1931 in Switzerland explained

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1931 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

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• • Heinrich Häberlin (President)^[2]
    • • • • Giuseppe Motta Edmund Schulthess Jean-Marie Musy
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • Albert Meyer
  • Rudolf Minger

Events

• 19–23 February – The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 take place in Mürren.^[3]
• 1930–31 Swiss Serie A
• 1931–32 Nationalliga
• Football club FC Alle is established
• Football club FC Wettingen (later known as FC Wettingen 93) is established
• Swiss public broadcasting organisation SRG SSR is established
• 1931 Swiss referendums
• 1931 Swiss federal election
• The ladies and pairs events of the 1931 European Figure Skating Championships take place in St. Moritz.^[4]

Births

• 1 February – Madeleine Berthod, alpine skier^[5]
• 4 May – Walter Leiser, rower (died 2023)
• 19 May – Éric Tappy, singer (died 2024)
• 4 July – Karl Weidmann, rower
• 3 September – Rudolf Kelterborn, musician and composer (died 2021)
• 10 October – Bruno Weber, artist and architect (died 2011)
• 14 October – Charles Weissmann, Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist
• 30 November – Susi Wirz, figure skater

Deaths

• 7 March – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (born 1883 in the Netherlands)^[6]
• 31 March – Hermann Kutter, Lutheran theologian (born 1863)
• 27 July – Auguste Forel, myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (born 1848)
• 5 November – Konrad Stäheli, sports shooter (born 1866)
• Jakob Herzog, socialist (born 1892)
• Friedrich Ris, physician and entomologist (born 1867)
• Eugen Sutermeister, graveur and writer (born 1862)

Notes and References

1. Web site: All federal councillors since 1848 . www.admin.ch . 23 January 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Confederation . www.admin.ch . 23 January 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Alpine Ski Championships . www.olympedia.org . 5 February 2024.
4. Web site: Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships . www.olympedia.org . 3 February 2024.
5. Web site: Olympedia – Madeleine Chamot-Berthod . www.olympedia.org . 8 February 2024.
6. Book: Doesburg, Theo van . https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001/acref-9780198604761-e-1070 . subscription . 10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001 . Oxford Reference . January 2004 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-860476-1 . 26 February 2024 . Ian Chilvers . The Oxford Dictionary of Art . 4th.