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 Date Country Host1970s 8–10 October 1974 King Olav V 19–21 December 1974 President Urho Kekkonen 10–12 April 1975 Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik 10–12 June 1975 President Kristján Eldjàrn 8–10 July 1975 Queen Elizabeth II 2–30 April 1976 President Gerald Ford 25–28 October 1976 Queen Juliana 15–18 March 1977 King Baudouin I 7–15 June 1978 Chairman Leonid Brezhnev 11–15 September 1978 President Josip Broz Tito 10–17 March 1979 President Walter Scheel 6–9 November 1979 President Rudolf Kirchschläger1980s 14–18 April 1980 Emperor Hirohito 16–19 June 1980 President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 9–14 February 1981 President Julius Nyerere 20–24 February 1981 King Khalid 14–23 September 1981 Government of China 17–23 January 1982 President José López Portillo 26 March–6 April 1982 Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen 22–25 March 1983 King Juan Carlos I 22–25 August 1983 President Mauno Koivisto 21–23 September 1983 Grand Duke Jean I 2–7 April 1984 President João Figueiredo 29 September–5 October 1986 President Mário Soares1–6 November 1986President Hosni Mubarak 23–26 June 1987 President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir 14–19 March 1988 Governor General Jeanne Sauvé 13–16 February 1989 Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves 18–21 September 1989 King Hussein I1990s 8–10 April 1991 President Francesco Cossiga 2–4 May 1991 Pope John Paul II 27–30 May 1991 President Árpád Göncz 7–9 April 1992 President Mary Robinson 22–24 April 1992 President Lennart Meri 9–11 September 1992 President Anatolijs Gorbunovs 15–16 October 1992 President Vytautas Landsbergis27–29 April 1993President Richard von Weizsäcker 7–9 June 1993 King Harald V and Queen Sonja 22–24 September 1993 President Lech Wałęsa 11–16 October 1993 President Shankar Dayal Sharma and Mrs. Vimala Sharma 16–18 May 1995 President Václav Havel 12–15 March 1996 Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar 28–30 August 1996 President Martti Ahtisaari 2–5 December 1996 President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle 18–20 February 1997 President Nelson Mandela 3–6 November 1998 President Joaquim Chissano 26–19 April 1999 President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos2000s 9–11 November 2000 President Petar Stoyanov 8–11 May 2001 King Albert II 8–11 November 2001 President Vladimir Putin 3–5 April 2002 President Rudolf Schuster 5–7 November 2002 President Vicente Fox 25 February–1 March 2003 King Bhumibol Adulyadej 8–10 April 2003 President Ion Iliescu 26–28 August 2003 President Tarja Halonen 2–6 February 2004 President Trần Đức Lương 7–9 February 2004 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 15–17 June 2004 President Janez Drnovšek 7–9 September 2004 President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson 7–12 November 2005 Governor-General Michael Jeffery 30 May–1 June 2006 President Ahmet Necdet Sezer 17–22 July 2006 President Hu Jintao 24–27 October 2006 Governor General Michaëlle Jean 26–31 March 2007 Emperor Akihito 9–11 May 2007 Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik 20–22 November 2007 President Heinz Fischer 5–7 May 2008 President Cavaco SilvaRoyal Swedish Court (Swedish), May 2008 archives : several articles about state visit to Portugal : Gala dinner 30 September–3 October 2008 President Viktor YushchenkoRoyal Swedish Court (Swedish), October 2008 archives : several articles about state visit to Ukraine 24–27 March 2009 President Giorgio NapolitanoRoyal Swedish Court (Swedish), March 2009 archives : several articles about state visit to Italy 21–23 April 2009 Queen BeatrixRoyal Swedish Court (Swedish), April 2009 archives : several articles about state visit to Netherlands : Gala dinner2010s 23–26 March 2010 President Lula da SilvaRoyal Swedish Court (Swedish), March 2010 archives : several articles about state visit to Brazil 22–25 March 2011 President Ian Khama Royal Swedish Court (Swedish), State visit in Botswana, Day 1State visit in Botswana, Day 2 4–6 May 2011 President Bronisław KomorowskiRoyal Swedish Court (Swedish), State visit in Poland, Day 1State visit in Poland, Day 2State visit in Poland, Day 3 30 May–1 June 2012 President Lee Myung-bak 16–18 April 2013 President Ivo Josipović 25–26 March 2014 President Andris Bērziņš 2–4 December 2014 President François Hollande 3–5 March 2015 President Sauli Niinistö 7–9 October 2015 President Dalia Grybauskaitė 8–10 June 2016 King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema 5–8 October 2016 President Joachim Gauck and Mrs. Daniela Schadt3–6 April 2017President Michel Temer and Mrs. Marcela Temer22–24 May 2017 President Joko Widodo and Mrs. Iriana Joko Widodo22–24 May 2019 President Michael D Higgins and Mrs. Sabina Higgins14–15 June 2019President Moon Jae-in2–6 December 2019 President Ram Nath Kovind and Mrs. Savita KovindVisit of the King and Queen of Sweden to India (2-6 December 2019).2020s17-17 November 2022 King Abdullah II and Queen Rania2–4 May 2023 President Alar Karis and Mrs. Sirje Karis5 May 2023 King Charles III12–14 March 2024 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Mrs. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller19-21 November 2024 President Tharman Shanmugaratnam22 May 2025 President Edgars Rinkēvičs2 June 2025 President Alexander Stubb, first lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb and Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt1 October 2025 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte18 November 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney10–12 March 2026 President Karol Nawrocki17 April 2026 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy18 May 2026 President Gitanas Nausėda
Number of State Visits by country
Countries State Visits Notes61974, 1983, 1996, 2003, 2015, 202531993, 2011, 202631977, 2001, 202531988, 2006, 202531975, 1987, 2004 31982, 2002, 202431984, 2010, 201731979, 1993, 2016 21974, 1993 21975, 200721992, 202321992, 202521992, 202622008, 202621975, 202321976, 200921979, 200721980, 200721980, 201421981, 200621982, 200521986, 200821989, 202222012, 20191197611978119781198111981119831198311991119911199511996119961199711998119991200012002120031200312004120041200412006120111201312016120171202411986
See also List of state visits received by Carl XVI Gustaf
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