2017 in Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland ← 2016 2015 2014 2017 in Switzerland → 2018 2019 2020 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland Events in the year 2017 in Switzerland. President of the Swiss Confederation: Doris Leuthard President of the National Council: Jürg Stahl President of the Swiss Council of States: Ivo Bischofberger Events Referendums Referendums were held on 12 February, 21 May and 24 September 2017.[1] Sport 2016–17 Swiss Handball League 2017 Geneva Open 2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship 2017 Yellow Cup 2016–17 Championnat LNA season 2016–17 Championnat LNA season 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 2017 European Curling Championships 2017 European Masters (curling) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 2017 Katusha–Alpecin season 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour – Lausanne Masters 2017 Montreux Volley Masters 2017 Montreux Volley Masters squads 2017 Swiss Indoors 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad Switzerland at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships Switzerland at the 2017 World Games 2017 Tour de Romandie 2016–17 Tour de Ski 2017–18 Tour de Ski 2017 Tour de Suisse Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Pop Culture Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Other A landslide hit the town of Bondo, killing 8 people. Deaths Gilberto Agustoni Daniel Vischer 1 January – Karl Gerstner, typographer (b. 1930)[2] 8 January – Dominique Appia, painter (b. 1926)[3] 13 January – Gilberto Agustoni, prelate (b. 1922)[4] 17 January – Daniel Vischer, politician (b. 1950)[5] 18 January – Samuel Widmer, physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1948)[6] 30 April – Ueli Steck, rock climber (b. 1976) References ↑ Daten der nächsten eidgenössischen Volksabstimmungen Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Die Schweizer Behörden ↑ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017. ↑ "L'artiste Dominique Appia peignait une Genève rêvée". tdg.ch (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017. ↑ "Décès du cardinal Gilberto Agustoni". Conférence des Évêques Suisse (in French). 14 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017. ↑ Bernet, Walter (19 January 2017). "Ein Linker, der in keine Schublade passt" (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2017. ↑ Oliver, Menge. ""Kirschblüten"-Guru Samuel Widmer gestorben". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017. vte Years in Switzerland (1848–present) Pre-1848 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 vte2017 in EuropeSovereign states Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City States with limitedrecognition Abkhazia Artsakh Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Related Articles