2017 in Switzerland
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Events in the year 2017 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
[edit]- President of the Swiss Confederation: Doris Leuthard
- President of the National Council: Jürg Stahl
- President of the Swiss Council of States: Ivo Bischofberger
Events
[edit]Referendums
[edit]- Referendums were held on 12 February, 21 May and 24 September 2017.[1]
Sport
[edit]- 2016–17 Swiss Handball League
- 2017 Geneva Open
- 2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season
- 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship
- 2017 Yellow Cup
- 2016–17 Championnat LNA season
- 2016–17 Championnat LNA season
- 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League
- The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
- 2017 European Curling Championships
- 2017 European Masters (curling)
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017
- 2017 Katusha–Alpecin season
- 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad
- 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
- 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour – Lausanne Masters
- 2017 Montreux Volley Masters
- 2017 Montreux Volley Masters squads
- 2017 Swiss Indoors
- 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
- 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad
- Switzerland at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
- Switzerland at the 2017 World Games
- 2017 Tour de Romandie
- 2016–17 Tour de Ski
- 2017–18 Tour de Ski
- 2017 Tour de Suisse
- Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
Pop Culture
[edit]Other
[edit]- A landslide hit the town of Bondo, killing 8 people.
Deaths
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- 1 January – Karl Gerstner, typographer (b. 1930)[2]
- 8 January – Dominique Appia, painter (b. 1926)[3]
- 13 January – Gilberto Agustoni, prelate (b. 1922)[4]
- 17 January – Daniel Vischer, politician (b. 1950)[5]
- 18 January – Samuel Widmer, physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1948)[6]
- 30 April – Ueli Steck, rock climber (b. 1976)
References
[edit]- ^ Daten der nächsten eidgenössischen Volksabstimmungen Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Die Schweizer Behörden
- ^ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "L'artiste Dominique Appia peignait une Genève rêvée". tdg.ch (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ "Décès du cardinal Gilberto Agustoni". Conférence des Évêques Suisse (in French). 14 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Bernet, Walter (19 January 2017). "Ein Linker, der in keine Schublade passt" (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Oliver, Menge. ""Kirschblüten"-Guru Samuel Widmer gestorben". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
