1933 in Switzerland

← 1932 1931 1930 1933 in Switzerland → 1934 1935 1936
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 1933 in Switzerland .

Incumbents

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

Events

• Berne Trial is in progress until 1935
• 1932–33 Nationalliga
• 1933–34 Nationalliga
• Schurter is established (incorporated 1949)
• Giro del Mendrisiotto, a Swiss bike race, is fouunded
• Tour de Suisse, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Integra-Signum, a Swiss train protection system, is established

Births

January

• January 6 – Emil Steinberger, comedian, director and writer
• January 28 – Fred Mayer, photographer

February

• February 27 – Livio Vacchini, architect (died 2007)

March

• March 14 – René Felber, politician (died 2020) ^[3]
• March 27 – Oskar von Büren, cyclist

June

• June 6 – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist (died 2013) ^[4]
• June 11 – Harald Szeemann, curator and art historian (died 2005)
• June 12 – Elisabeth Nagele, luger ^[5]
• June 18 – Heinrich von Stietencron, German indologist (died 2018 in Germany)
• June 22 – André Grobéty, association footballer
• June 22 – Peter Brogle, actor (died 2006)

July

• July 13 – Henri Lauener, philosopher (died 2002)
• July 25 – Elwyn Friedrich, ice hockey player (died 2012)

August

• August 14 – Richard R. Ernst, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 2021) ^[6]
• August 29 – Arnold Koller, politician ^[7]

September

• September 8 – Marcel Vonlanthen, association football forward

October

• October 25 – René Brodmann, association football defender

December

• December 18 – Rene Haller, naturalist
• December 24 – Renée Colliard, alpine skier (died 2022) ^[8]

Deaths

• April 28 – Hermann Sahli, internist (born 1856)
• Victor Sterki, malacologist (born 1846)

References

1. "All federal councillors since 1848". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
2. "Presidents of the Confederation". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
3. "René Felber". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
4. "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
5. "Ehemalige Schlittel-Weltmeisterin gestorben". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). NZZ Mediengruppe. 25 June 1993. p. 52. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
6. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
7. "Arnold Koller". www.admin.ch. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
8. "Olympedia – Renée Colliard". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 February 2024.