2023 in Switzerland
Switzerland-related events during 2023
Events in the year 2023 in Switzerland .
Incumbents
Events
Arts and entertainment
76th Locarno Film Festival August 2 – 12[11]
Sports
Deaths
4 January – Anton Schnider , 86, footballer (BSC Young Boys , FC Grenchen , national team )[14]
7 January – Walter Intemann , 78, Swiss-born Austrian businessman and politician[15]
9 January – K. Alex Müller , 95, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1987)[16]
16 January – Mousse Boulanger , 96, writer and journalist[17]
26 January – Edgar Schein , 94, Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist[18]
28 January – Max Huwyler , 91, Swiss writer[19]
30 January – Donald M. Hess , 86, winemaker and art collector[20]
2 February – Peter Facklam , 92, politician, member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (1980–1992)[21]
15 February – Gilbert Rist , 84, educator[22]
23 February – François Couchepin , 88, lawyer and politician, chancellor (1991–1999)[23]
7 March – André Haefliger , 93, mathematician (Haefliger structure )[24]
8 March – Roland Hürzeler , 77, Olympic gymnast (1968 )[25]
23 March – Peter Marti , 70, footballer (Zürich , Basel , national team )[26]
24 March – Marcel Blanc , 88, politician, Vaud state councillor (1978–1991)[27]
28 March – Theodor Otto Diener , 102, Swiss-American plant pathologist, discoverer of viroids
7 April – Elisabeth Kopp , 86, politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council and minister of justice and police (1984–1989)[28]
9 April – Roberto Frigerio , 84, footballer (Basel , Bellinzona , national team )[29]
13 April – Eberhard W. Kornfeld , 99, auctioneer, author, and art dealer[30]
25 April – Hanna Johansen , 83, German-born Swiss writer (7×7 Tales of a Sevensleeper )[31]
26 April – Maja Hug , 95, Olympic figure skater.[32]
2 May – Heidy Forster , 92, Swiss-German actress (Hinter den sieben Gleisen , The Roaring Fifties , The Foster Boy )[33]
7 May – Peter Zeindler , 89, journalist, writer, and playwright[34]
22 May – Michael E. Dreher , 79, politician, MP (1987–1999)[35]
24 May – Tina Turner , 83, American-born singer ("River Deep – Mountain High ", "What's Love Got to Do with It ") and actress (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ), 8-time Grammy winner.[36]
31 May – Kurt Widmer , 82, baritone and voice teacher (City of Basel Music Academy )[37]
6 June – Peter Henrici , 95, Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, auxiliary bishop of Chur (1993–2007)
10 June – Hans Mössmer , 91, Olympic ice hockey player.[38]
11 June – Jean Wicki , 89, bobsledder, Olympic champion (1972 )[39]
13 June – Philippe Borer , 68, violinist[40]
16 June – Gino Mäder , 26, Olympic road cyclist (2020 )[41]
27 June – Peter Bieri , 79, writer and philosopher[42]
10 July – Christine Hug , 41–42, lieutenant colonel
14 July – Albert Eschenmoser , 97, organic chemist (Eschenmoser's salt , Eschenmoser fragmentation , Eschenmoser sulfide contraction )[43]
19 July – Silvana Lattmann , 104, Italian-Swiss poet and author[44]
20 July – Arnaud Bédat , 58, journalist (L'Illustré ) and author[45]
1 August – Alfred Roch , 98, Olympic cross-country skier.[46]
2 August – Laurence Deonna , 86, journalist[47]
4 August – Andreas Däscher , 96, four-time Olympic ski jumper[48]
9 August – Dionys Baeriswyl , 79, theoretical physicist[49]
15 August – Ursula Cantieni , 75, Swiss-German actress (Die Fallers – Die SWR Schwarzwaldserie )[50]
19 August – Hans Rudolf Gysin , 82, politician, member of the National Council (1987–2011)[51]
22 August –
12 September – Kurt Raaflaub , 82, academic and historian[54]
9 October – Simone Chapuis-Bischof , 92, women's rights activist[55]
10 October – Willy Pfund , 84, politician, member of the National Council (1983–1987).
11 October – Rainer Gut , 91, bank manager, chairman of Credit Suisse (1983–2000).[56]
5 November – Susi Eppenberger , 92, politician, MP (1979–1991).[57]
7 November – Werner Carobbio , 86, politician, member of the National Council (1975–1999).[58]
15 November – Anna Felder , 85, writer[59]
21 November – Georges Perroud , 82, footballer (Sion , Servette , national team ).[60]
22 November – François Musy , 68, Swiss-born French sound engineer (First Name: Carmen , Marguerite , Lost Illusions ).[61]
1 December – Heinz Gstrein , 81, Austrian-Swiss Oriental Orthodox theologian, foreign correspondent, and lecturer (University of Vienna ).[62]
3 December – Léonard Gianadda , 88, journalist (TSR ), engineer, and philanthropist[63]
8 December –
9 December – Walter Leiser , 92, rower, Olympic silver medalist (1952 )[66]
10 December – Mark Villiger , 73, judge, justice of the European Court of Human Rights (2006–2015).[67]
20 December – Gaston Häni, 72, Swiss clown[68]
26 December – Lesley McNaught-Mändli , 59, British-born Swiss show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (2000 ).[69]
28 December – Dick Marty , 78, politician, member of the Council of States (1995–2011).[70]
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