1933 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1933 in Switzerland.

← 1932 1931 1930 1933 in Switzerland → 1934 1935 1936
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Giuseppe Motta
  • Edmund Schulthess (President)
  • Jean-Marie Musy
  • Heinrich Häberlin
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • Albert Meyer
  • Rudolf Minger

Events

• Berne Trial is in progress until 1935
• 1932–33 Nationalliga
• 1933–34 Nationalliga
• Schurter is established (incorporated 1949)
• Giro del Mendrisiotto, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Tour de Suisse, a Swiss bike race, is founded
• Integra-Signum, a Swiss train protection system, is established

Births

January

• January 6 – Emil Steinberger, comedian, director and writer
• January 28 – Fred Mayer, photographer

February

• February 27 – Livio Vacchini, architect (died 2007)

March

• March 14 – René Felber, politician (died 2020)
• March 27 – Oskar von Büren, cyclist

June

• June 6 – Heinrich Rohrer, physicist (died 2013)
• June 11 – Harald Szeemann, curator and art historian (died 2005)
• June 12 – Elisabeth Nagele, luger
• June 18 – Heinrich von Stietencron, German indologist (died 2018 in Germany)
• June 22 – André Grobéty, association footballer
• June 22 – Peter Brogle, actor (died 2006)

July

• July 13 – Henri Lauener, philosopher (died 2002)
• July 25 – Elwyn Friedrich, ice hockey player (died 2012)

August

• August 14 – Richard R. Ernst, physical chemist and Nobel Laureate (died 2021)
• August 29 – Arnold Koller, politician

September

• September 8 – Marcel Vonlanthen, association football forward

October

• October 25 – René Brodmann, association football defender

December

• December 18 – Rene Haller, naturalist
• December 24 – Renée Colliard, alpine skier (died 2022)

Deaths

• April 28 – Hermann Sahli, internist (born 1856)
• Victor Sterki, malacologist (born 1846)