Sikhism in Switzerland explained

Swiss Sikhs are a small religious minority in Switzerland. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four Gurdwaras. ^[1]

Migration

The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.^[2]

Gurdwaras

• Gurdwara Sahib, Langenthal. This gurdwara, first begun in 1996, was finished in 2006. It is the first Sikh shrine in Switzerland built in the traditional Sikh style
• Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sabha, Jean Antoine Gautier 11,1201 Geneva. http://www.sikhgurdwarageneva.ch/

Gurudwara Sikh Gemeinde Schweiz Däniken

• Gurdwara Sahib Zürich, Vorbuchenstrasse 13, 8303 Bassersdorf Switzerland

Notes and References

1. News: Chandrasekhar . Anand . How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland . SwissInfo . Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries..
2. http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html Gurdwaras in Switzerland