1937 in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1937 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 1936–37 Nationalliga, won by FC Lugano
 * 1937 Swiss Grand Prix, won by Rudolf Caracciola
 * 1937–38 Nationalliga, won by Grasshopper Club Zürich
 * Nyon Conference, which addresses attacks on shipping in the Spanish Civil War
 * Allianz, a group of Swiss artists, is founded
 * 1937 Swiss freemasonry referendum

Literature

 * An Answer from the Silence, a novel by Max Frisch, is published in Swiss

Births

 * 3 February – Billy Meier, prophet
 * 9 March – Niele Toroni, painter
 * 18 May – Peter Bolliger, rower
 * 21 May – Hansjörg Hirschbühl, bobsleigher
 * 2 June – Pierre Favre, musician
 * 30 June – Fritz Egli, motorcycle racer
 * 6 July – Joseph Payne, musician
 * 12 July – Fritz Kehl, association footballer
 * 21 December – Hansruedi Führer, association footballer
 * Attilio Moresi, cyclist
 * Sandro del Prete, painter

Deaths

 * 7 April – Hans Steffen, German geographer (born 1936 in Germany)
 * 9 May – Walter Mittelholzer, pilot, photographer, and travel writer (born 1894)
 * 2 September – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and founder of the International Olympic Committee (born 1863 in France)