2026 in Switzerland

Events in the year 2026 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

Events

January

1 January – At least 41 people are killed in a fire at a bar in Crans-Montana, Valais.
5 January – The federal government imposes a four-year freeze on any assets held by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his close associates in Switzerland.
28 January – Sanija Ameti, a member of the Zurich municipal council, is fined CHF3,500 for publishing images of herself firing a pistol at an auction poster of a 14th-century painting of the Madonna and Child by Tommaso del Mazza in 2024.

Predicted and scheduled

8 March–29 November – 2026 Swiss referendums

Holidays

1 January – New Year's Day
2 January – Berchtoldstag Day
6 January – Epiphany
1 March – Republic Day
19 March – Saint Joseph's Day
3 April – Good Friday
6 April – Easter Monday
9 April – Näfels Ride
1 May – International Workers' Day
14 May – Ascension Day
25 May – Whit Monday
4 June – Corpus Christi
29 June – Saints Peter and Paul
1 August – Swiss National Day
15 August – Assumption Day
10 September – Jeûne genevois
20 September – Lundi du Jeûne
25 September – Saint Nicholas of Flüe Day
1 November – All Saints' Day
8 December – Immaculate Conception
25 December – Christmas Day
26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
31 December – Restoration Day

Deaths

3 January – Claude-Inga Barbey, 64, comedian, writer, and actress
10 January – Erich von Däniken, 90, author and ufologist
11 January – Ueli Kestenholz, 50, snowboarder, Olympic bronze medallist