1937 in Switzerland

1937 in Switzerland

Years

1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939

See also: Swiss freemasonry referendum, 1937

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Giuseppe Motta
  • Hermann Obrecht
  • Philipp Etter
  • Johannes Baumann (President)
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • Albert Meyer
  • Rudolf Minger

Tournaments

• 1936-37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano
• 1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola
• 1937-38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich

Events by Month

September

• Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War

Other

• Kleine Scheidegg, a Swiss drama, is published
• An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss
• Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded

Births

• Attilio Moresi, a cyclist
• Sandro del Prete, a painter
• February 24-Art Furrer, a restaurateur
• March 9-Niele Toroni, a painter
• May 18-Peter Bolliger, a rower
• May 21-Hansjörg Hirschbühl, a bobsleigher
• June 2-Pierre Favre, a musician
• June 30-Fritz Egli, a motorcycle racer
• July 6-Joseph Payne, a musician
• July 12-Fritz Kehl, a Swiss football (association football) defender
• December 21-Hansruedi Führer, a football (association football) defender

Deaths

• April 7-Hans Steffen, a German geographer who died in Switzerland
• May 9-Walter Mittelholzer, a pilot, photographer, and travel writer