1931 in Switzerland

← 1930 1929 1928 1931 in Switzerland → 1932 1933 1934
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1931 in Switzerland .

Incumbents

• Federal Council: ^[1]
  • Heinrich Häberlin (President) ^[2]
  • Giuseppe Motta
  • Edmund Schulthess
  • Jean-Marie Musy
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • Albert Meyer
  • Rudolf Minger

Events

• 19–23 February – The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 take place in Mürren. ^[3]
• 1930–31 Swiss Serie A
• 1931–32 Nationalliga
• Football club FC Alle is established
• Football club FC Wettingen (later known as FC Wettingen 93) is established
• Swiss public broadcasting organisation SRG SSR is established
• 1931 Swiss referendums
• 1931 Swiss federal election
• The ladies and pairs events of the 1931 European Figure Skating Championships take place in St. Moritz. ^[4]

Births

• 1 February – Madeleine Berthod, alpine skier ^[5]
• 4 May – Walter Leiser, rower (died 2023)
• 19 May – Éric Tappy, singer
• 4 July – Karl Weidmann, rower
• 3 September – Rudolf Kelterborn, musician and composer (died 2021)
• 4 October – Charles Weissmann, Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist
• 10 October – Bruno Weber, artist and architect (died 2011)
• 30 November – Susi Wirz, figure skater

Deaths

• 7 March – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (born 1883 in the Netherlands) ^[6]
• 31 March – Hermann Kutter, Lutheran theologian (born 1863)
• 27 July – Auguste Forel, myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (born 1848)
• 5 November – Konrad Stäheli, sports shooter (born 1866)
• Jakob Herzog, socialist (born 1892)
• Friedrich Ris, physician and entomologist (born 1867)
• Eugen Sutermeister, graveur and writer (born 1862)

References

1. "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
2. "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
3. "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
4. "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
5. "Olympedia – Madeleine Chamot-Berthod". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
6. Ian Chilvers, ed. (January 2004). "Doesburg, Theo van" . The Oxford Dictionary of Art (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001. ISBN   978-0-19-860476-1 . Retrieved 26 February 2024– via Oxford Reference.