2017 in Switzerland explained

Events in the year 2017 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• President of the Swiss Confederation

Doris Leuthard

• President of the National Council

Jürg Stahl

• President of the Swiss Council of States

Ivo Bischofberger

Events

Referendums

• Referendums were held on 12 February, 21 May and 24 September 2017.^[1]

Sport

• 2016–17 Swiss Handball League
• 2017 Geneva Open
• 2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season
• 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship
• 2017 Yellow Cup
• 2016–17 Championnat LNA season
• 2016–17 Championnat LNA season
• 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League
• The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
• 2017 European Curling Championships
• 2017 European Masters (curling)
• FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017
• 2017 Katusha–Alpecin season
• 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad
• 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
• 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour – Lausanne Masters
• 2017 Montreux Volley Masters
• 2017 Montreux Volley Masters squads
• 2017 Swiss Indoors
• 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
• 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad
• Switzerland at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
• Switzerland at the 2017 World Games
• 2017 Tour de Romandie
• 2016–17 Tour de Ski
• 2017–18 Tour de Ski
• 2017 Tour de Suisse
• Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Pop Culture

• Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Other

• A landslide hit the town of Bondo, killing 8 people.

Deaths

• 1 January  - Karl Gerstner, typographer (b. 1930)^[2]
• 8 January  - Dominique Appia, painter (b. 1926)^[3]
• 13 January  - Gilberto Agustoni, prelate (b. 1922)^[4]
• 17 January  - Daniel Vischer, politician (b. 1950)^[5]
• 18 January  - Samuel Widmer, physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1948)^[6]
• 30 April  - Ueli Steck, rock climber (b. 1976)

Notes and References

1. https://www.ch.ch/de/nachste-abstimmungen/ Daten der nächsten eidgenössischen Volksabstimmungen
2. News: Typographer Karl Gerstner dies. 3 January 2017 . SWI swissinfo.ch. 23 January 2017.
3. Web site: tdg.ch . L’artiste Dominique Appia peignait une Genève rêvée . 9 January 2017 . 23 January 2017 . fr.
4. Web site: Conférence des Évêques Suisse . Décès du cardinal Gilberto Agustoni . 14 January 2017 . 23 January 2017 . fr.
5. News: Ein Linker, der in keine Schublade passt . Walter . Bernet . 19 January 2017 . 23 January 2017 . de.
6. News: Menge . Oliver . "Kirschblüten"-Guru Samuel Widmer gestorben . . 23 January 2017 . de . 30 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170130102117/http://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/solothurn/lebern-bucheggberg-wasseramt/kirschblueten-guru-samuel-widmer-gestorben-130862247 . dead .