1942 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1942 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Philipp Etter (president)
 * Marcel Pilet-Golaz
 * Ernst Wetter
 * Karl Kobelt
 * Enrico Celio
 * Walther Stampfli
 * Eduard von Steiger

Births

 * 12 January – Michel Mayor, astrophysicist
 * 5 April – Pascal Couchepin, politician
 * 8 June – Jacques Dubochet, biophysicist
 * 18 July – Adolf Ogi, politician
 * 10 November – Hans-Rudolf Merz, politician

Deaths

 * 15 May – Annemarie Schwarzenbach, author and photographer (born 1908)
 * 9 November – Ernest Chuard, politician (born 1857)