1997 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Arnold Koller
• *Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
• *Kaspar Villiger
• *Flavio Cotti
• *Ruth Dreifuss
• *Adolf Ogi
• *Moritz Leuenberger

Events

• 12–20 April – The 1997 World Men's Curling Championship and 1997 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Bern.
• 31 August–7September – The 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships take place in Lausanne.
• International University in Geneva is established

Births

• 10 March – Belinda Bencic, tennis player
• 3 April – Julia Stierli, association footballer
• 5 June – Andrea Brändli, ice hockey player
• 13 July – Sina Frei, cross-country cyclist