Events in the year 2019 in Switzerland.
Incumbents President of the Swiss Confederation: Ueli Maurer President of the National Council: Marina Carobbio Guscetti President of the Swiss Council of States: Jean-René Fournier
Events 22 September — A 'funeral' and mourning ceremony was held for the Pizol glacier which has disappeared due to rising temperatures. 20 October – Scheduled date for the 2019 Swiss federal election 25 November – present 2019 Sri Lankan Swiss embassy controversy.
Sports 1 January – Stage 3 of 2018–19 Tour de Ski was held in Val Müstair
19 to 25 August – Scheduled date for the 2019 BWF World Championships, to be held in Basel 7 to 15 December – Scheduled date for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships, to be held in Neuchâtel
Deaths
1 January – , photographer (born 1940) 3 January – Jean Revillard, photojournalist (born 1967) 4 January – , musician (born 1959). 5 January – , historian (born 1928) 10 January – , politician (born 1928) 18 January – , literary scholar (born 1931) 29 January – Otto Schubiger, ice hockey player (born 1925)Nachruf Auf Otto Schubiger 15 February – Bruno Ganz, actor (Wings of Desire, Downfall, The Manchurian Candidate) (born 1941) 20 February – Claude Goretta, television producer and film director (born 1929) 14 March – Kurt Armbruster, footballer (born 1934) 18 April – Ivo Frosio, footballer (born 1930) 20 April – Karl Grob, footballer (born 1946)Karl Grob mit 72 Jahren verstorben 7 June – Max Bösiger, boxer (born 1933) 1 August – Annemarie Huber-Hotz, politician (born 1948) 15 September – Eva Haldimann, literary critic and translator (born 1927) 2 November – Marie Laforêt, singer and actress (born 1939)
References