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List of state visits made by Carl XVI Gustaf

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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

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8–10 October 1974King Olav V
19–21 December 1974President Urho Kekkonen
10–12 April 1975Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
10–12 June 1975President Kristján Eldjàrn
8–10 July 1975Queen Elizabeth II
2–30 April 1976President Gerald Ford
25–28 October 1976Queen Juliana
15–18 March 1977King Baudouin I
7–15 June 1978Chairman Leonid Brezhnev
11–15 September 1978President Josip Broz Tito
10–17 March 1979President Walter Scheel
6–9 November 1979President Rudolf Kirchschläger
14–18 April 1980Emperor Hirohito
16–19 June 1980President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
9–14 February 1981President Julius Nyerere
20–24 February 1981King Khalid
14–23 September 1981Government of China
17–23 January 1982President José López Portillo
26 March–6 April 1982Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen
22–25 March 1983King Juan Carlos I
22–25 August 1983President Mauno Koivisto
21–23 September 1983Grand Duke Jean I
2–7 April 1984President João Figueiredo
29 September–5 October 1986President Mário Soares
1–6 November 1986{{CountryEgyptPresident Hosni Mubarak
23–26 June 1987President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
14–19 March 1988Governor General Jeanne Sauvé
13–16 February 1989Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves
18–21 September 1989King Hussein I
8–10 April 1991President Francesco Cossiga
2–4 May 1991Pope John Paul II
27–30 May 1991President Árpád Göncz
7–9 April 1992President Mary Robinson
22–24 April 1992President Lennart Meri
9–11 September 1992President Anatolijs Gorbunovs
15–16 October 1992President Vytautas Landsbergis
27–29 April 1993President Richard von Weizsäcker
7–9 June 1993King Harald V and Queen Sonja
22–24 September 1993President Lech Wałęsa
11–16 October 1993President Shankar Dayal Sharma and Mrs. Vimala Sharma
16–18 May 1995President Václav Havel
12–15 March 1996Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar
28–30 August 1996President Martti Ahtisaari
2–5 December 1996President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
18–20 February 1997President Nelson Mandela
3–6 November 1998President Joaquim Chissano
26–19 April 1999President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
9–11 November 2000President Petar Stoyanov
8–11 May 2001King Albert II
8–11 November 2001President Vladimir Putin
3–5 April 2002President Rudolf Schuster
5–7 November 2002President Vicente Fox
25 February–1 March 2003King Bhumibol Adulyadej
8–10 April 2003President Ion Iliescu
26–28 August 2003President Tarja Halonen
2–6 February 2004President Trần Đức Lương
7–9 February 2004Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
15–17 June 2004President Janez Drnovšek
7–9 September 2004President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
7–12 November 2005Governor-General Michael Jeffery
30 May–1 June 2006President Ahmet Necdet Sezer
17–22 July 2006President Hu Jintao
24–27 October 2006Governor General Michaëlle Jean
26–31 March 2007Emperor Akihito
9–11 May 2007Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik
20–22 November 2007President Heinz Fischer
5–7 May 2008President Cavaco Silva
30 September–3 October 2008President Viktor Yushchenko
24–27 March 2009President Giorgio Napolitano
21–23 April 2009Queen Beatrix
23–26 March 2010President Lula da Silva
22–25 March 2011President Ian Khama
4–6 May 2011President Bronisław Komorowski
30 May–1 June 2012President Lee Myung-bak
16–18 April 2013President Ivo Josipović
25–26 March 2014President Andris Bērziņš
2–4 December 2014President François Hollande
3–5 March 2015President Sauli Niinistö
7–9 October 2015President Dalia Grybauskaitė
8–10 June 2016King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema
5–8 October 2016President Joachim Gauck and Mrs. Daniela Schadt
3–6 April 2017President Michel Temer and Mrs. Marcela Temer
22–24 May 2017President Joko Widodo and Mrs. Iriana Joko Widodo
22–24 May 2019President Michael D Higgins and Mrs. Sabina Higgins
14–15 June 2019President Moon Jae-in
2–6 December 2019President Ram Nath Kovind and Mrs. Savita Kovind
17-17 November 2022King Abdullah II and Queen Rania
2–4 May 2023President Alar Karis and Mrs. Sirje Karis
5 May 2023King Charles III
12–14 March 2024President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Mrs. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller
19-21 November 2024President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
June 2025President Alexander Stubb, first lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb and Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt
1 October 2025NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
18 November 2025Prime Minister Mark Carney

