1934 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1934 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Giuseppe Motta
 * Edmund Schulthess
 * Jean-Marie Musy then Philipp Etter
 * Heinrich Häberlin then Johannes Baumann
 * Marcel Pilet-Golaz (President)
 * Albert Meyer
 * Rudolf Minger

Events

 * July 14–July 29 – Zürich 1934 chess tournament took place
 * August 26 – 1934 Swiss Grand Prix takes place in Switzerland
 * 1933–34 Nationalliga
 * FIBT World Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland
 * FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934 took place in Switzerland
 * 1934-35 Nationalliga
 * SC Buochs
 * The Berne Trial is in progress, until 1935
 * The Swiss Banking Act of 1934 majorly affects bank secrecy

Literature

 * Via Mala is published

Births

 * February 11 – Hans Bässler, fencer
 * February 14 – Michel Corboz, conductor
 * February 15 – Niklaus Wirth, computer scientist
 * February 18 – Peter Zeindler, journalist, novelist and playwright.
 * February 21 – Andreas Blum, journalist, actor (d. January 26, 2024)
 * June 30 – Ursula Bagdasarjanz, violinist
 * August 13 – Karl Elsener, football goalkeeper (d. July 27, 2010)
 * October 19 – Ernst Hürlimann, rower
 * November 19 – Paul Glass, American-Swiss composer
 * Kurt Müller, sports shooter

Deaths

 * August 26 – Hugh Hamilton, British racing driver, killed at the Swiss Grand Prix (born 1905 in Ireland)
 * César Roux, surgeon (born 1857)