1933 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Giuseppe Motta
• *Edmund Schulthess
• *Jean-Marie Musy
• *Heinrich Häberlin
• *Marcel Pilet-Golaz
• *Albert Meyer
• *Rudolf Minger

Events

• Berne Trial is in progress until 1935
• 1932–33 Nationalliga
• 1933–34 Nationalliga
• Schurter is established
• Giro del Mendrisiotto, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Tour de Suisse, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Integra-Signum, a Swiss train protection system, is established

Births

January

• January 6 – Emil Steinberger, comedian, director and writer
• January 28 – Fred Mayer, photographer

February

• February 27 – Livio Vacchini, architect

March

• March 14 – René Felber, politician
• March 27 – Oskar von Büren, cyclist

June

• June 6 – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist
• June 11 – Harald Szeemann, curator and art historian
• June 12 – Elisabeth Nagele, luger
• June 18 – Heinrich von Stietencron, German indologist
• June 22 – André Grobéty, association footballer
• June 22 – Peter Brogle, actor

July

• July 13 – Henri Lauener, philosopher
• July 25 – Elwyn Friedrich, ice hockey player

August

• August 14 – Richard R. Ernst, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate
• August 29 – Arnold Koller, politician

September

• September 8 – Marcel Vonlanthen, association football forward

October

• October 25 – René Brodmann, association football defender

December

• December 18 – Rene Haller, naturalist
• December 24 – Renée Colliard, alpine skier

Deaths

• April 28 – Hermann Sahli, internist
• Victor Sterki, malacologist