1931 in Switzerland

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

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Heinrich Häberlin (President)
• 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.
• 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.

Births

• 1 February – Madeleine Berthod, alpine skier
• 4 May – Walter Leiser, rower (died 2023)
• 19 May – Éric Tappy, singer (died 2024)
• 4 July – Karl Weidmann, rower
• 3 September – Rudolf Kelterborn, musician and composer (died 2021)
• 10 October – Bruno Weber, artist and architect (died 2011)
• 14 October – Charles Weissmann, Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist
• 30 November – Susi Wirz, figure skater

Deaths

• 7 March – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (born 1883 in the Netherlands)
• 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