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Switzerland-related events during 2023
The following events occurred in
Switzerland in the year 2023.
Incumbents
Events
Arts and entertainment
76th Locarno Film Festival August 2 – 12
[11]
Sports
Deaths
4 January –
Anton Schnider , 86, footballer (
BSC Young Boys ,
FC Grenchen ,
national team )
[14]
7 January –
Walter Intemann , 78, Swiss-born Austrian businessman and politician
[15]
9 January –
K. Alex Müller , 95, physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (1987)
[16]
16 January –
Mousse Boulanger , 96, writer and journalist
[17]
26 January –
Edgar Schein , 94, Swiss-born American business theorist and psychologist
[18]
28 January –
Max Huwyler , 91, Swiss writer
[19]
30 January –
Donald M. Hess , 86, winemaker and art collector
[20]
2 February –
Peter Facklam , 92, politician, member of the
Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (1980–1992)
[21]
15 February –
Gilbert Rist , 84, educator
[22]
23 February –
François Couchepin , 88, lawyer and politician,
chancellor (1991–1999)
[23]
7 March –
André Haefliger , 93, mathematician (
Haefliger structure )
[24]
8 March –
Roland Hürzeler , 77, Olympic gymnast (
1968 )
[25]
23 March –
Peter Marti , 70, footballer (
Zürich ,
Basel ,
national team )
[26]
24 March –
Marcel Blanc , 88, politician,
Vaud state councillor (1978–1991)
[27]
28 March –
Theodor Otto Diener , 102, Swiss-American plant pathologist, discoverer of
viroids
7 April –
Elisabeth Kopp , 86, politician,
member of the Swiss Federal Council and
minister of justice and police (1984–1989)
[28]
9 April –
Roberto Frigerio , 84, footballer (
Basel ,
Bellinzona ,
national team )
[29]
13 April –
Eberhard W. Kornfeld , 99, auctioneer, author, and art dealer
[30]
25 April –
Hanna Johansen , 83, German-born Swiss writer (
7×7 Tales of a Sevensleeper )
[31]
26 April –
Maja Hug , 95, Olympic figure skater.
[32]
2 May –
Heidy Forster , 92, Swiss-German actress (
Hinter den sieben Gleisen ,
The Roaring Fifties ,
The Foster Boy )
[33]
7 May –
Peter Zeindler , 89, journalist, writer, and playwright
[34]
22 May –
Michael E. Dreher , 79, politician,
MP (1987–1999)
[35]
24 May –
Tina Turner , 83, American-born singer ("
River Deep – Mountain High ", "
What's Love Got to Do with It ") and actress (
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ), 8-time
Grammy winner.
[36]
31 May –
Kurt Widmer , 82, baritone and voice teacher (
City of Basel Music Academy )
[37]
6 June –
Peter Henrici , 95, Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher, auxiliary bishop of
Chur (1993–2007)
10 June –
Hans Mössmer , 91, Olympic ice hockey player.
[38]
11 June –
Jean Wicki , 89, bobsledder, Olympic champion (
1972 )
[39]
13 June –
Philippe Borer , 68, violinist
[40]
16 June –
Gino Mäder , 26, Olympic road cyclist (
2020 )
[41]
27 June –
Peter Bieri , 79, writer and philosopher
[42]
10 July –
Christine Hug , 41–42, lieutenant colonel
14 July –
Albert Eschenmoser , 97, organic chemist (
Eschenmoser's salt ,
Eschenmoser fragmentation ,
Eschenmoser sulfide contraction )
[43]
19 July –
Silvana Lattmann , 104, Italian-Swiss poet and author
[44]
20 July –
Arnaud Bédat , 58, journalist (
L'Illustré ) and author
[45]
1 August –
Alfred Roch , 98, Olympic cross-country skier.
[46]
2 August –
Laurence Deonna , 86, journalist
[47]
4 August –
Andreas Däscher , 96, four-time Olympic ski jumper
[48]
9 August –
Dionys Baeriswyl , 79, theoretical physicist
[49]
15 August –
Ursula Cantieni , 75, Swiss-German actress (
Die Fallers – Die SWR Schwarzwaldserie )
[50]
19 August –
Hans Rudolf Gysin , 82, politician, member of the
National Council (1987–2011)
[51]
22 August –
12 September –
Kurt Raaflaub , 82, academic and historian
[54]
9 October –
Simone Chapuis-Bischof , 92, women's rights activist
[55]
10 October –
Willy Pfund , 84, politician, member of the
National Council (1983–1987).
11 October –
Rainer Gut , 91, bank manager, chairman of
Credit Suisse (1983–2000).
[56]
5 November –
Susi Eppenberger , 92, politician,
MP (1979–1991).
[57]
7 November –
Werner Carobbio , 86, politician, member of the
National Council (1975–1999).
[58]
15 November –
Anna Felder , 85, writer
[59]
21 November –
Georges Perroud , 82, footballer (
Sion ,
Servette ,
national team ).
[60]
22 November –
François Musy , 68, Swiss-born French sound engineer (
First Name: Carmen ,
Marguerite ,
Lost Illusions ).
[61]
1 December –
Heinz Gstrein , 81, Austrian-Swiss Oriental Orthodox theologian, foreign correspondent, and lecturer (
University of Vienna ).
[62]
3 December –
Léonard Gianadda , 88, journalist (
TSR ), engineer, and philanthropist
[63]
8 December –
9 December –
Walter Leiser , 92, rower, Olympic silver medalist (
1952 )
[66]
10 December –
Mark Villiger , 73, judge, justice of the
European Court of Human Rights (2006–2015).
[67]
20 December –
Gaston Häni , 72, Swiss clown
[68]
26 December –
Lesley McNaught-Mändli , 59, British-born Swiss show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (
2000 ).
[69]
28 December –
Dick Marty , 78, politician, member of the
Council of States (1995–2011).
[70]
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