2023 in Switzerland
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The following events occurred in Switzerland in the year 2023.
Events
- 5 February: Avalanches kill eight tourists in the Alps.[1]
- 19 March: Acquisition of Credit Suisse by UBS: UBS Group AG, supported by the Swiss government, reaches a deal to merge with Credit Suisse as the latter faces imminent insolvency.[2]
- 31 March: More than a dozen people are injured in separate incidents after two trains derail during a storm.[3]
- 12 June: The Swiss Federal Administration reports a distributed denial of service attack on some of its websites.[4]
- 16 June: The village of Brienz/Brinzauls in Grisons, is narrowly missed by an overnight 2 million m3 (71 million cu ft) rockslide. The village of 128 residents had been evacuated in May after scientists predicted the imminent rockslide.[5]
- 17 June: Seven people are injured after a hot air balloon catches fire in Zug.[6]
- 11 August: The Gotthard Base Tunnel is closed for at least six days after a freight train derails in the tunnel.[7]
- 22 October: 2023 Swiss federal election: Voters in Switzerland elect the members of the country's Federal Assembly.[8]
- 29 October: The National Council of Switzerland votes 151–29 to approve a ban on full-face coverings, such as burqas worn by Muslim women. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs.[9]
- 11 December: Two people are killed and another person is wounded in a shooting in Sion. Swiss police says the suspect is in custody.[10]
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 –
- Martin Laciga, 48, Olympic beach volleyball player (2000, 2004)[52]
- Nicolas Gessner, 92, theatre and film director and screen writer.[53]
- 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 –
- Michel Dovaz, 95, wine critic (Guide Hachette des Vins) and food writer[64]
- Jean-Pierre Moulin, 101, journalist (Le Matin), writer and author[65]
- 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]
References
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- ↑ "UK banking system 'safe' after Credit Suisse rescue". BBC News. 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ↑ "Several injured as 2 Swiss regional trains derail in storm". AP NEWS. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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- ↑ "Massive Swiss rockfall stops short of evacuated village of Brienz". BBC News. 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "7 injured when hot air balloon catches fire during takeoff in Switzerland". AP NEWS. 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Week geen treinverkeer Gotthardtunnel door ontspoorde vrachttrein". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
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- ↑ "Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, and sets fine for violators". AP News. 2023-09-20. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ↑ "Suspect arrested after 2 people were killed in a shooting in the southern Swiss town of Sion". AP News. 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ↑ "Locarno Film Festival to Introduce Gender-Neutral Acting Awards". 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ↑ "Event information: World Orienteering Championships 2023". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ↑ Redaktion (2020-11-15). "The sport climbing world championship 2023 will take place in Switzerland". LACRUX Klettermagazin. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ↑ "Nachruf Anton Schnider | FC Basel - Die offizielle Website". www.fcb.ch (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
- ↑ "Todesanzeigen von Walter Intemann | Todesanzeigen Vorarlberger Nachrichten". todesanzeigen.vn.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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- ↑ "5 enduring management ideas from MIT Sloan's Edgar Schein | MIT Sloan". mitsloan.mit.edu. 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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- ↑ Keystone-SDA (2 February 2023). "Donald Hess: Todesanzeige informiert über Tod". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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