1996 in Switzerland
Events in the year 1996 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:
- *Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
- *Kaspar Villiger
- *Arnold Koller
- *Flavio Cotti
- *Ruth Dreifuss
- *Adolf Ogi
- *Moritz Leuenberger
Births
- 17 March – Viola Calligaris, association footballer
- 28 April – Luana Bühler, association footballer
- 15 July – Ajla Del Ponte, sprinter
- 12 August – Nikita Ducarroz, BMX cyclist
- 17 October – Princess Marie-Caroline of Liechtenstein
- 19 December – Sandrine Mauron, association footballer
- 23 December – Lydia Hiernickel, cross-country skier
Deaths
- 20 March – Hans Conzett, politician and publisher
- 30 May – François Genoud, financier and Nazi collaborator
- 11 June – Brigitte Helm, German actress
- 4 July – Pierre Jaccoud, lawyer and politician
- 25 July – Howard Vernon, actor
- 15 August – Max Thurian, priest
- 27 August – Martin Disler, painter
- 30 August – Josef Müller-Brockmann, graphic designer.
- 1 October – Alfred Vogel, herbalist
- 4 November – Gottlieb Weber, Olympic cyclist