The following is a list of presidential trips made by Sauli Niinistö during his tenure as the 12th President of Finland, which began on 1 March 2012 and ended on 1 March 2024. During this time he travelled abroad 151 times.

This information was gathered mainly from the official site of the president, more specifically from his calendar and pages linked there, although some of his trips are missing there, and his press releases from the same site.

First term of office Niinistö's first term of six years began on 1 March 2012 and ended on 1 February 2018.

2012 12 trips abroad, of which two were state visits.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2012 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 1 26–27 March Republic of Korea Seoul Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea Nuclear Security Summit 2 17–18 April Sweden Stockholm Carl XVI Gustaf, King State visit 3 25 April Estonia Tallinn Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia Official visit 4 20–21 May United States Chicago Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO NATO 2012 summit 5 22 May Sweden Stockholm Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden Baptism of Princess Estelle 6 21–22 June Russia Saint Petersburg Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Working visit,St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 7 27–31 July United Kingdom London 2012 Summer Olympics 8 2–4 September 2012 Summer Paralympics 9 4–5 September Hungary Budapest János Áder, President of Hungary Working visit 10 22–29 September United States New York Kofi Annan, UN General Secretary Opening of United Nations General AssemblyMeeting with US President Barack Obama 11 10–11 October Norway Oslo Harald V, King State visit 12 8–9 November Germany Berlin Joachim Gauck, Bundespräsident Official visit

2013

16 trips abroad, of which six were state visits.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2013 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 13 23–25 January Switzerland Davos World Economic Forum 14 11–13 February Russia Moscow Vladimir Putin, president Official visit 15 4–5 April Denmark Copenhagen Margrethe II, Queen State visit 16 6–10 April China Beijing Xi Jinping, President of China Official visit 17 16–18 April Kazakhstan Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev, president State visit 18 13–15 May Lithuania Vilnius Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania 19 28–29 May Iceland Reykjavík Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president 20 9–11 July France Paris Francois Hollande, president Official visit 21 4 September Sweden Stockholm Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden Meeting of the US President with Scandinavian heads of state 22 9–11 September Latvia Riga Andris Bērziņš, president State visit 23 15 September Sweden Stockholm Carl XVI Gustav, king 40th anniversary celebrations of the accession to the throne of King Carl XVI Gustaf 24 23–25 September Russia Salekhard Vladimir Putin, president Working visit 25 8–10 October Poland Warsaw Bronisław Komorowski, president Met the presidents of European states 26 15–16 October Switzerland Bern Ueli Maurer, president State visit 27 16–17 November Germany Freiburg Horst Köhler, former president of Germany Received the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Stiftung Prize 28 9–11 December South Africa Johannesburg Jacob Zuma, president State memorial service of former president Nelson Mandela (10 Dec)

2014

15 trips abroad, of which one was a state visit.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2014 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 29 12–13 January Sweden Sälen Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister Rikskonferens Seminar in Sälen 30 23–24 January Switzerland Davos World Economic Forum 31 6–12 February Russia Sochi Vladimir Putin, president Working visit2014 Winter Olympics 32 11–13 March Lebanon Beirut Michel Suleiman, president Official visit 33 23–25 March Netherlands The Hague Mark Rutte, prime minister Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague,met Xi Jinping, Barack Obama and Abdullah Gül 34 3–4 June Poland Warsaw Bronisław Komorowski, president Events dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Poland's liberation,met with Petro Poroshenko 35 15 August Russia Sochi Vladimir Putin, president Working visit 36 16 August Ukraine Kyiv Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine 37 4–5 September United Kingdom Newport David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nato 2014 Wales summit 38 20–25 September United States New York Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations Opening of United Nations General Assembly 39 29–30 September Portugal Braga Aníbal Cavaco Silva, president Met the presidents of European states 40 6–8 October Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Book Fair 41 8–11 October Canada Ottawa Stephen Harper, prime minister State visit 42 30 October – 1 November Iceland Reykjavík Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president Arctic Circle assembly 43 4–5 November Italy Rome Giorgio Napolitano, president Working visit