Number of State Visits by country

CountriesState VisitsNotes
Republic of Finland61974, 1983, 1996, 2003, 2015, 2025
Kingdom of Belgium31977, 2001, 2025
Canada31988, 2006, 2025
Iceland31975, 1987, 2004
United Mexican States31982, 2002, 2024
Brazil31984, 2010, 2017
Germany31979, 1993, 2016
Kingdom of Norway21974, 1993
Denmark21975, 2007
Estonia21992, 2023
United Kingdom21975, 2023
Netherlands21976, 2009
Austria21979, 2007
Japan21980, 2007
French Republic21980, 2014
People's Republic of China21981, 2006
Australia21982, 2005
Portugal21986, 2008
Jordan21989, 2022
South Korea22012, 2019
United States11976
Soviet Union11978
Yugoslavia11978
Tanzania11981
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia11981
Kingdom of Spain11983
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg11983
Holy See11991
Hungary11991
Czech Republic11995
Malaysia11996
Chile11996
South Africa11997
Mozambique11998
Greece11999
Bulgaria12000
Slovakia12002
Thailand12003
Romania12003
Vietnam12004
Brunei12004
Slovenia12004
Turkey12006
Ukraine12008
Botswana12011
Croatia12013
Bhutan12016
Indonesia12017
Singapore12024
{{CountryEgypt11986

Notes

References

References

  1. "State Visits". Swedish Royal Court.
  2. link. (2013-10-04)
  3. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2008.4.791c885011e97b7e488800021.html?start=20081001-091515516-AM&end=20081101-091515516-AM Royal Swedish Court] (Swedish), October 2008 archives : several articles about state visit to Ukraine
  4. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2009.4.183c7ee125990d80d380001813.html?start=20090301-085754260-AM&end=20090401-085754260-AM Royal Swedish Court] (Swedish), March 2009 archives : several articles about state visit to Italy
  5. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2009.4.183c7ee125990d80d380001813.html?start=20090401-085647115-AM&end=20090501-085647115-AM Royal Swedish Court] (Swedish), April 2009 archives : several articles about state visit to Netherlands : [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2009/2009/officielltportratttillsammansmeddelaravdennederlandskakungafamiljen.5.6b0698e911fa8f90058800010656.html Gala dinner]
  6. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2010.4.1a6f639212652d9b15a8000815.html?start=20100301-062116454-AM&end=20100401-062116454-AM Royal Swedish Court] (Swedish), March 2010 archives : several articles about state visit to Brazil
  7. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/statsbesokibotswanainlett.5.40e05eec12926f26304800028125.html Royal Swedish Court] (Swedish), State visit in Botswana, Day 1
  8. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/statsbesokibotswanadagtva.5.40e05eec12926f26304800028325.html State visit in Botswana, Day 2]
  9. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/statsbesokipoleninlett.5.3430a77a12f2c72bd3380003207.html Royal Swedish Court] (Swedish), State visit in Poland, Day 1
  10. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/statsbesokipolendagtva.5.3430a77a12f2c72bd3380003359.html State visit in Poland, Day 2]
  11. [http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2011/2011/statsbesokipolendagtre.5.3430a77a12f2c72bd3380003466.html State visit in Poland, Day 3]
  12. [https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/32137/Visit+of+His+Majesty+the+King+of+Sweden+to+India+26+December+2019#:~:text=Development%20Partnerships-,Visit%20of%20His%20Majesty%20the%20King%20of%20Sweden,(2%2D6%20December%202019)&text=The%20Royal%20couple%20was%20given,hosted%20him%20for%20a%20lunch. 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. "Officiella program". Swedish Royal Court.
  15. link
  16. https://www.nato.int/en/multimedia/multimedia/photos/2025/10/01/the-king-of-sweden-visits-nato
  17. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/swedish-royal-family-canada-state-visit-9.6982815
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