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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Finland

Visitor From Description Date
Prime Minister Kuuskoski Finland Unofficial visit; attended Minnesota Statehood Centennial in Minneapolis and St. Paul. May 8-​14, 1958
President Kekkonen Finland Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City, Detroit (Michigan), Duluth (Minnesota), San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Honolulu (Hawaii). Departed U.S. November 2. October 16-​18, 1961
President Uhro K. Kekkonen Finland Official visit. In U.S. July 22-27; visited Williamsburg, Fitchburg (Mass.), Wood's Hole, and New York City. July 23-​25, 1970
President Uhro K. Kekkonen Finland Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the U.N October 24, 1970
President Uhro K. Kekkonen Finland State visit. Private visit to New York City, Hancock (Mich.), and Williamsburg July 30-August 3. Private visit afterwards to Minneapolis and New York City. August 3-​5, 1976
Prime Minister Taisto K. Sorsa Finland Informal visit while serving as Chairman of the Socialist International Study Group on Disarmament. May 17, 1979
President Mauno H. Koivisto Finland Official working visit. September 24-​27, 1983
Prime Minister Harri H. Holkeri Finland Met with President Reagan during a private visit. May 2, 1988
President Mauno H. Koivisto Finland Official working visit. May 6-​8, 1991
Prime Minister Esko Aho Finland Met with President Bush during a private visit. May 12-​17, 1992
President Martti Ahtisaari Finland Met with President Clinton during a private visit. November 8-​10, 1994
President Martti Ahtisaari Finland Attended NATO’s 50th Anniversary Summit. April 23-​25, 1999
President Martti Ahtisaari Finland Working visit. December 16-​17, 1999
President Tarja Halonen Finland Private visit. April 28, 2000
President Tarja Halonen Finland Met with President Bush during a private visit. April 16, 2002
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen Finland Working visit. December 7-​9, 2002
President Tarja Halonen Finland Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. April 12-​13, 2010