1940 in Switzerland
Events during the year 1940 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:
- *Marcel Pilet-Golaz
- *Philipp Etter
- *Giuseppe Motta
- *Johannes Baumann
- *Hermann Obrecht
- *Ernst Wetter
- *Rudolf Minger
- *Enrico Celio
- *Walther Stampfli
- *Karl Kobelt
- *Eduard von Steiger
Births
- 9 January – Ruth Dreifuss, politician
- 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politician
- 27 December – Willi Hofmann, bobsledder
Deaths
- 23 January – Giuseppe Motta, politician
- 29 June – Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist
- 21 August – Hermann Obrecht, politician