in 1973, Carl XVI Gustaf has made a number of state and official visits. He usually hosts one or two visiting heads of state each year.

State visits abroad

State visits made by Carl XVI Gustaf
Date Country Host
8–10 October 1974  Norway King Olav V
19–21 December 1974  Finland President Urho Kekkonen
10–12 April 1975  Denmark Queen Margrethe II
10–12 June 1975  Iceland President Kristján Eldjàrn
8–10 July 1975  United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II
2–30 April 1976  United States President Gerald Ford
25–28 October 1976  Netherlands Queen Juliana
15–18 March 1977  Belgium King Baudouin I
7–15 June 1978  Soviet Union Chairman Leonid Brezhnev
11–15 September 1978  Yugoslavia President Josip Broz Tito
10–17 March 1979  West Germany President Walter Scheel
6–9 November 1979  Austria President Rudolf Kirchschläger
14–18 April 1980  Japan Emperor Hirohito
16–19 June 1980  France President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
9–14 February 1981  Tanzania President Julius Nyerere
20–24 February 1981  Saudi Arabia King Khalid
14–23 September 1981  China Government of China
17–23 January 1982  Mexico President José López Portillo
26 March–6 April 1982  Australia Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen
22–25 March 1983  Spain King Juan Carlos I
22–25 August 1983  Finland President Mauno Koivisto
21–23 September 1983  Luxembourg Grand Duke Jean I
2–7 April 1984  Brazil President João Figueiredo
29 September–5 October 1986  Portugal President Mário Soares
23–26 June 1987  Iceland President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
14–19 March 1988  Canada Governor General Jeanne Sauvé
13–16 February 1989  New Zealand Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves
18–21 September 1989  Jordan King Hussein I
8–10 April 1991  Italy President Francesco Cossiga
2–4 May 1991  Vatican City Pope John Paul II
27–30 May 1991  Hungary President Árpád Göncz
7–9 April 1992  Ireland President Mary Robinson
22–24 April 1992  Estonia President Lennart Meri
9–11 September 1992  Latvia President Anatolijs Gorbunovs
15–16 October 1992  Lithuania President Vytautas Landsbergis
7–9 June 1993  Norway King Harald V
22–24 September 1993  Poland President Lech Wałęsa
11–16 October 1993  India President Shankar Dayal Sharma and Mrs. Vimala Sharma
16–18 May 1995  Czech Republic President Václav Havel
12–15 March 1996  Malaysia Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar
28–30 August 1996  Finland President Martti Ahtisaari
2–5 December 1996  Chile President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
18–20 February 1997  South Africa President Nelson Mandela
3–6 November 1998  Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano
26–19 April 1999  Greece President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
9–11 November 2000  Bulgaria President Petar Stoyanov
8–11 May 2001  Belgium King Albert II
8–11 November 2001  Russia President Vladimir Putin
3–5 April 2002  Slovakia President Rudolf Schuster
5–7 November 2002  Mexico President Vicente Fox
25 February–1 March 2003  Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej
8–10 April 2003  Romania President Ion Iliescu
26–28 August 2003  Finland President Tarja Halonen
2–6 February 2004  Vietnam President Trần Đức Lương
7–9 February 2004  Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
15–17 June 2004  Slovenia President Janez Drnovšek
7–9 September 2004  Iceland President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
7–12 November 2005  Australia Governor-General Michael Jeffery
30 May–1 June 2006  Turkey President Ahmet Necdet Sezer
17–22 July 2006  China President Hu Jintao
24–27 October 2006  Canada Governor General Michaëlle Jean
26–31 March 2007  Japan Emperor Akihito
9–11 May 2007  Denmark Queen Margrethe II
20–22 November 2007  Austria President Heinz Fischer
5–7 May 2008  Portugal President Cavaco Silva
30 September–3 October 2008  Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko
24–27 March 2009  Italy President Giorgio Napolitano
21–23 April 2009  Netherlands Queen Beatrix
23–26 March 2010  Brazil President Lula da Silva
22–25 March 2011  Botswana President Ian Khama
4–6 May 2011  Poland President Bronisław Komorowski
30 May–1 June 2012  South Korea President Lee Myung-bak
16–18 April 2013  Croatia President Ivo Josipović
25–26 March 2014  Latvia President Andris Bērziņš
2–4 December 2014  France President François Hollande
3–5 March 2015  Finland President Sauli Niinistö
7–9 October 2015  Lithuania President Dalia Grybauskaitė
8–10 June 2016  Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema
5–8 October 2016  Germany President Joachim Gauck and Mrs. Daniela Schadt
3–6 April 2017  Brazil President Michel Temer and Mrs. Marcela Temer
22–24 May 2017  Indonesia President Joko Widodo and Mrs. Iriana Joko Widodo
22–24 May 2019  Ireland President Michael D Higgins and Mrs. Sabina Higgins
2–6 December 2019  India President Ram Nath Kovind and Mrs. Savita Kovind
2–4 May 2023  Estonia Alar Karis and Mrs. Sirje Karis
12–14 March 2024  Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Mrs. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller
19-21 November 2024  Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Number of State Visits by country

Countries State Visits Notes
 Norway 2
 Finland 5
 Denmark 2
 Estonia 2
 Iceland 3
 United Kingdom 1
 United States 1
 Netherlands 2
 Belgium 2
 Soviet Union 1
 Yugoslavia 1
 Germany 2
 Austria 2
 Japan 2
 France 2
 Tanzania 1
 Saudi Arabia 1
 China 2
 Mexico 3
 Australia 2
 Spain 1
 Luxembourg 1
 Brazil 3
 Portugal 2
 Canada 2

See also

Notes

  1. One was made to West Germany before the unification of Germany.

References

  1. ^ "State Visits". Swedish Royal Court.
  2. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), May 2008 archives : several articles about state visit to Portugal : Gala dinner
  3. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), October 2008 archives : several articles about state visit to Ukraine
  4. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), March 2009 archives : several articles about state visit to Italy
  5. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), April 2009 archives : several articles about state visit to Netherlands : Gala dinner
  6. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), March 2010 archives : several articles about state visit to Brazil
  7. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), State visit in Botswana, Day 1
  8. State visit in Botswana, Day 2
  9. Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), State visit in Poland, Day 1
  10. State visit in Poland, Day 2
  11. State visit in Poland, Day 3
  12. Visit of the King and Queen of Sweden to India (2-6 December 2019).
  13. [https://www.kungahuset.se/english/archive/press-releases/2023-03-21-state-visit-to-estonia/ State Visit to Estonia.
  14. url=https://www.kungahuset.se/arkiv/nyheter/2024-03-12-statsbesok-till-mexiko
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