Events during the year 1940 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Marcel Pilet-Golaz (president) Philipp Etter Giuseppe Motta (until January) Johannes Baumann (until December) Hermann Obrecht (until July) Ernst Wetter Rudolf Minger (until December) Enrico Celio (from February) Walther Stampfli (from July) Karl Kobelt (from December) Eduard von Steiger (from December)
Births 9 January – Ruth Dreifuss, politician 11 October – Christoph Blocher, politician 27 December – Willi Hofmann, bobsledder
Deaths 23 January – Giuseppe Motta, politician (born 1871) 29 June – Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist (born 1879) 21 August – Hermann Obrecht, politician (born 1882)
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