1936 in Switzerland

See also: Switzerland at the 1936 Summer Olympics and Switzerland at the 1936 Winter Olympics

← 1935 1934 1933 1936 in Switzerland → 1937 1938 1939
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1936 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Tournaments

• 1935–36 Nationalliga
• 1936 Swiss Grand Prix
• 1936 UCI Road World Championships
• 1936-37 Nationalliga

Establishments

• RSI Rete Uno, (Network One), a primary radio channel
• August-World Jewish Congress

Other

• The Postman from Longjumeau, an Austrian-Swiss comedy, is released

Births

• Ingeborg Lüscher, a German-Swiss painter
• January 7-Claudio Polledri, a fencer
• January 26-Helmut Förnbacher, an actor, film director and screenwriter
• March 19-Ursula Andress, an actor best known for her role as Honey Ryder in Dr. No
• May 25-Ely Tacchella, a footballer (association football) (d. 2017)
• June 21-Janos Mohoss, a fencer
• July 19-Dieter Keller, a chess master
• November 18-Heinz Bäni, a football (association football) midfielder (d. 2014)
• October 7-Charles Dutoit, a conductor
• November 17-Frédy Girardet, a chef
• December 24-Léo Eichmann, a football (association football) goalkeeper

Deaths

• May 6-Hans Jelmoli, a composer and pianist