United States presidential visits to Northern Europe

Seven United States presidents have made presidential visits to Northern Europe.

Richard Nixon became the first incumbent president to visit a Northern European country when he went to Iceland in 1973.

The first trips were an offshoot of the general easing of the geo-political tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

To date, every nation in the region has been visited at least twice: Finland (7), Denmark (4), Latvia (3), Estonia (2), Iceland (2), Norway (2), Sweden (2), and Lithuania (2).

Map of Europe featuring the countries of Northern Europe (highlighted in dark green)