1937 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Giuseppe Motta (president)
• Hermann Obrecht
• Philipp Etter
• Johannes Baumann
• Marcel Pilet-Golaz
• Albert Meyer
• Rudolf Minger

Events

• 1936–37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano
• 1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola
• 1937–38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich
• Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War
• Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded
• 1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum

Literature

• An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss

Births

• 3 February – Billy Meier, prophet
• 9 March – Niele Toroni, painter
• 18 May – Peter Bolliger, rower (d. 2024)
• 20 May – Peter von Matt, philologist (d. 2025)
• 21 May – Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher
• 2 June – Pierre Favre, musician
• 30 June – Fritz Egli, motorcycle racer
• 6 July – Joseph Payne, musician (d. 2008)
• 12 July – Fritz Kehl, association footballer
• 21 December – Hansruedi Führer, association footballer
• Attilio Moresi, cyclist (d. 1995)
• Sandro del Prete, painter

Deaths

• 7 April – Hans Steffen, German geographer (born 1936 in Germany)
• 9 May – Walter Mittelholzer, pilot, photographer, and travel writer (born 1894)
• 2 September – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee (born 1863 in France)

References