Events in the year 2022 in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

Incumbents

President of the Swiss Confederation The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the confederation, federal president or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is as ''primus inter pares'' among the other members of the Federal Council (Switze ...

Ignazio Cassis Ignazio Daniele Giovanni Cassis (; born 13 April 1961) is a Swiss physician and politician who has been a List of members of the Swiss Federal Council, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1 November 2017. A member of FDP.The Liberals, Cas ...

* President of the National Council: Irène Kälin * President of the Swiss Council of States: Thomas Hefti

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland The COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Switzerland on 25 February 20 ...

Arts and entertainment

* 75th Locarno Film Festival August 3 – 13

Deaths

* 7 January –

Laurence Boissier Laurence Boissier (12 August 1965 – 7 January 2022) was a Swiss writer, artist, and architect. Biography Boissier studied architectural engineering at the École des arts décoratifs de Genève. For two years, she worked for the International ...

, writer and artist (born 1965) * 20 January –

René Robert René Paul Robert (December 31, 1948 – June 22, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, and ...

, photographer (born 1936) * 21 January – Marcel Mauron, footballer (

FC La Chaux-de-Fonds FC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss football club based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. It was founded on 4 July 1894 and used to play at the Stade Charrière. History The team has won the Swiss first division in seasons 1953–54, 1954–55, and 19 ...

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

) (born 1929) * 24 January – Silvia Gmür, architect (born 1939) * 26 January – Gérald Ducimetière, artist (born 1940) * 2 February –

J. Alexander Baumann J. Alexander Baumann (10 December 1942 – 2 February 2022) was a Swiss politician. A member of the Swiss People's Party, he served in the National Council from 1995 to 2011. Biography Baumann was born in Zürich in 1942. He grew up in Flüelen ...

, politician (born 1942) * 3 February –

Georges Athanasiadès Georges Athanasiadès (27 July 1929 – 3 February 2022) was a Swiss organist and choirmaster. Biography Athanasiadès was born to an Italian mother and a Greek father in Saint-Ursanne (Jura) . He studied theology at the and later studied Ger ...

, organist and choirmaster (born 1929) * 5 February –

Emanuel Hurwitz Emanuel Hurwitz (7 May 1919 – 19 November 2006) was a British violinist. He was born in London to parents of Russian-Jewish ancestry. He started playing the violin when he was five years old, and took up a scholarship at the Royal Academy of ...

, psychoanalyst and politician (born 1935) * 6 February – Alice Moretti, politician (born 1921) * 14 February – Francine-Charlotte Gehri, writer (born 1923) * 8 March –

Dominique Warluzel Dominique Warluzel (29 May 1957 – 8 March 2022) was a Swiss lawyer, television producer, and playwright. He was registered with the Geneva Bar. Education Dominique Warluzel attended the Institut Florimont from 1965 to 1977 until he obtaine ...

, lawyer and playwright (born 1957) * 19 March –

Pierre Naftule Pierre Philippe Naftule (5 December 1960 – 19 March 2022) was a Swiss writer, producer and theatre director. Biography Naftule was descended from Romanian ancestry. He became well known to French-speaking audiences during his time on the game ...

, writer and theatre director (born 1960) * 10 May –

Nessim Gaon Nessim David Gaon (, 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022) was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as Noga SA. Outside the business world, he was very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sep ...

, Sudanese born financier (born 1922) * 2 June –

Valentin Oehen Valentin Oehen (26 June 1931 – 2 June 2022) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the ''National Action against the Alienation of the People and the Home'' (renamed later in Swiss Democrats, DS). Biography Oehen became president of the ' ...

, politician (born 1931) * 10 July –

Hans Frauenfelder Hans Frauenfelder (July 28, 1922 – July 10, 2022) was an American physicist and biophysicist notable for his discovery of perturbed angular correlation (PAC) in 1951. In the modern day, PAC spectroscopy is widely used in the study of condensed ...

, biophysicist (born 1922) * 10 July –

Marcel Rémy Marcel Rémy (6 February 1923 – 10 July 2022) was a Swiss amateur mountaineer and rock climber. He was well known for his achievements in rock climbing. Biography The son of François and Bertha Rémy, Marcel was born in the Gruyère Distric ...

