United States presidential visits to the Nordic countries
United States presidential visits to the Nordic countries have been a total of 14 by 7 presidents.
Denmark
| President | Start | End | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Clinton | 11 July 1997 | 12 July 1997 | Copenhagen | Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. |
| George W. Bush | 5 July 2005 | 6 July 2005 | Kastrup, Fredensborg, Copenhagen |
Met with Queen Margrethe II and Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. |
| Barack Obama | 2 October 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. | |
| 17 December 2009 | 19 December 2009 | Copenhagen | Attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009. | |
Finland
| President | Start | End | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Ford | 29 July 1975 | 2 August 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 Brezhnev. Signed the Final Act of the Conference. |
| Ronald Reagan | 25 May 1988 | 29 May 1988 | Helsinki | Met with President Mauno Koivisto and Prime Minister Harri Holkeri. Rested en route to U.S.-Soviet Summit. |
| George H. W. Bush | 8 July 1992 | 10 July 1992 | Helsinki | Attended a CSCE summit meeting. |
| Bill Clinton | 20 March 1997 | 21 March 1997 | Helsinki | Summit meeting with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Also met with President Martti Ahtisaari. |
Iceland
| President | Start | End | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | 31 May 1973 | 1 June 1973 | Reykjavík | Met with President Kristján Eldjárn and Prime Minister Ólafur Jóhannesson and French President Georges Pompidou. |
| Ronald Reagan | 9 October 1986 | 12 October 1986 | Reykjavík | Pre-Summit meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. Met with President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir on October 10. |
Norway
| President | Start | End | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Clinton | 1 November 1999 | 2 November 1999 | Oslo | State visit. Attended commemorative ceremony for former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Discussed Chechnya crisis with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. |
| Barack Obama | 9 December 2009 | 11 December 2009 | Oslo | Accepted the Nobel Peace Prize. |
Sweden
| President | Start | End | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | 14 June 2001 | 15 June 2001 | Gothenburg | Attended U.S.-European Union Summit Meeting. Met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prime Minister Göran Persson. |
| Barack Obama | 4 September 2013 | 5 September 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. |