2022 in Switzerland explained

Events in the year 2022 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• President of the Swiss Confederation: Ignazio Cassis
• President of the National Council: Irène Kälin
• President of the Swiss Council of States: Thomas Hefti

Events

Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland

Arts and entertainment

• 75th Locarno Film Festival August 3 – 13^[1]

Deaths

• 7 January – Laurence Boissier, writer and artist (born 1965)^[2]
• 20 January – René Robert, photographer (born 1936)^[3]
• 21 January – Marcel Mauron, footballer (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, national team) (born 1929)^[4]
• 24 January – Silvia Gmür, architect (born 1939)^[5]
• 26 January – Gérald Ducimetière, artist (born 1940)^[6]
• 2 February – J. Alexander Baumann, politician (born 1942)^[7]
• 3 February – Georges Athanasiadès, organist and choirmaster (born 1929)^[8]
• 5 February – Emanuel Hurwitz, psychoanalyst and politician (born 1935)^[9]
• 6 February – Alice Moretti, politician (born 1921)^[10]
• 14 February – Francine-Charlotte Gehri, writer (born 1923)^[11]
• 8 March – Dominique Warluzel, lawyer and playwright (born 1957)^[12]
• 19 March – Pierre Naftule, writer and theatre director (born 1960)^[13]
• 10 May – Nessim Gaon, Sudanese born financier (born 1922)
• 2 June – Valentin Oehen, politician (born 1931)^[14]
• 10 July – Hans Frauenfelder, biophysicist (born 1922)^[15]
• 10 July – Marcel Rémy, mountaineer (born 1923)^[16]
• 12 July – Ivo Fürer, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1930)^[17]
• 14 July – Erica Pedretti, artist (born 1930)^[18]
• 15 July – Alice Pauli, artist (born 1922)^[19]
• 20 July – Judith Stamm, politician (born 1934)^[20]
• 22 July – Emilie Benes Brzezinski, sculptor (born 1932)^[21]
• 24 July – Kurt Pfammatter, ice hockey player (born 1941)^[22]
• 29 July – Hans Bangerter, football administrator (born 1924)^[23]
• 5 August – Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947)^[24]
• 13 August – Antoine Poncet, sculptor (born 1928)^[25]
• 21 August – Oliver Frey, visual artist (born 1948)^[26]
• 22 August – Fredy Studer, drummer (born 1948)^[27]
• 28 August – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1943)^[28]
• 5 September – Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947)^[29]
• 5 September – Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger, jurist (born 1933)
• 9 September – Pierre Muller, politician (born 1952)^[30]
• 11 September – Alain Tanner, film director (born 1929)^[31]
• 13 September – Jean-Luc Godard, film director (Breathless, Bande à part, Pierrot le Fou), screenwriter and critic (born 1930)^[32]
• 16 September – Heinz Allenspach, Swiss politician, MP (born 1928)^[33]
• 17 September – Mathias Feldges, politician, member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (born 1937)
• 18 September – Nicolas Schindelholz, footballer (born 1988)^[34]
• 3 October – Simon Hallenbarter, Olympic biathlete (born 1979)^[35]
• 15 December – Renée Colliard, alpine skier (born 1933)^[36]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning". Giorgia . Del Don . Cineuropa . 6 July 2022 . 10 August 2022.
2. Web site: 2022-01-10 . Laurence Boissier s'est tue . 2022-04-13 . Le Courrier . fr-FR.
3. Web site: 2022-01-25 . Le photographe René Robert, mort dans l'indifférence en pleine rue . 2022-04-13 . LEFIGARO . fr.
4. Web site: Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron . 2022-04-13 . Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron . fr.
5. Web site: Todesanzeigenportal.ch . 2022-04-13 . www.todesanzeigenportal.ch.
6. Web site: 2022-02-02 . Gérald Ducimetière, une place à part dans l'espace public . 2022-04-13 . Le Courrier . fr-FR.
