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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Sweden

Visitor From Description Date
Prime Minister Erlander Sweden Unofficial visit. In U.S. April 3-17. Also visited New York City, Rockford (Illinois), Chicago, Minneapolis (Minnesota), and Detroit (Michigan). April 12-​16, 1952
Prime Minister Erlander Sweden Arrived in U.S. November 16, aboard inaugural trans-Arctic flight to Los Angeles by Scandinavian Airlines. Met with President Eisenhower November 24. November 23-​26, 1954
Prime Minister Erlander Sweden Informal visit. In U.S. March 28-April 4; visited New York. March 29, 1961
Prime Minister Erlander Sweden Attended funeral of President Kennedy. November 24-​25, 1963
Prime Minister Olaf Palme Sweden Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N October 24, 1970
King Carl XVI Gustav Sweden Private visit. April 5, 1976
Prime Minister Ola Ullsten Sweden Private visit. Met with President Carter January 18. January 16-​18, 1979
King Carl XVI Gustav Sweden Private visit. Met with President Reagan November 22, 1981
Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson Sweden Official Visit. Afterwards visited Chicago, September 11-13. September 6-​11, 1987
Prime Minister Carl Bildt Sweden Official working visit. February 19-​22, 1992
Prime Minister Carl Bildt Sweden Met with President Clinton during a private visit. December 1, 1993
Prime Minister Goran Persson Sweden Official working visit. August 5-​6, 1996
Prime Minister Goran Persson Sweden Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. April 23-​25, 1999
Prime Minister Goran Persson Sweden Working visit. December 3, 2001
Prime Minister Goran Persson Sweden Working visit. April 27-​28, 2004
King Carl XVI Gustav Sweden Working visit. October 22-​24, 2006
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Sweden Working visit. May 14-​16, 2007
Prime Minister John Fredrik Reinfeldt Sweden Attended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 24-​25, 2009
Prime Minister John Fredrik Reinfeldt Sweden Visited as President of the European Council. November 2-​3, 2009
Prime Minister Fredrik Reingeldt Sweden Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. April 12-​13, 2010