List of international prime ministerial trips made by Mette Frederiksen

This is a list of international prime ministerial trips made by Mette Frederiksen , the current Prime Minister of Denmark since 27 June 2019.

Summary

Frederiksen has visited 20 countries during her tenure as Prime Minister. The number of visits per country where Frederiksen has traveled are:

• One visit to Albania, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Latvia, Moldova and the Netherlands
• Two visits to Belgium, Estonia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and United States
• Four visits to Finland, France and Germany
• Five visits to the United Kingdom
• Six visits to Ukraine

2019

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
France	Paris	18 November	Met with President Emmanuel Macron for bilateral talks. [1]
United Kingdom	London, Watford	3–4 December	Frederiksen travelled to Watford to attend the 30th NATO summit.

2021

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Belgium	Brussels	13–14 June	Frederiksen travelled to Brussels to attend the 31st NATO summit.

2022

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Belgium	Brussels	24 March	Frederiksen attended an extraordinary NATO summit.
Estonia	Tallinn	30 March	Met with Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and the Danish soldiers at the military base in Tapa. They discussed strengthening NATO's defense capabilities and finding additional ways to support Ukraine and stop Russia's aggression. Prime Minister Kallas thanked her colleague for Denmark's long-standing commitment to protecting the Baltic region. [2]
Lithuania	Vilnius	30–31 March	Met with President Gitanas Nausėda. They discussed the strengthening of NATO’s eastern flank, cooperation between the countries in the fields of security and defense, economy, and energy independence, as well as measures to respond to Russia’s war against Ukraine and assistance to Ukraine. During the meeting, the President thanked her for Denmark’s significant contribution to the security of the Baltic region and its readiness to do even more. She announced that Denmark was planning to send an additional 800 troops to the Baltic countries. [3]
Latvia	Riga, Ādaži	31 March	Met with Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš to discuss the security situation in the region, and the united response to Russia's unjustified war in Ukraine. She informed about plans for Denmark to deploy extra 800 Danish military troops in Latvia. After their meeting, both visited Ādaži military base. She met with the Danish contingent at MND N to thank them for efforts and commitment to regional stability and security in the Baltic Sea region. [4]
Ukraine	Kyiv	21 April	Together with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez travelled to Kyiv to met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [5] At the meeting, Frederiksen promised an increase in arms and military aid to Ukraine by 600 million DKK, bringing the total Danish aid to 1 billion DKK. [6]
Spain	Madrid	28–30 June	Frederiksen attended the NATO summit.
United Kingdom	London	1 October	Met with Prime Minister Liz Truss at 10 Downing Street. They agreed that the safety and security of the Baltic Sea is in everyone’s interest, and welcomed increased cooperation through the Joint Expeditionary Force. [7]
Czech Republic	Prague	6 October	Frederiksen travelled to Prague to attend the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community.

2023

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Ukraine	Mykolaiv	30 January	Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the southern city of Mykolaiv [8]
Finland	Helsinki	3 May	Frederiksen travelled to Finland to meet with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir. They spoke about security issues, Nordic cooperation and their countries continued strong support for Ukraine. The meeting concluded with a Nordic–Ukrainian summit which was visited by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Moldova	Mimi Castle, Bulboaca, Chisinău	1 June	Frederiksen travelled to Moldova to attend the 2nd European Political Community Summit.
United States	Washington D.C.	5 June	Met with President Joe Biden. [9]
Iceland	Vestmannaeyjar	25–26 June	Frederiksen travelled to Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland to meet with Nordic Prime Ministers Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Iceland), Petteri Orpo (Finland), Jonas Gahr Støre (Norway) and Ulf Kristersson (Sweden) as well as 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. [10]
Lithuania	Vilnius	11–12 July	Frederiksen travelled to Vilnius to attend the 2023 NATO Vilnius summit. [11]
Finland	Helsinki	13 July	Frederiksen travelled to Helsinki to attend a meeting between the Nordic Prime Ministers Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Iceland), Petteri Orpo (Finland), Jonas Gahr Støre (Norway) and Ulf Kristersson (Sweden) and United States President Joe Biden. [12]
Ukraine	Kyiv	6 September	[13]
Spain	Granada	5 October	Frederiksen attended the 3rd European Political Community Summit.
Sweden	Visby	12–13 October	Frederiksen attended the 2023 Joint Expeditionary Force summit. [14]
Japan	Tokyo	23–26 October	Met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. [15] [16] [17]
Norway	Oslo	13 December	Met with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the second Nordic–Ukrainian summit. [18]

