1929 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1929 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Giuseppe Motta
 * Edmund Schulthess
 * Jean-Marie Musy
 * Heinrich Häberlin
 * Marcel Pilet-Golaz
 * Robert Haab (President) then Albert Meyer
 * Karl Scheurer then Rudolf Minger

Events

 * July 27
 * Geneva Convention (1929), also known as "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929", is signed
 * Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1929) is signed
 * The 1929 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos.
 * 1928–29 Swiss Serie A
 * 1929 UCI Road World Championships took place in Zurich
 * 1929–30 Swiss Serie A
 * Zürich Zoologischer Garten is established
 * St. Moritz Ski School is founded by Giovanni Testa, and is the first official ski school in Switzerland

Births

 * March 25 – Marcel Mauron, footballer (died 2022)
 * April 5 – Josef Schraner, cyclist
 * May 22 – André Haefliger, mathematician (died 2023)
 * 3 June – Werner Arber, microbiologist and geneticist
 * June 20 – Marcel Flückiger, footballer (died 2010)
 * July 28 – Werner Vetterli, modern pentathlete (died 2008)
 * August 29 – Fausto Lurati, cyclist (died 2015)
 * September 16 – Hans Pfenninger, cyclist (died 2009)
 * September 19 – Luigi Taveri, motorcycle racer (died 2018)
 * October 11 – Liselotte Pulver, actress
 * October 25 – Charles Ribordy, fencer (died 2000)
 * October 29 – Ida Schöpfer, skier (died 2014)
 * December 6 – Alain Tanner, film director (died 2022)
 * Marcel Roethlisberger, art historian (died 2020)
 * Paolo Vollmeier, philatelist (died 2017)

Deaths

 * January 9 – Jacques-Louis Reverdin, surgeon (born 1842)
 * April 7 – Paul Sarasin, naturalist (born 1856)
 * September 14 – John Maria Gatti, theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman (born 1872)
 * November 14 – Karl Scheurer, politician (born 1872)
 * Meta von Salis, feminist (born 1855)