1933 in Switzerland explained

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1933 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

^[1]

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

Events

• Berne Trial is in progress until 1935
• 1932–33 Nationalliga
• 1933–34 Nationalliga
• Schurter is established (incorporated 1949)
• Giro del Mendrisiotto, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Tour de Suisse, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Integra-Signum, a Swiss train protection system, is established

Births

January

• January 6 – Emil Steinberger, comedian, director and writer
• January 28 – Fred Mayer, photographer

February

• February 27 – Livio Vacchini, architect (died 2007)

March

• March 14 – René Felber, politician (died 2020)^[3]
• March 27 – Oskar von Büren, cyclist

June

• June 6 – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist (died 2013)^[4]
• June 11 – Harald Szeemann, curator and art historian (died 2005)
• June 12 – Elisabeth Nagele, luger^[5]
• June 18 – Heinrich von Stietencron, German indologist (died 2018 in Germany)
• June 22 – André Grobéty, association footballer
• June 22 – Peter Brogle, actor (died 2006)

July

• July 13 – Henri Lauener, philosopher (died 2002)
• July 25 – Elwyn Friedrich, ice hockey player (died 2012)

August

• August 14 – Richard R. Ernst, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 2021)^[6]
• August 29 – Arnold Koller, politician^[7]

September

• September 8 – Marcel Vonlanthen, association football forward

October

• October 25 – René Brodmann, association football defender

December

• December 18 – Rene Haller, naturalist
• December 24 – Renée Colliard, alpine skier (died 2022)^[8]

Deaths

• April 28 – Hermann Sahli, internist (born 1856)
• Victor Sterki, malacologist (born 1846)

Notes and References

1. Web site: All federal councillors since 1848 . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Confederation . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
3. Web site: René Felber . www.admin.ch . 8 February 2024 . en.
4. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1986 . NobelPrize.org . 8 February 2024.
5. News: 25 June 1993 . Ehemalige Schlittel-Weltmeisterin gestorben . de . 52 . . . 27 November 2022.
6. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 . NobelPrize.org . 6 February 2024.
7. Web site: Arnold Koller . www.admin.ch . 8 February 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Olympedia – Renée Colliard . www.olympedia.org . 7 February 2024.