1942 in Switzerland explained

Events during the year 1942 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

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• • Philipp Etter (president)^[2]
    • • Marcel Pilet-Golaz Ernst Wetter
  • Karl Kobelt
  • Enrico Celio
  • Walther Stampfli
  • Eduard von Steiger

Births

• 12 January – Michel Mayor, astrophysicist^[3]
• 5 April – Pascal Couchepin, politician^[4]
• 8 June – Jacques Dubochet, biophysicist^[5]
• 18 July – Adolf Ogi, politician^[6]
• 10 November – Hans-Rudolf Merz, politician^[7]

Deaths

• 15 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (born 1908)^[8]
• 9 November – Ernest Chuard, politician (born 1857)^[9]

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: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 . NobelPrize.org . 6 February 2024.
4. Web site: Pascal Couchepin . www.admin.ch . 6 February 2024 . en.
5. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 . NobelPrize.org . 6 February 2024.
6. Web site: Adolf Ogi . www.admin.ch . 6 February 2024 . en.
7. Web site: Hans-Rudolf Merz . www.admin.ch . 6 February 2024 . en.
8. Web site: Overlooked No More: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Author, Photographer and ‘Ravaged Angel’ . The New York Times . 10 February 2024 . 10 October 2018.
9. Web site: Ernest Chuard . www.admin.ch . 26 February 2024 . en.