1937 in Switzerland
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:
- *Giuseppe Motta
- *Hermann Obrecht
- *Philipp Etter
- *Johannes Baumann
- *Marcel Pilet-Golaz
- *Albert Meyer
- *Rudolf Minger
Events
- 1936–37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano
- 1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola
- 1937–38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich
- Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War
- Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded
- 1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum
Literature
- An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss
Births
- 3 February – Billy Meier, prophet
- 9 March – Niele Toroni, painter
- 18 May – Peter Bolliger, rower
- 20 May – Peter von Matt, philologist
- 21 May – Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher
- 2 June – Pierre Favre, musician
- 30 June – Fritz Egli, motorcycle racer
- 6 July – Joseph Payne, musician
- 12 July – Fritz Kehl, association footballer
- 21 December – Hansruedi Führer, association footballer
- Attilio Moresi, cyclist
- Sandro del Prete, painter
Deaths
- 7 April – Hans Steffen, German geographer
- 9 May – Walter Mittelholzer, pilot, photographer, and travel writer
- 2 September – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee