Events in the year 2017 in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Incumbents

President of the Swiss Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council, the country's ...

Doris Leuthard Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss ...

* President of the National Council:

Jürg Stahl Jürg Stahl (born 16 January 1968, in Winterthur) is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party. He was a member of the National Council for the canton of Zürich from 1999 to 2019 and served as the President of the National Council from 201 ...

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: Ivo Bischofberger

Events

Referendums

Referendums A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...

were held on 12 February, 21 May and 24 September 2017.

Sport

* 2016–17 Swiss Handball League * 2017 Geneva Open * 2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season *

2017 World Mixed Curling Championship The 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship was held from 6 to 14 October at the Palladium de Champéry in Champéry, Switzerland. Teams Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E (Cavullo) Withdrew (Sijja) Moved To Group B Round-robin s ...

* 2017 Yellow Cup *

2016–17 Championnat LNA season The 2016–17 Championnat LNA season was the 86th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland. Monthey won its third national championship. Competition format All teams played two times against each other for completing 20 games per t ...

* 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League *

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016 were held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland. The Best FIFA Football Awards are the annual recognitions awarded by FIFA to several individuals across different categories, including: best eleven players of ...

2017 European Curling Championships The 2017 European Curling Championships was held from November 17 to 25 in St Gallen, Switzerland. The Group C competitions was held in May in Andorra. At the conclusion of the championships, the top eight women's teams will go to the 2018 Ford ...

* 2017 European Masters (curling) *

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017 were the 44th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and were held from 6 to 19 February 2017 at Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The host city was selected at the FIS Congress in South Korea, on 31 ...

* 2017 Katusha–Alpecin season * 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad * 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne * 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour – Lausanne Masters *

2017 Montreux Volley Masters The 2017 Montreux Volley Masters is a women's volleyball competition set in Montreux, Switzerland. Participating teams Squads Group stage Group A Group B Classification round Final round Semifinal 3rd ...

2017 Montreux Volley Masters squads This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the 2017 Montreux Volley Masters in Switzerland. Pool A The following is the Argentine roster in the 2017 Montreux Volley Masters. Head coach: Guillermo Orduna The following is t ...

* 2017 Swiss Indoors *

2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold The 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold was the fifth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on 14–19 March 2017 and had a total purse ...

* 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad * Switzerland at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships * Switzerland at the 2017 World Games *

2017 Tour de Romandie The 2017 Tour de Romandie was a road cycling stage race that took place between 25 and 30 April in Romandie, Switzerland. It was the 71st edition of the Tour de Romandie and the nineteenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. The race was won on t ...

* 2016–17 Tour de Ski *

2017–18 Tour de Ski The 2017–18 Tour de Ski was the 12th edition of the Tour de Ski, part of the 2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup. The World Cup stage event began in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, on December 30, 2017, and ended in Val di Fiemme, Italy, on January 7 ...

* 2017 Tour de Suisse * Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

Pop Culture

Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Switzerland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Apollo" written by Elias Näslin, Nicolas Günthardt and Alessandra Günthardt. The song was performed by the band Timebelle. The Swiss entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, ...

Deaths

*1 January – Karl Gerstner, typographer (b. 1930). *8 January – Dominique Appia, painter (b. 1926). *13 January –

Gilberto Agustoni Gilberto Agustoni (26 July 1922 – 13 January 2017) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a Cardinal in 1 ...

, prelate (b. 1922). *17 January – Daniel Vischer, politician (b. 1950). *18 January – Samuel Widmer, physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1948). *30 April –

Ueli Steck Ueli Steck (; 4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017) was a Swiss rock climber and mountaineer. He was the first to climb Annapurna solo via its South Face (though this is disputed by some), and set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps ...

, rock climber (b. 1976)

References

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