United States presidential visits to the Nordic countries

Seven United States presidents have made presidential visits to the Nordic Countries. The first trips were an offshoot of the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

 Denmark

President Dates Locations Notes
Bill Clinton July 11–12, 1997 Copenhagen Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.[1]
George W. Bush July 5–6, 2005 Kastrup, Fredensborg, Copenhagen Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.[2]
Barack Obama October 2, 2009 Copenhagen Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Attended the 13th Olympic Congress meeting to lobby for Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
December 17–19, 2009 Attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009.[3]

 Finland

President Dates Locations Notes
Gerald Ford July 29 – August 2, 1975 Helsinki Attended opening session of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Met with the Heads of State and Government of Finland, Great Britain, Turkey, West Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Also met with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. Signed the Final Act of the Conference.[4]
Ronald Reagan May 25–29, 1988 Met with President Mauno Koivisto and Prime Minister Harri Holkeri.[5]
George H. W. Bush September 8–9, 1990 Summit Meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Issued joint statement on the Persian Gulf crisis. Also met with President Mauno Koivisto.[6]
July 8–10, 1992 Attended Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe summit meeting.[6]
Bill Clinton March 20–21, 1997 Summit meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Also met with President Martti Ahtisaari.[1]

 Iceland

President Dates Locations Notes
Richard Nixon May 31 – June 1, 1973 Reykjavík Met with President Kristján Eldjárn and Prime Minister Ólafur Jóhannesson and French President Georges Pompidou.[7]
Ronald Reagan October 9–12, 1986 Summit meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Also met with President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir.[5]

 Norway

President Dates Locations Notes
Bill Clinton November 1–2, 1999 Oslo State visit. Held discussions with Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik[8] Attended commemorative ceremony for former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin;[1] also met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel.[9]
Barack Obama December 9–11, 2009 Met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Received the Nobel Peace Prize.[3]

 Sweden

President Dates Locations Notes
George W. Bush June 14–15, 2001 Gothenburg Attended U.S.-European Union Summit Meeting. Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Göran Persson.[2]
Barack Obama September 4–5, 2013 Stockholm Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. Also met with leaders of the Nordic countries. Attended an event honoring Raoul Wallenberg at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Travels of President William J. Clinton". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  2. 1 2 "Travels of President George W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Travels of President Barack Obama". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  4. ↑ "Travels of President Gerald R. Ford". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  5. 1 2 "Travels of President Ronald Reagan". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  6. 1 2 "Travels of President George H. W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  7. ↑ "Travels of President Richard M. Nixon". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
  8. ↑ "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book II), Joint Statement by President Clinton and Prime Minister Kjell Bondevik". gpo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 1, 1999. p. 1946. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1999, Book II), Remarks Following Discussions With Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority and Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel". gpo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 2, 1999. pp. 1951–1952. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
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