Sikhism in Switzerland

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Gurdwara Langenthal, Switzerland

Swiss Sikhs are a small religious minority in Switzerland. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four Gurdwaras. [1]

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Migration

The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers. [2]

Gurdwaras

Gurudwara Sikh Gemeinde Schweiz Däniken

References

  1. Chandrasekhar, Anand. "How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland". SwissInfo. Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries.
  2. Gurdwaras in Switzerland Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine