List of presidential trips made by Urho Kekkonen of Finland
Introduction Urho Kekkonen (left), Sylvi Kekkonen (second right), John F. Kennedy, and Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961 in Washington Dulles International Airport.Below is a complete list of presidential visits made by President of Finland Urho Kekkonen.
List Country DatesHost   2–4 October 1956  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 13–19 August 1957 President Ásgeir Ásgeirsson   3–6 September 1957  King Frederik IX of Denmark   30 September–1 October 1957  King Olav V of Norway 22–31 May 1958 general secretary Nikita Khrushchev  21–25 January 1959 general secretary Nikita Khrushchev 21–24 November 1960 general secretary Nikita Khrushchev 8–10 March 1961 King Olav V of Norway 8–13 May 1961 Queen Elizabeth II 29 May–1 June 1962 President Adolf Schärf 10–16 October 1961 Prime Minister John Diefenbaker 16 October–3 November 1961 President John F. Kennedy 19 October 1961 Secretary General U Thant  22–26 November 1961  general secretary Nikita Khrushchev  3–18 October 1962  general secretary Nikita Khrushchev  24 October–4 November 1962 President Charles de Gaulle 11–12 November 1962 King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 4–12 May 1963 President Josip Broz Tito  12–15 May 1963  general secretary János Kádár 29 November–4 December 1963 general secretary Nikita Khrushchev 3–11 March 1964 general secretary Władysław Gomułka 11–14 March 1964 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 16–18 April 1964 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 10–21 February 1965 Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri  11–12 February 1965  Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 21–26 February 1965 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 13 March 1965  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden  8–12 April 1965  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 3–10 October 1965 President Habib Bourguiba. Kekkonen climbed a palm tree there. 19–23 December 1965 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev   20–24 June 1966 King Olav I of Norway 25 August–2 September 1966 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 27–28 September 1966  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden   23–25 January 1967  President Josip Broz Tito 25–30 January 1967 President Gamal Abdel Nasser 30 January–1 February 1967 general secretary Todor Zhivkov   8–11 June 1967  King Frederik IX of Denmark   14–17 June 1967  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden  26–29 September 1967  King Baudouin I 4–8 November 1967 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 13–24 June 1968 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 28–30 August 1968 King Olav I of Norway  2–16 January 1969  President Léopold Sédar Senghor  16–19 January 1969  President Charles de Gaulle 7–10 March 1969  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden  2–5 May 1969 King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 19–21 May 1969 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 15–20 July 1969  Queen Elizabeth II 29 July–3 August 1969 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev  22–26 September 1969  President Nicolae Ceaușescu 26 September–1 October 1969 general secretary János Kádár  1–4 October 1969  President Ludvík Svoboda 26 January–10 February 1970 General Governor Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce 24–26 February 1970 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 16–20 July 1970 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 23–27 July 1970 President Richard Nixon 19–27 October 1970 Secretary General U Thant 11–12 November 1970  President Georges Pompidou  27–29 January 1971  President Giuseppe Saragat 1 February 1971 Pope Paul VI 23–25 February 1971 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 13–16 March 1971  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 25 April–1 May 1971 Prime Minister Olof Palme  7–12 June 1971  President Cevdet Sunay  17–21 July 1971  President Kristján Eldjárn  14–17 October 1971 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi  17–18 October 1971 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev  23–25 January 1972 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 25–27 February 1972 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev  17–19 March 1972  King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden   22–30 June 1972  Vacation   12–18 August 1972  general secretary Leonid Brezhnev  24–27 October 1972 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands  10–12 November 1972 King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden 17–20 November 1972 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 20–24 December 1972 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 17–19 March 1973 Crown Prince Carl Gustaf 11–16 April 1973 general secretary Edward Gierek  11–12 June 1973 Federal President Roger Bonvin   13–19 August 1973  President Kristján Eldjárn 2–4 September 1973 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 24–25 September 1973 King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 15–18 February 1974 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 15–17 March 1974 Prime Minister Olof Palme 30 March–7 April 1974 President Luis Echeverría Álvarez 28–30 April 1974 Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger 7–9 September 1974 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 12–14 March 1975 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev   21–25 March 1975 President Josip Broz Tito 13–18 August 1975 President Kristján Eldjárn 1 September 1975 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 21–24 October 1975 King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   7 February 1976 Vacation  (Tenerife)  7–8 February 1976  Vacation   7–21 February 1976 President Ernesto Geisel  (Tenerife) 18–21 February 1976 Vacation 18–21 March 1976 King Carl XVI of Sweden   18–19 June 1976  King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia Sommerlat royal wedding 21–28 June 1976 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 30 July–5 August 1976 President Gerald Ford  15–16 September 1976 King Olav V of Norway 17–20 November 1976 general secretary János Kádár   27–28 November 1976  King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 17 December 1976 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev   26 January 1977  King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden   17–24 May 1977  general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 18–19 June 1977 King Olav V of Norway  10–12 August 1977 President Kristján Eldjárn 6–9 September 1977 general secretary Erich Honecker 27 September 1977 King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 30 September–1 October 1977 King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 8–9 October 1977  King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 11–14 October 1977 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 5–11 August 1978 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev   13–20 August 1978  President Kristján Eldjárn 14–17 September 1978 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 10–13 December 1978 King Juan Carlos  7–11 May 1979  Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt 31 August 1979 King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 7–8 May 1980 President Lazar Koliševski 26–30 July 1980 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 12–17 November 1980 general secretary Leonid Brezhnev 17–21 August 1981 President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
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