1934 in Switzerland

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Last updated August 03, 2025

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1934 in Switzerland .

Incumbents

Federal Council:
- Giuseppe Motta
- Edmund Schulthess
- Jean-Marie Musy then Philipp Etter
- Heinrich Häberlin then Johannes Baumann
- Marcel Pilet-Golaz (President)
- Albert Meyer
- Rudolf Minger

Events

July 14–July 29 – Zürich 1934 chess tournament took place
August 26 – 1934 Swiss Grand Prix takes place in Switzerland^[1]
1933–34 Nationalliga
FIBT World Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland
1934-35 Nationalliga
SC Buochs
The Berne Trial is in progress, until 1935
The Swiss Banking Act of 1934 majorly affects bank secrecy ^[2]
16–17 December – The 1934 Montreux Fascist conference a meeting held by deputies from a number of European Fascist organizations is held in Montreux, Switzerland.

Literature

Via Mala is published

Births

February 11 – Hans Bässler, fencer
February 14 – Michel Corboz, conductor
February 15 – Niklaus Wirth, computer scientist
February 18 – Peter Zeindler, journalist, novelist and playwright.^[3]
February 21 – Andreas Blum, journalist, actor (d. January 26, 2024)
June 18 – Eugen Meier, composer
June 30 – Ursula Bagdasarjanz, violinist
August 13 – Karl Elsener, football goalkeeper (d. July 27, 2010)
October 19 – Ernst Hürlimann, rower
November 19 – Paul Glass, American-Swiss composer
Kurt Müller, sports shooter

Deaths

August 26 – Hugh Hamilton, British racing driver, killed at the Swiss Grand Prix (born 1905 in Ireland)
César Roux, surgeon (born 1857)

References

↑ Author, Kolumbus, date of publication, Unknown, "1934 Grand Prix" date accessed June 16, 2013. Archived 2013-06-19.
↑ "Clock ticks on Swiss banking secrecy". BBC News. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
↑ "Zeindler Peter" (in German). Solothurn: Stiftung Bibliomedia. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

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[1] Author, Kolumbus, date of publication, Unknown, "1934 Grand Prix" date accessed June 16, 2013. Archived 2013-06-19.

[2] "Clock ticks on Swiss banking secrecy". BBC News. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[3] "Zeindler Peter" (in German). Solothurn: Stiftung Bibliomedia. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

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