1929 in Switzerland

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• *Giuseppe Motta
• *Edmund Schulthess
• *Jean-Marie Musy
• *Heinrich Häberlin
• *Marcel Pilet-Golaz
• *Robert Haab then Albert Meyer
• *Karl Scheurer then Rudolf Minger

  Tournaments

• 1928–29 Swiss Serie A
• 1929 European Figure Skating Championships
• 1929 UCI Road World Championships took place in Zurich
• 1929–30 Swiss Serie A

  Establishments

• Zürich Zoologischer Garten

  Events by Month

January

• January 9-Jacques-Louis Reverdin, a Swiss surgeon, dies

  February

March

• March 25-Marcel Mauron, a Swiss footballer, is born

  April

• April 5-Josef Schraner, a Swiss cyclist, is born
• April 7-Paul Sarasin, a Swiss naturalist, dies

  May

• May 22-André Haefliger, a Swiss mathematician, is born

  June

• June 20-Marcel Flückiger is born

  July

• July 27-Geneva Convention, also known as "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929", is signed
• July 27-Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field is signed
• July 28-Werner Vetterli, a Swiss modern pentathlete, is born

  August

• August 29-Fausto Lurati, a Swiss cyclist, is born

  September

• September 14-John Maria Gatti, a Swiss theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman, dies
• September 16-Hans Pfenninger, a Swiss cyclist, is born
• September 19-Luigi Taveri, a Swiss ex-motorcycle racer, is born

  October

• October 11-Liselotte Pulver, a Swiss actress, is born
• October 25-Charles Ribordy, a Swiss fencer, is born
• October 29-Ida Schöpfer, a former Swiss skier, is born

  November

December

• December 6-Alain Tanner, a Swiss film director, is born

  Other

• St. Moritz Ski School is founded by Giovanni Testa, and is the first official ski school in Switzerland
• Rudolf Minger is elected member of the government
• Marcel Roethlisberger, a Swiss art historian, is born
• Meta von Salis, a Swiss feminist, dies
• Paolo Vollmeier, a Swiss philatelist, is born