2019 in Switzerland
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Events in the year 2019 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- President of the Swiss Confederation: Ueli Maurer
- President of the National Council: Marina Carobbio Guscetti
- President of the Swiss Council of States: Jean-René Fournier
Events
- 22 September — A 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which has disappeared due to rising temperatures.[1]
- 20 October – Scheduled date for the 2019 Swiss federal election
- 25 November – present 2019 Sri Lankan Swiss embassy controversy.[2]
Sports
- 1 January – Stage 3 of 2018–19 Tour de Ski was held in Val Müstair
- 19 to 25 August – Scheduled date for the 2019 BWF World Championships, to be held in Basel
- 7 to 15 December – Scheduled date for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships, to be held in Neuchâtel
Deaths
- 1 January – Pio Corradi, photographer (born 1940)[3]
- 3 January – Jean Revillard, photojournalist (born 1967)[4]
- 4 January – Daniel Lüönd, musician (born 1959).[5]
- 5 January – Beat Junker, historian (born 1928)[6]
- 10 January – Daniel Müller, politician (born 1928)[7]
- 18 January – Bernhard Böschenstein, literary scholar (born 1931)[8]
- 29 January – Otto Schubiger, ice hockey player (born 1925)[9]
- 15 February – Bruno Ganz, actor (Wings of Desire, Downfall, The Manchurian Candidate) (born 1941)[10]
- 20 February – Claude Goretta, television producer and film director (born 1929)[11]
- 14 March – Kurt Armbruster, footballer (born 1934)[12]
- 18 April – Ivo Frosio, footballer (born 1930)
- 20 April – Karl Grob, footballer (born 1946)[13]
- 7 June – Max Bösiger, boxer (born 1933)
- 1 August – Annemarie Huber-Hotz, politician (born 1948)[14]
- 15 September – Eva Haldimann, literary critic and translator (born 1927)[15]
- 2 November – Marie Laforêt, singer and actress (born 1939)[16]
References
- ^ Arnaud Siad; Amy Woodyatt (Sep 22, 2019). "Hundreds mourn 'dead' glacier at funeral in Switzerland". CNN. Retrieved Sep 22, 2019.
- ^ "Swiss condemn 'attack' on Sri Lanka embassy worker". 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
- ^ "Er prägte das Bild der Schweitz". tagesanzeiger.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Jean Revillard, mort d'un éclaireur - Le Temps" (in French). 2019-01-05. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Lüönd-Betschart Daniel". mosibuebe.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Beat Junker". todesanzeigenportal.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Alt Nationalrat Daniel Müller ist im Alter von 91 Jahren verstorben". Federal Assembly (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Der bedeutende Genfer Germanist Bernhard Böschenstein ist gestorben". nzz.ch (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Nachruf Auf Otto Schubiger Archived 2019-01-30 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ "Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in Downfall, dies aged 77". BBC News. BBC. 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Le cinéaste suisse Claude Goretta est mort" (in French). 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Dominik, Erb. "Der SFV trauert um Kurt Armbruster". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Karl Grob mit 72 Jahren verstorben (in German)
- ^ Gerny, Daniel (2019-08-03). "Annemarie Huber-Hotz: Tod einer prägenden Bundeskanzlerin". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ hommages.ch, un site d'Edipresse Publications SA. "Hommages - Pour que son souvenir demeure: Eva HALDIMANN ROMÁN". hommages.ch. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ "Marie Laforêt, la « Fille aux yeux d'or », est morte" (in French). 2019-11-03. Retrieved 2025-12-25.