7. Web site: Nachruf auf J. Alexander Baumann – Der «Shampoo-König» ist nicht mehr . 2022-04-13 . Der Bund . 4 February 2022 . de.
8. Web site: Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l'âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s'est envolée . 2022-04-13 . Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l’âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s’est envolée . fr.
9. Web site: Traueranzeigen von Emanuel Hurwitz www.sich-erinnern.ch . 2022-04-13 . www.sich-erinnern.ch . de-DE.
10. Web site: svizzera . RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione . Addio a Alice Moretti . 2022-04-13 . rsi . 6 February 2022 . it.
11. Web site: Todesanzeigenportal.ch . 2022-04-13 . www.todesanzeigenportal.ch.
12. Web site: L'avocat genevois Dominique Warluzel est décédé à 64 ans Illustré . 2022-04-13 . Illustre . fr-CH.
13. Web site: 2022-03-20 . L'écrivain et metteur en scène genevois Pierre Naftule est décédé . 2022-04-13 . Le Courrier . fr-FR.
14. Web site: SDA . Alt Nationalrat Valentin Oehen verstorben . 2022-09-06 . Nau . de.
15. Web site: Hans Frauenfelder . 2022-09-06 . The News-Gazette . en.
16. Web site: Adieu Marcel Rémy . 2022-09-06 . PlanetMountain.com . en.
17. Web site: 2022-07-13 . Ehemaliger Bischof Fürer gestorben . 2022-09-06 . Blick . de-CH.
18. Web site: 2022-07-17 . Morta a 92 anni la scrittrice e artista Erica Pedretti . 2022-09-06 . Corriere del Ticino . it-IT.
19. Web site: 2022-07-15 . La galeriste lausannoise Alice Pauli est décédée à l'âge de 100 ans . 2022-09-06 . rts.ch . fr.
20. News: 2022-07-21 . Judith Stamm, une ancienne présidente du Conseil national, est décédée . fr . Le Temps . 2022-09-06 . 1423-3967.
21. Web site: 2022-07-22 . Emilie Benes Brzezinski is dead. Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski's wife was 90 years old . 2022-09-06 . Polish News . en-GB.
22. Web site: 2022-07-27 . Visper Meisterschütze gestorben . 2022-09-06 . Blick . de-CH.
23. Web site: UEFA.com . 2022-08-02 . UEFA mourns former General Secretary Hans Bangerter Inside UEFA . 2022-09-06 . UEFA.com . en.
24. Web site: 2022-09-06 . Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben . 2022-09-06 . Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) . de.
25. News: 2022-08-17 . Le sculpteur Antoine Poncet est mort . fr . Le Monde.fr . 2022-09-06.
26. Web site: Brew . Simon . 2022-08-22 . Oliver Frey dies, aged 74 . 2022-09-06 . Film Stories . en.
27. Web site: Le batteur lucernois Fredy Studer est décédé subitement . 2022-09-06 . SWI swissinfo.ch . 22 August 2022 . fr.
28. Web site: 2022-08-29 . Österreichs Kirche trauert um früheren Nuntius Zurbriggen . 2022-09-06 . kurier.at . de.
29. Web site: 2022-09-06 . Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben . 2022-09-06 . Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) . de.
30. Web site: Télévision . www lemanbleu ch, Léman Bleu . L'ancien maire de Genève, Pierre Muller, est décédé . 2022-09-12 . www.lemanbleu.ch . fr-CH.
31. Web site: 2022-09-11 . È morto il regista svizzero Alain Tanner . 2022-09-12 . Corriere del Ticino . it-IT.
32. Web site: LIBERATION . Jean-Luc Godard a eu recours au suicide assisté: «Il n'était pas malade, il était simplement épuisé» . 2022-10-12 . Libération . fr.
33. Web site: Traueranzeigen von Heinz Allenspach-Wegelin zo-trauer.ch . 2022-10-12 . www.zo-trauer.ch . de-DE.
34. Web site: Sport . Nau . FC Aarau: Nicolas Schindelholz (†34) nach Krebserkrankung verstorben . 2022-09-19 . Nau . de.
35. Web site: 2022-10-06 . Biathlon - A soli 43 muore l'ex biatleta Simon Hallenbarter . 2022-10-12 . Fondo Italia . it-IT.
36. Web site: Olympedia – Renée Colliard . www.olympedia.org . 7 February 2024.