2011 in Switzerland

Events from 2011 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

 * Federal Council:
 * Doris Leuthard
 * Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
 * Ueli Maurer
 * Didier Burkhalter
 * Johann Schneider-Ammann
 * Simonetta Sommaruga
 * Micheline Calmy-Rey (President)

Events

 * 24–30 January – The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Bern.
 * May–June – 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak affects Switzerland
 * June 16 – Convention on Domestic Workers is signed in Geneva
 * July 2 – Swiss tourists are kidnapped in Balochistan
 * July 25–July 31 – 2011 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad was in play
 * August – August 2011 stock markets fall affects the Swiss Franc
 * August 17–August 21 – 2011 Basel Summer Ice Hockey was in play
 * October 31–November 6 – 2011 Swiss Indoors was in play
 * November 25–27 – 2011 International ZO Women's Tournament was in play
 * December 15–December 22 – Cyclone Joachim affected Switzerland
 * December 26–December 31 – 2011 Spengler Cup was in play
 * Anti-PowerPoint Party is established
 * Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d'Energie is established
 * Swiss Accident Investigation Board is established

Deaths

 * April 28 – Erhard Loretan, mountain climber (born 1959)
 * December 7 – Clemens Thoma, theologian (born 1932)