1950 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Max Petitpierre
• *Philipp Etter
• *Karl Kobelt
• *Enrico Celio
• *Rodolphe Rubattel
• *Eduard von Steiger
• *Ernst Nobs
• *Josef Escher

Events

• 14–16 July – The 1950 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships take place in Basel.

Births

• 5 January – Ueli Bächli, bobsledder
• 8 September – Léa Pool, Swiss-Canadian filmmaker
• 27 October – Heidi Robbiani, equestrian
• 31 October – Princess Nora of Liechtenstein
• 1 December – Ueli Maurer, politician

Deaths

• 30 June – Hermann Betschart, rower