1940 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1940 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Marcel Pilet-Golaz (president)
 * Philipp Etter
 * Giuseppe Motta (until January)
 * Johannes Baumann (until December)
 * Hermann Obrecht (until July)
 * Ernst Wetter
 * Rudolf Minger (until December)
 * Enrico Celio (from February)
 * Walther Stampfli (from July)
 * Karl Kobelt (from December)
 * Eduard von Steiger (from December)

Births

 * 9 January – Ruth Dreifuss, politician
 * 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politician
 * 27 December – Willi Hofmann, bobsledder

Deaths

 * 23 January – Giuseppe Motta, politician (born 1871)
 * 29 June – Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist (born 1879)
 * 21 August – Hermann Obrecht, politician (born 1882)