1973 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1973 in Switzerland.

← 1972 1971 1970 1973 in Switzerland → 1974 1975 1976
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
  • Roger Bonvin (president, until December)
  • Hans-Peter Tschudi (until December)
  • Nello Celio (until December)
  • Rudolf Gnägi
  • Pierre Graber
  • Ernst Brugger
  • Kurt Furgler
  • Georges-André Chevallaz (from December)
  • Hans Hürlimann (from December)
  • Willi Ritschard (from December)

Events

• 10 April – A plane on route from Bristol, England to Basel crashes into a hillside while approaching the airport killing 108 out of the 145 people on board.
• 23–24 June – The 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships take place in Muotathal.

Births

• 8 February – Ursula Wyss, politician and economist
• 10 March – Ada Marra, politician
• 26 April – Andres Gerber, footballer
• 1 May – Oliver Neuville, German footballer
• 2 September – Sibylle Matter, triathlete
• Urs Fischer, artist
• Sébastien Schneeberger, Swiss-born Canadian politician

Deaths

• 14 May – Jean Gebser, German-born Swiss author, linguist and poet (born 1905)
• 6 July – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (born 1885 in Germany)
• 12 August – Walter Rudolf Hess, physicist (born 1881)