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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. [1] He usually hosts one or two visiting heads of state each year.

State visits abroad

State visits made by Carl XVI Gustaf
Date [1] Country [1] Host [1]
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 [2]
30 September–3 October 2008   Ukraine President Viktor Yushchenko [3]
24–27 March 2009   Italy President Giorgio Napolitano [4]
21–23 April 2009   Netherlands Queen Beatrix [5]
23–26 March 2010   Brazil President Lula da Silva [6]
22–25 March 2011   Botswana President Ian Khama [7] [8]
4–6 May 2011   Poland President Bronisław Komorowski [9] [10] [11]
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 [12]
2–4 May 2023   Estonia Alar Karis and Mrs. Sirje Karis [13]
12–14 March 2024   Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Mrs. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller [14]

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 [a]
  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

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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