2015

15 trips, of which 3 were state visits.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2015 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 44 21–22 January Belgium Brussels Several Met the heads of various EU institutions 45 6–8 February Germany Munich Munich Security Conference 46 1 March Sweden Falun 2015 World Ski Championships 47 30 March – 2 April Poland Warsaw Bronislaw Komorowski, president State visit 48 11–13 April United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates Official visit 49 21–22 April Sweden Stockholm Carl XVI Gustav, king King of Sweden's 40th jubilee 50 13–14 May Germany Aachen Joachim Gauck, Bundespräsident Charlemagne Prize ceremony 51 23–27 May Mexico Mexico City Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico State visit 52 9–10 June Kazakhstan Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Working visit 53 16 June Russia Moscow Vladimir Putin, President of Russia 54 21–22 September Germany Wartburg, Erfurt Joachim Gauck, Bundespräsident Meeting of European presidents 55 24–29 September United States New York Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations Speech at the Opening of United Nations General Assembly 56 12–15 October Turkey Ankara Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey Official visit 57 2–4 November Indonesia Jakarta Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia State visit 58 30 November France Paris UN Climate Change Conference

2016

16 trips, of which one was a state visit.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2016 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 59 21–22 January Switzerland Davos World Economic Forum 60 4–5 February Austria Vienna Heinz Fischer, President of Austria Official visit 61 12–14 February Germany Munich Munich Security Conference 62 7–11 March Japan Tokyo, Kyoto Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan Official visit and meeting with the Emperor of Japan Akihito 63 22 March Russia Moscow Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Meeting with Putin 64 31 March – 1 April United States Washington 2016 Nuclear Security Summit 65 30 April Sweden Stockholm Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden Working visit, discussions on NATO 66 12–15 May United States Washington Barack Obama, President of the United States Official visit, meeting of US and Nordic leaders 67 17–18 May Estonia Tallinn, Viljandi, Ärma Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia State visit 68 8–9 July Poland Warsaw Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO 2016 NATO Warsaw Summit 69 16–18 August Uruguay Montevideo Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay Official visit 70 18–21 August Brazil Rio de Janeiro Rio Olympics 71 13–14 September Bulgaria Plovdiv, Sofia Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria Arraiolos Group meeting 72 18–21 September United States New York Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations Opening of United Nations General Assembly 73 25–26 October Iran Tehran Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran Official visit 74 9–10 November Belgium Brussels Meeting with leading EU officials

2017

11 trips, none of which was a state visit.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2017 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 75 16–19 February Germany Munich Munich Security Conference 76 13 March Sweden Stockholm Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister Celebration organised by Svenska Finlandsfrivilligas Minnesförening, in honour of the end of the Winter War 77 30 March Russia Arkhangelsk Vladimir Putin, president IV International Arctic Forum 78 9–10 May Norway Oslo Harald V, King of Norway Norwegian royal couple's 80th birthday,meeting with Prime Minister Erna Solberg 79 11–12 May Germany Berlin Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany Working visit 80 13 May Estonia Tallinn Lennart Meri Conference 81 10 June Finland 100 day of celebrations 82 19–20 June Kazakhstan Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Astana World Expo 83 24 August Sweden Stockholm Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden Celebration of Finland's 100th Anniversary 84 29 August United States Washington, D.C. Donald Trump, President Working visit 85 18–21 September New York António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Opening of United Nations General Assembly 21–23 September Minnesota Celebration of the Centennial of the Republic of Finland

Second term of office Niinistö's second term of six years began on 1 February 2018 and ended on 1 March 2024.

2018

13 trips abroad, one of which was a state visit.

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö's presidential visits in 2018 No. Date Country Location Host Reason for visit References 86 16–18 February Germany Munich Munich Security Conference 87 18 February Lithuania Vilnius Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania Centennial of the Restored State of Lithuania 88 28 March Belgium Brussels Met with Jean-Claude Juncker, Federica Mogherini, Antonio Tajani 89 10–12 April Croatia Zagreb Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of Croatia State visit 90 26 May Georgia Tbilisi Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia 100th Anniversary of Georgia's First Democratic Republic, also met Armenian president Armen Sarkissian 91 22 June Estonia Tartu Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia 100th Anniversary of the Estonian Republic 92 11–12 July Belgium Brussels Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO 2018 NATO Brussels Summit 93 22 August Russia Sochi Vladimir Putin, President of Russia Working visit 94 13–14 September Latvia Riga Raimonds Vējonis, President of Latvia Arraiolos meeting 95 23–28 September United States New York, Washington, D.C. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Opening of United Nations General Assembly,Nelson Mandela Peace Summit,delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution 96 10–11 November France Paris Emmanuel Macron, President of France Armistice Day centenary,Paris Peace Forum 97 18 November Latvia Riga Raimonds Vējonis, President of Latvia Latvian Centennial Celebration 98 3 December Poland Katowice Michał Kurtyka United Nations Climate Change conference

2019

12 trips, of which one was a state visit.