List of international prime-ministerial trips made by Ulf Kristersson

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This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Ulf Kristersson, the 35th and current Prime Minister of Sweden since 18 October 2022.[1]

Trips

2022

Country Location(s) Dates Details
 Belgium Brussels 20–21 October 2022 Kristersson travelled to Brussels in his first trip outside Sweden as prime minister. He met with
Nord Stream gas leaks.[3]
 Finland Helsinki 28 October 2022 Kristersson travelled to Helsinki in his first bilateral trip as prime minister and met with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin.[4]
 Finland Helsinki 1 November 2022 Kristersson travelled to Helsinki again and attended the 74th Session of the Nordic Council. He also held bilateral meetings with Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre.[5][6]
 Egypt
Sharm el-Sheikh
7 November 2022 Kristersson attended the
food supply chains.[7]
 Turkey Ankara 8 November 2022 Kristersson travelled to Ankara to meet with
EU-Turkey relations, Sweden's application to join NATO and efforts to combat terrorism.[8]
 Belgium Brussels 15 December 2022 Kristersson travelled to Brussels to attend the
Schengen area by 1 January 2023.[9]
 Latvia Riga 19 December 2022 Kristersson travelled to Riga to meet with Prime Minister of Latvia Krišjānis Kariņš. He also attended the Joint Expeditionary Force Leaders Summit.[10]

2023

Country Location(s) Dates Details
 France Paris 3 January 2023 Kristersson travelled to Paris to meet with
French President Emmanuel Macron.[11]
 France Strasbourg 17 January 2023 Kristersson travelled to Strasbourg to address the European Parliament and to lay out the agenda of Sweden's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.[12]
 Estonia Tallinn 7 February 2023 Kristersson travelled to Tallinn to meet with
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas.[13]
 Lithuania Vilnius Kristersson travelled to Vilnius to meet with
 Ukraine Kyiv 15 February 2023 Kristersson travelled to Kyiv to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[15]
 Germany Munich 17–19 February 2023 Kristersson travelled to Munich to attend the 59th Munich Security Conference.[16]
 Germany Berlin 15 March 2023 Kristersson travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. He also visited the Hertie School where he spoke about a greener, safer and freer Europe and took questions from students.[17]
 Belgium Brussels 20–24 March 2023 Kristersson travelled to Brussels to attend an international donor conference to help people in Turkey and Syria affected by the
European council meeting 23–24 March 2023, where they discussed the European Unions continued support for Ukraine, but also competitiveness, economy and migration.[18][19][20]
 Denmark Birkerød, Lyngby-Tårbæk 25 April 2023 Kristersson travelled to Denmark along with Minister for Migration
Kaare Dybvad Bek. They visited Hjemresestyrelsen (The Danish Return Agency) and Nationalt ID-center (Danish National ID Centre). They also held meetings at Marienborg addressing migration, asylum policy and the current pressure on the European Unions external border.[21]
 Finland Helsinki 3 May 2023 Kristersson travelled to Finland to meet with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. They spoke about security issues, nordic cooperation and their countries continued strong support for Ukraine.[22] The meeting concluded with an Nordic–Ukrainian summit which was visited by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[23]
 Moldova
Chisinău
1 June 2023 Kristersson travelled to Moldova to attend the 2nd European Political Community Summit. He also held multilateral talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and five other European countries.[24]
 Spain Madrid 5 June 2023 Kristersson travelled to Spain to meet with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. He also visited the crisis management center (CITGO) of the Ministry of the Interior.[25]
 United Kingdom London 19 June 2023 Kristersson travelled to London to meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. He also visited Google DeepMind, a British artificial intelligence research laboratory launched in April 2023.[26]
 Iceland Vestmannaeyjar 25–26 June 2023 Kristersson travelled to Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland to meet with Nordic Prime Ministers
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. They discussed security policy, crisis preparedness issues and the green transition.[27]
 Belgium Brussels 29–30 June 2023 Kristersson travelled to Brussels to attend the
Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union.[28]
 United States Washington, D.C. 5 July 2023 Kristersson travelled to Washington, D.C. to meet with
green transition, technology issues, continued support for Ukraine and transatlantic relations with China.[29]
 Lithuania Vilnius 10–12 July 2023 Kristersson travelled to Vilnius to attend the
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, culminating in Erdoğans commitment to ratify Sweden's entry into NATO.[30][31][32]
 Finland Helsinki 13 July 2023 Kristersson travelled to Helsinki to attend a meeting between the
United States President Joe Biden.[33]
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 July 2023 Kristersson travelled to Brussels to attend the
3rd EU–CELAC Summit.[34]
 United States New York City 18–21 September 2023 Kristersson travelled to New York City to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly.[35] He also met with Mayor of New York City Eric Adams.[36]
 Spain Granada 5–6 October 2023 Kristersson attended the
artificial intellegence with Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama. On 6 October, Kristersson attended the European Council which focused on future European Union enlargement, migration, European resilience and competitiveness.[37]
 Belgium Brussels 18 October 2023 Kristersson travelled to Brussels where he participated in a memorial ceremony for the Swedes who were killed in a
Belgian police and prosecutors and visited the Church of Sweden branch in Belgium.[38]
 Belgium Brussels 26–27 October 2023 Kristersson attended the European Council. The meeting focused on Russia's war on Ukraine, migration to the union, the budget of the European Union and the situation in the Middle East.[39]
 Belgium Brussels 26–27 October 2023 Kristersson attended the European Council. The meeting focused on Russia's war on Ukraine, migration to the union, the budget of the European Union and the situation in the Middle East.[40]
 Norway Oslo 31 October 2023 Kristersson attended the
Åland Islands). Kristersson also laid out Swedens agenda for their 2024 Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.[41]
 Denmark Copenhagen 14 November 2023 Kristersson travelled to Copenhagen to meet with Prime Ministers Mette Frederiksen (Denmark), Petteri Orpo (Finland),
Nikolay Denkov (Bulgaria) and Evika Siliņa (Latvia).[42]
 Finland Helsinki 27 November 2023 Kristersson travelled along with Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, Defence Minister Pål Jonson and national security advisor Henrik Landerholm to Helsinki to meet with their Finnish counterparts.[43]
 United Arab Emirates Dubai 1–2 December 2023 Kristersson attended the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai. He delivered the national speech, participated in events that emphasized the role of nuclear power in reaching the climate goals, participated in the launch of partnerships for the phasing out of emissions from heavy industry within the framework of LeadIT, and inaugurated the Swedish pavilion.[44]
 Belgium Brussels 14–15 December 2023 Kristersson attended the
Balkan leaders.[46]