2024

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
Germany	Munich	16–18 February	Attended the 60th Munich Security Conference
Ukraine	Lviv	23 February	Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and signed an Agreement on security cooperation and long-term support [19] Both countries signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement then. [20]
Poland	Warsaw	15 April	Met with Prime Minister Donald Tusk and they discussed their countries' collaboration on developing an "Iron Dome" defense system designed to protect European skies from potential missile and drone attacks. [21]
Switzerland	Lucerne	15–16 June	Attended Global Peace Summit
United States	Washington D.C.	9–11 July	Attended 2024 NATO summit
United Kingdom	Woodstock	18 July	Attended the 4th European Political Community Summit
Hungary	Budapest	7 November	Frederiksen attended the 5th European Political Community Summit.
Azerbaijan	Baku	11 November	Frederiksen attended the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference. [22]
Ukraine	Kyiv	19 November	Visited on the 1000th day of Russia's full-scale invasion. [23]
Sweden	Harpsund	26–27 November	Attended Nordic-Baltic Summit hosted by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. [24]
Estonia	Tallinn	16–17 December	Frederiksen attended the 2024 Joint Expeditionary Force summit. Following the summit, Frederiksen held a trilateral meeting with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. [25]

2025

Country	Location(s)	Dates	Details
United Kingdom	London	4 February	Met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer for a bilateral at 10 Downing Street. [26]
Germany	Munich	14–16 February	Attended the 61st Munich Security Conference.
France	Paris	17 February	Frederiksen joined an Emergency meeting of European leaders, hosted by President Macron, to respond to President Trump's push for peace negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian War. [27]
Ukraine	Kyiv	24 February	Frederiksen travelled to Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
United Kingdom	London	2 March	Frederiksen travelled to London, United Kingdom to attend the Summit on Ukraine
France	Paris	27 March	Frederiksen attended a meeting of the "Coalition of the willing" hosted by President Macron. [28]
Norway	Oslo	9 May	Frederiksen attended the 2025 Joint Expeditionary Force summit.
Albania	Tirana	16 May	Attended the 6th European Political Community Summit.
Finland	Turku	26 May	Frederiksen travelled to Turku to meet with Nordic Prime Ministers Kristrún Frostadóttir (Iceland), Petteri Orpo (Finland), Jonas Gahr Støre (Norway) and Ulf Kristersson (Sweden) as well as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and leaders from the Faroe Islands (Aksel V. Johannesen), Greenland (Jens-Frederik Nielsen) and Åland (Katrin Sjögren). [29]
Germany	Berlin	11 June	Met with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. They spoke of the need to bolster continental security, tighten immigration policies and ensuring global trade continues to run on a system of open markets and free trade. [30]
Netherlands	The Hague	24–25 June	Frederiksen attended the 2025 NATO summit.
Poland	Warsaw	28 August	Met with Karol Nawrocki, the presidents of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, Estonia, Alar Karis, and Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs. These discussions with the leaders from the region are a preparatory step for Polish President’s upcoming visit to Washington, DC, next week. They also took part in a teleconference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. [31]
France	Paris	4 September	Met with President Emmanuel Macron. Attended the 7th Coalition of the willing summit. [32]

Multilateral meetings

Mette Frederiksen participated in the following summits during her premiership:

Group	Year
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
UNGA	23–25 September, New York City	26 September, (videoconference) New York City	24 September, New York City	20–26 September, New York City	19–26 September, New York City	24–30 September, New York City	23 September, New York City
NATO	3–4 December, Watford	None	14 June, Brussels	24 March, Brussels	11–12 July, Vilnius	9–11 July, Washington, D.C.	24–26 June, The Hague
				June 28–30, Madrid
EU–CELAC	None				17–18 July, Brussels	None	TBA
EPC	None	None	None	6 October, Prague	1 June, Bulboaca	18 July, Woodstock	16 May, Tirana
	None	None	None		5 October, Granada	7 November, Budapest	2 October, Copenhagen
UNCCC	2–13 December Madrid	None	1–2 November Glasgow	11 November Sharm el-Sheikh	30 November – 3 December Dubai	12 November Baku	10 November, Belém
JEF	None			14–15 March, London	12–13 October, Visby	16–17 December, Tallinn	9 May, Oslo
				19 December, Riga
Others	None	None	None	None	None	Global Peace Summit 15–16 June Lucerne	Securing our future 2 March, London
							15 March, (videoconference) United Kingdom
							27 March, Paris
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend /participate.

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