1937 in Switzerland explained

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

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• • Giuseppe Motta (president)^[2]
  • Hermann Obrecht
  • Philipp Etter
  • Johannes Baumann
    • • • • Marcel Pilet-Golaz Albert Meyer Rudolf Minger

Events

• 1936–37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano
• 1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola
• 1937–38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich
• Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War
• Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded
• 1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum

Literature

• An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss

Births

• 3 February – Billy Meier, prophet
• 9 March – Niele Toroni, painter
• 18 May – Peter Bolliger, rower
• 21 May – Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher
• 2 June – Pierre Favre, musician
• 30 June – Fritz Egli, motorcycle racer
• 6 July – Joseph Payne, musician
• 12 July – Fritz Kehl, association footballer
• 21 December – Hansruedi Führer, association footballer
• Attilio Moresi, cyclist
• Sandro del Prete, painter

Deaths

• 7 April – Hans Steffen, German geographer (born 1936 in Germany)
• 9 May – Walter Mittelholzer, pilot, photographer, and travel writer (born 1894)
• 2 September – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee (born 1863 in France)^[3]

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: Pierre, baron de Coubertin Biography, Olympics, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 15 April 2022 . en.