1973 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1973 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Roger Bonvin (president, until December)
 * Hans-Peter Tschudi (until December)
 * Nello Celio (until December)
 * Rudolf Gnägi
 * Pierre Graber
 * Ernst Brugger
 * Kurt Furgler
 * Georges-André Chevallaz (from December)
 * Hans Hürlimann (from December)
 * Willi Ritschard (from December)

Events

 * 10 April – A plane on route from Bristol, England to Basel crashes into a hillside while approaching the airport killing 108 out of the 145 people on board.
 * 23–24 June – The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships take place in Muotathal.

Births

 * 8 February – Ursula Wyss, politician and economist
 * 10 March – Ada Marra, politician
 * 26 April – Andres Gerber, footballer
 * 1 May – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
 * 2 September – Sibylle Matter, triathlete
 * Urs Fischer, artist
 * Sébastien Schneeberger, Swiss-born Canadian politician

Deaths

 * 6 July – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born 1885 in Germany)
 * 12 August – Walter Rudolf Hess, physicist (born 1881)