2022 in Switzerland

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Events in the year 2022 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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]

References

^ Del Don, Giorgia (6 July 2022). "The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning"". Cineuropa. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Laurence Boissier s'est tue". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Le photographe René Robert, mort dans l'indifférence en pleine rue". LEFIGARO (in French). 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron". ArcInfo (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Gérald Ducimetière, une place à part dans l'espace public". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Nachruf auf J. Alexander Baumann – Der «Shampoo-König» ist nicht mehr". Der Bund (in German). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l'âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s'est envolée". Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l’âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s’est envolée (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "Traueranzeigen von Emanuel Hurwitz | www.sich-erinnern.ch". www.sich-erinnern.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ svizzera, RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione (6 February 2022). "Addio a Alice Moretti". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "L'avocat genevois Dominique Warluzel est décédé à 64 ans | Illustré". Illustre (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ "L'écrivain et metteur en scène genevois Pierre Naftule est décédé". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
^ SDA. "Alt Nationalrat Valentin Oehen verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Hans Frauenfelder". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Adieu Marcel Rémy". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Ehemaliger Bischof Fürer gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Morta a 92 anni la scrittrice e artista Erica Pedretti". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "La galeriste lausannoise Alice Pauli est décédée à l'âge de 100 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Judith Stamm, une ancienne présidente du Conseil national, est décédée". Le Temps (in French). 2022-07-21. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Emilie Benes Brzezinski is dead. Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski's wife was 90 years old". Polish News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Visper Meisterschütze gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ UEFA.com (2022-08-02). "UEFA mourns former General Secretary Hans Bangerter | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Le sculpteur Antoine Poncet est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ Brew, Simon (2022-08-22). "Oliver Frey dies, aged 74". Film Stories. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Le batteur lucernois Fredy Studer est décédé subitement". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Österreichs Kirche trauert um früheren Nuntius Zurbriggen". kurier.at (in German). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
^ Télévision, www lemanbleu ch, Léman Bleu. "L'ancien maire de Genève, Pierre Muller, est décédé". www.lemanbleu.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "È morto il regista svizzero Alain Tanner". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
^ LIBERATION. "Jean-Luc Godard a eu recours au suicide assisté: «Il n'était pas malade, il était simplement épuisé»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
^ "Traueranzeigen von Heinz Allenspach-Wegelin | zo-trauer.ch". www.zo-trauer.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
^ Sport, Nau. "FC Aarau: Nicolas Schindelholz (†34) nach Krebserkrankung verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
^ "Biathlon - A soli 43 muore l'ex biatleta Simon Hallenbarter". Fondo Italia (in Italian). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
^ "Olympedia – Renée Colliard". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[1] Del Don, Giorgia (6 July 2022). "The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning"". Cineuropa. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[2] "Laurence Boissier s'est tue". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[3] "Le photographe René Robert, mort dans l'indifférence en pleine rue". LEFIGARO (in French). 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[4] "Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron". ArcInfo (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[5] "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[6] "Gérald Ducimetière, une place à part dans l'espace public". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[7] "Nachruf auf J. Alexander Baumann – Der «Shampoo-König» ist nicht mehr". Der Bund (in German). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[8] "Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l'âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s'est envolée". Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l’âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s’est envolée (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[9] "Traueranzeigen von Emanuel Hurwitz | www.sich-erinnern.ch". www.sich-erinnern.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[10] svizzera, RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione (6 February 2022). "Addio a Alice Moretti". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[11] "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[12] "L'avocat genevois Dominique Warluzel est décédé à 64 ans | Illustré". Illustre (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[13] "L'écrivain et metteur en scène genevois Pierre Naftule est décédé". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-04-13.

[14] SDA. "Alt Nationalrat Valentin Oehen verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[15] "Hans Frauenfelder". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[16] "Adieu Marcel Rémy". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[17] "Ehemaliger Bischof Fürer gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[18] "Morta a 92 anni la scrittrice e artista Erica Pedretti". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[19] "La galeriste lausannoise Alice Pauli est décédée à l'âge de 100 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[20] "Judith Stamm, une ancienne présidente du Conseil national, est décédée". Le Temps (in French). 2022-07-21. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[21] "Emilie Benes Brzezinski is dead. Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski's wife was 90 years old". Polish News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[22] "Visper Meisterschütze gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[23] UEFA.com (2022-08-02). "UEFA mourns former General Secretary Hans Bangerter | Inside UEFA". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[24] "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[25] "Le sculpteur Antoine Poncet est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[26] Brew, Simon (2022-08-22). "Oliver Frey dies, aged 74". Film Stories. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[27] "Le batteur lucernois Fredy Studer est décédé subitement". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[28] "Österreichs Kirche trauert um früheren Nuntius Zurbriggen". kurier.at (in German). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[29] "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.

[30] Télévision, www lemanbleu ch, Léman Bleu. "L'ancien maire de Genève, Pierre Muller, est décédé". www.lemanbleu.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[31] "È morto il regista svizzero Alain Tanner". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-12.

[32] LIBERATION. "Jean-Luc Godard a eu recours au suicide assisté: «Il n'était pas malade, il était simplement épuisé»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-12.

[33] "Traueranzeigen von Heinz Allenspach-Wegelin | zo-trauer.ch". www.zo-trauer.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-12.

[34] Sport, Nau. "FC Aarau: Nicolas Schindelholz (†34) nach Krebserkrankung verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-19.

[35] "Biathlon - A soli 43 muore l'ex biatleta Simon Hallenbarter". Fondo Italia (in Italian). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-12.

[36] "Olympedia – Renée Colliard". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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