2008 in Switzerland
Events during the year 2008 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
- Federal Council:
- *Pascal Couchepin
- *Moritz Leuenberger
- *Samuel Schmid, then Ueli Maurer
- *Micheline Calmy-Rey
- *Hans-Rudolf Merz
- *Doris Leuthard
- *Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Events
- 27 August – Anna Göldi, who was beheaded in 1782 for witchcraft, is exonerated by the parliament of the Canton of Glarus.
- 10 September – The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, is switched on at CERN, in Geneva.
Deaths
- 29 April – Albert Hofmann, chemist
- 23 July – Kurt Furgler, politician