1908 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1908 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Ernst Brenner (president)
• Robert Comtesse
• Eduard Müller
• Adolf Deucher
• Marc-Emile Ruchet
• Ludwig Forrer
• Joseph Zemp (until June), then Josef Anton Schobinger

Births

• 23 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (died 1942)
• 6 December – Pierre Graber, politician (died 2003)
• 16 December – Hans Schaffner, politician (died 2004)
• 22 December – Max Bill, architect and artist (died 1994 in Germany)

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