1983 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Pierre Aubert
• *Leon Schlumpf
• *Alphons Egli
• *Rudolf Friedrich
• *Willi Ritschard
• *Georges-André Chevallaz
• *Kurt Furgler
• *Otto Stich
• *Jean-Pascal Delamuraz

Events

• 28 May – The Green Party of Switzerland is established.
• The UCI Track Cycling World Championships take place in Zürich.

Births

• 24 June – Valeria Spälty, curler

Deaths

• 25 June – Alberto Ginastera, composer
• 10 September – Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate
• 16 October – Willi Ritschard, politician