2011 in Switzerland

Events from 2011 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Doris Leuthard
• Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
• Ueli Maurer
• Didier Burkhalter
• Johann Schneider-Ammann
• Simonetta Sommaruga
• Micheline Calmy-Rey (President)

Events

• 24–30 January – The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Bern.
• May–June – affects Switzerland
• June 16 – Convention on Domestic Workers is signed in Geneva
• July 2 – Swiss tourists are kidnapped in Balochistan
• July 25–July 31 – 2011 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad was in play
• August – August 2011 stock markets fall affects the Swiss Franc
• August 17–August 21 – 2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey was in play
• October 31–November 6 – 2011 Swiss Indoors was in play
• November 25–27 – 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament was in play
• December 15–December 22 – Cyclone Joachim affected Switzerland
• December 26–December 31 – 2011 Spengler Cup was in play
• Anti-PowerPoint Party is established
• Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d'Energie is established
• Swiss Accident Investigation Board is established

Deaths

• April 28 – Erhard Loretan, mountain climber (born 1959)
• December 7 – Clemens Thoma, theologian (born 1932)

See also

• Public holidays in Switzerland
• List of Swiss people
• List of number-one hits of 2011 (Switzerland)

References