1938 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1938 in Switzerland.

Incumbents Federal Council: Johannes Baumann (president) Giuseppe Motta Hermann Obrecht Philipp Etter Marcel Pilet-Golaz Albert Meyer (until December), then Ernst Wetter Rudolf Minger

Events The 1938 European Figure Skating Championships take place in St. Moritz.

Births 11 February – Edith Mathis, operatic soprano (d. 2025)Soprano Edith Mathis 27 March – Hansjörg Schneider, novelistHansjörg Schneider 2 August – Yvonne Rüegg, alpine skier 4 October – Kurt Wüthrich, chemist

Deaths 13 May – Charles Édouard Guillaume, physicist (born 1861) 15 June – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (born 1880 in Germany)

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