1944 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1944 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Walther Stampfli (president)
 * Eduard von Steiger
 * Karl Kobelt
 * Philipp Etter
 * Enrico Celio
 * Ernst Nobs
 * Marcel Pilet-Golaz (until December), then Max Petitpierre

Events

 * 1 April – Schaffhausen is accidentally bombed by the United States causing serious damage to the city and killing or wounding more than 100 people.

Births

 * 6 January – Rolf M. Zinkernagel, immunologist
 * 20 May – Sepp Benz, bobsledder (died 2021)
 * 2 September – Claude Nicollier, astronaut

Deaths

 * 22 April – Edmund Schulthess, politician (born 1868)