1973 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1973 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Roger Bonvin (president, until December)
• Hans-Peter Tschudi (until December)
• Nello Celio (until December)
• Rudolf Gnägi
• Pierre Graber
• Ernst Brugger
• Kurt Furgler
• Georges-André Chevallaz (from December)
• Hans Hürlimann (from December)
• Willi Ritschard (from December)

Events

• 10 April – A plane on route from Bristol, England to Basel crashes into a hillside while approaching the airport killing 108 out of the 145 people on board.
• 23–24 June – The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships take place in Muotathal.

Births

• 8 February – Ursula Wyss, politician and economist
• 10 March – Ada Marra, politician
• 26 April – Andres Gerber, footballer
• 1 May – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
• 2 September – Sibylle Matter, triathlete
• Urs Fischer, artist
• Sébastien Schneeberger, Swiss-born Canadian politician

Deaths

• 14 May – Jean Gebser, German-born Swiss author, linguist and poet (born 1905)
• 6 July – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born 1885 in Germany)
• 12 August – Walter Rudolf Hess, physicist (born 1881)

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