List of international prime ministerial trips made by Magdalena Andersson

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Magdalena Andersson, who served as the 34th Prime Minister of Sweden from 30 November 2021 to 18 October 2022.[1]

World map highlighting the 12 countries visited by Magdalena Andersson during her premiership
  Sweden
  One visit
  Two visits
  Six visits

During her premiership, Andersson made 21 trips to 12 countries. The number of visits per country are:

Trips edit

2021 edit

Country Location(s) Dates Details
  Finland Helsinki 08 December 2021 Andersson travelled to Helsinki as her first trip outside Sweden and met with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin.[2]
  Belgium Brussels 10 December 2021 Andersson travelled to Brussels to meet with President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.[3]
  Belgium Brussels 15 December 2021 Andersson travelled to Brussels to attend the 2021 Eastern Partnership Summit with the other heads of state or government leaders of the European Union and the partnership countries.[4]

2022 edit

Country Location(s) Dates Details
  France Paris 16 February 2022 Andersson travelled to Paris and attended the ‘Consultations and commitment prospects for the Sahel’ working dinner. She met the French President, Emmanuel Macron, to review the military presence in Mali.[5]
  Belgium Brussels 17-18 February 2022 Andersson travelled to Brussels to attend the African Union-European Union Summit to strengthen the relations and renew the partnership between the two unions.[6]
  Belgium Brussels 24 February 2022 Andersson travelled to Brussels to attend the Special meeting of the European Council about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
  Finland Helsinki 05 March 2022 Andersson travelled to Helsinki along with Swedish Minister for Defence Peter Hultqvist to meet with President Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Finnish Minister for Defence Antti Kaikkonen following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  France Versailles 10–11 March 2022 Andersson travelled to Versailles to attend an informal Meeting of EU Heads of State and Government to discuss about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the reduction of the dependency towards Russia.[9]
  United Kingdom London 14–15 March 2022 Andersson travelled to London to attend a meeting with the countries within the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) cooperation. She also met with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, and held bilateral meetings with President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, and Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.[10]
  Norway Evenes 21 March 2022 Andersson travelled with Swedish Leader of the Opposition Ulf Kristersson to Evenes in Norway to visit the 2022 Cold Response military exercise where NATO and Partnership for Peace countries, like Sweden, exercise together.[11]
  Germany Berlin 28 March 2022 Andersson travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, where they held bilateral meetings.[12]
  Germany Berlin 03 May 2022 Andersson travelled to Berlin to meet with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin attended the meeting as well.[13]
  Denmark Copenhagen 04 May 2022 Andersson travelled to Copenhagen to attend the 2022 Nordic-India Summit. Andersson hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.[14]
  Poland Warsaw 05 May 2022 Andersson travelled to Warsaw where she co-hosted, along with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, an international donors’ conference to support the Ukrainian people following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Andersson also held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.[15]
  USA Washington D.C. 19 May 2022 Andersson travelled to Washington D.C. where she met with President of the United States Joe Biden at the White House to discuss Sweden's and Finland's NATO membership applications, Russias invasion in Ukraine and the transatlantic relations in the changed security policy situation. President of Finland Sauli Niinistö attended the meeting as well.[16]
  Belgium Brussels 30–31 May Andersson attended a special meeting of the European Council.[17]
  Belgium Brussels 27 June Andersson met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg do discuss Sweden's membership application to join NATO.[18]
  Spain Madrid 28–30 June Andersson travelled to Spain to attend the NATO 2022 Madrid summit.[19] On 28 June, she met with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, along with President of Finland Sauli Niinistö, where they signed an agreement in which Turkey officially endorsed Swedish membership in NATO after weeks of blocking.[20]
  Ukraine Kyiv, Borodianka, Bucha 4 July Andersson travelled to Ukraine to meet with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. She also visited Borodianka and Bucha .[21]
  Norway Oslo 15 August Andersson travelled Oslo to attend an informal meeting with the head of governments of the five Nordic countries.[22]
  Czech Prague 6 October Andersson attended a meeting with the European heads of states/governments from 42 countries. The meeting centered on the topics of economy and migration. Andersson also met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Sweden-NATO relations. This was Anderssons final foreign trip as Prime Minister of Sweden.[23]

Multilateral meetings edit

Magdalena Andersson participated in the following summits during her prime ministership:

Group Year
2021 2022
UN GA September,
  New York City
EU summit December 16–17,
  Brussels
March 24–25,
June 23–24,
  Brussels
EaP summit December 15,
  Brussels
██ = Hosted by Sweden ██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "A new Government has taken office". Riksdagen. 30 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson besöker Finland den 8 december (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson besöker Bryssel den 10 december (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 9 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ "EU och det Östliga partnerskapet fördjupar samarbetet ytterligare (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 16 January 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson till Paris för arbetsmiddag med president Macron (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Stärkt partnerskap mellan EU och Afrikanska unionen (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 16 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson deltar vid extrainsatt Europeiskt råd (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Statsministern reser till Helsingfors (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson deltar vid informellt toppmöte i Europeiska rådet (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Statsministern reser till London (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 14 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Statsministern och Moderaternas partiledare besöker internationell militärövning i Norge (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Statsministern träffar Tysklands förbundskansler i Berlin (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson till överläggningar med Tysklands regering och Finlands statsminister (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson deltar på indisk-nordiskt toppmöte, Köpenhamn (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson reser till Warszawa (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Statsministern reser till Washington D.C. för möte med USA:s president (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 21 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Statsminister Magdalena Andersson deltar i extrainsatt Europeiskt råd 30-31 maj (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Statsministern i möte med Natos generalsekreterare (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Statsministern reser till Madrid för Natos toppmöte (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  20. ^ "JUST NU: Turkiet släpper in Sverige i Nato (in Swedish)". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Magdalena Andersson har besökt Ukraina (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Statsministern deltar i ett informellt nordiskt statsministermöte i Oslo (in Swedish)". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  23. ^ "Magdalena Andersson mötte Turkiets president Erdogan i Prag (in Swedish)". www.svt.se (in Swedish). 14 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.