1939 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1939 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Philipp Etter (president)
• Giuseppe Motta
• Johannes Baumann
• Hermann Obrecht
• Marcel Pilet-Golaz
• Albert Meyer (until December), then Ernst Wetter
• Rudolf Minger

Events

• 27–29 January – The men's events of the 1939 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos.

Births

• 18 May – Doris Ramseier, equestrian
• 18 October – Flavio Cotti, politician (died 2020)

Deaths

• 15 October – Robert Haab, politician (born 1865)

References