, mountaineer (born 1923) * 12 July –

Ivo Fürer Jakob Andreas Ivo Fürer (20 April 1930 – 12 July 2022) was a Swiss prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Bishop of St. Gallen from 1995 to 2005. Biography Fürer was born in Gossau, Switzerland, and studied Catholic theology at In ...

, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1930) * 14 July –

Erica Pedretti Erica Pedretti (; 25 February 1930 – 14 July 2022) was a Swiss author and artist. Pedretti has published texts since 1970, and since 1976 she has worked as an artist, especially as a sculptor. In 1984, Pedretti received the Ingeborg Bachmann ...

, artist (born 1930) * 15 July –

Alice Pauli Alice Pauli (13 January 1922 – 15 July 2022) was a Swiss gallery owner, sculptor, and visual artist. Pauli opened the Galerie Alice Pauli in Switzerland in 1962 and focused on contemporary art. The Gallery's mission was "to be carriers of ima ...

, artist (born 1922) * 20 July –

Judith Stamm Judith Stamm (25 February 1934 – 20 July 2022) was a Swiss jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). She was seen as an influential women's rights activist. Early life and education Judith Stamm was born in Sc ...

, politician (born 1934) * 22 July – Emilie Benes Brzezinski, sculptor (born 1932) * 24 July – Kurt Pfammatter, ice hockey player (born 1941) * 29 July –

Hans Bangerter Hans Bangerter (10 June 1924 – 29 July 2022) was a Swiss football administrator who was the General Secretary of the UEFA The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in associati ...

, football administrator (born 1924) * 5 August –

Mariella Mehr Mariella Mehr (26 December 1947 – 5 September 2022) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, and poet. She was born a member of the itinerant Yeniche people, but was separated from her family by the program Kinder der Landstrasse, and raised in insti ...

, writer (born 1947) * 13 August – Antoine Poncet, sculptor (born 1928) * 21 August – Oliver Frey, visual artist (born 1948) * 22 August –

Fredy Studer Fredy Studer (16 June 1948 – 22 August 2022) was a Swiss drummer and percussionist. Biography Fredy Studer was born in Lucerne, Switzerland on 16 June 1948. In 1972, he founded the jazz fusion quartet OM, with guitarist Christy Doran, sa ...

, drummer (born 1948) * 28 August – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1943) * 5 September –

, writer (born 1947) * 5 September –

Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger (14 March 1933 – 5 September 2022) was a Swiss jurist, university lecturer, judge and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Social Democratic Party (SP). She was elected the first female judge of t ...

, jurist (born 1933) * 9 September –

Pierre Muller Pierre Muller (1952 – 9 September 2022) was a Swiss politician who was a member of the government of the City of Geneva (''conseil administratif'') from 1995. As such, he held the rotating function of mayor In many countries, a mayor is th ...

, politician (born 1952) * 11 September –

Alain Tanner Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had r ...

, film director (born 1929) * 13 September –

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as ...

, film director ('' Breathless'', '' Bande à part'', '' Pierrot le Fou''), screenwriter and critic (born 1930) * 16 September – Heinz Allenspach, Swiss politician, MP (born 1928) * 17 September – Mathias Feldges, politician, member of the

Executive Council of Basel-Stadt The Executive Council () is the executive body of the Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt. The seven-member collegial body is elected by the people for a period of four years. The last election was held in October/November 2024. The people directly elect ...

(born 1937) * 18 September – Nicolas Schindelholz, footballer (born 1988) * 3 October –

Simon Hallenbarter Simon Hallenbarter (5 March 1979 – 3 October 2022) was a Swiss biathlete. He represented Switzerland at two Olympics – 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic W ...

, Olympic biathlete (born 1979) * 15 December –

Renée Colliard Renée Colliard (24 December 1933 in Geneva – 15 December 2022) was a Swiss alpine skier. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; , ; historical ) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and ''com ...

, alpine skier (born 1933)

References

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