2024

Country Location(s) Dates Details
 Belgium Brussels 1 February 2024 Kristersson attended the Special European Council Summit. The summit greenlitted additional funding for the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 and discussed support for Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and European agriculture, and paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors who passed away on 27 December 2023.[47]
 Poland Warsaw 20 February 2024 Kristersson met with
Polish President Andrzej Duda and Poland's special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine to discuss investments in Ukraine.[48]
 Belgium Brussels 22 February 2024 Kristersson met with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel.[49]
 Hungary Budapest 23 February 2024 Kristersson travelled to Budapest to meet with
Viktor Orban. They discussed security and defense policy cooperation between Hungary and Sweden, preparations for Hungary's upcoming presidency of the Council of the European Union and the unions strategic agenda.[50][51]
 United States
Washington D.C.
7 March 2024 Kristersson travelled to Washington to deposit Sweden’s Instrument of Accession to NATO, making Sweden a full member of NATO.[52] Later on that same day, Kristersson attended the 2024 State of the Union Address.[53]
 Belgium Brussels 11 March 2024 Kristersson travelled to Brussels to attend the ceremony in which Sweden's flag was raised at NATO headquarters.[54]
 Belgium Brussels 21–22 March 2024 Kristersson travelled to Brussels to attend the European Council. The council discussed topics such as military support Ukraine, the Common Security and Defence Policy, the continuing development in the Middle East and decided to begin formal negotiations on the accession of Bosnia and Hercegovina to the European Union.[55]
 Lithuania Vilnius 2 April 2024 Kristersson travelled to Vilnius to attend a
Andrej Plenkovic
were among others that attended the dinner.

Future trips

The following international trips are scheduled to be made by Ulf Kristersson:

Country Areas to be visited Dates Details
 Belgium Brussels 17–18 April 2024 Kristersson will attend an extraordinary European Council summit.
 Belgium Brussels 27–28 June 2024 Kristersson will attend the European Council summit.
 United States Washington, D.C. 9–11 July 2024 Kristersson will attend the 2024 NATO summit.
 United Kingdom Woodstock 18 July 2024 Kristersson will attend the 4th European Political Community Summit.

See also

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