2022 in Switzerland
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Events in the year 2022 in Switzerland.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland
January
- Ignazio Cassis of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) assumes the presidency, succeeding Guy Parmelin of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP).[1]
April
- 26 April – The House of Switzerland is hosted at Milan's Casa degli Artisti, showcasing Swiss innovation, design, and culture in the Brera district.[2]
June
- 2-3 June – The Swiss Economic Forum is held in Interlaken, featuring around 1,350 CEOs and leading Swiss entrepreneurs.[3]
- 29-30 June – The One Young World Switzerland Caucus is held in Uzwil, focusing on business, sustainability, and social impact.[4]
August
- 3 August – The 75th Locarno Film Festival opens in Locarno with Bullet Train by David Leitch.[5]
- 26 August – The Athletissima is held in Lausanne at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise as part of the 2022 Diamond League; Noah Lyles wins the men’s 200m with a time of 19.56 seconds.[6]
- The Federal Council passes legislation requiring Swiss political parties to disclose party financing sources and campaign donations starting with the 2023 elections.[1]
September
- 5 September – Swiss Digital Days 2022 begins, offering over 100 events on digitalization, including herHACK (women in tech), GreenTech Startup Battle (sustainability), and NextGen Future Skills Labs (future skills), with both in-person and online participation.[7]
November
- 23 November – The General Council Summit Switzerland 2022 is held in Zurich, discussing ESG law, term sheets, dispute management, and remote work regulations.[8]
Deaths
- 7 January – Laurence Boissier, writer and artist (born 1965)[9]
- 20 January – René Robert, photographer (born 1936)[10]
- 21 January – Marcel Mauron, footballer (FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, national team) (born 1929)[11]
- 24 January – Silvia Gmür, architect (born 1939)[12]
- 26 January – Gérald Ducimetière, artist (born 1940)[13]
- 2 February – J. Alexander Baumann, politician (born 1942)[14]
- 3 February – Georges Athanasiadès, organist and choirmaster (born 1929)[15]
- 5 February – Emanuel Hurwitz, psychoanalyst and politician (born 1935)[16]
- 6 February – Alice Moretti, politician (born 1921)[17]
- 14 February – Francine-Charlotte Gehri, writer (born 1923)[18]
- 8 March – Dominique Warluzel, lawyer and playwright (born 1957)[19]
- 19 March – Pierre Naftule, writer and theatre director (born 1960)[20]
- 10 May – Nessim Gaon, Sudanese born financier (born 1922)
- 2 June – Valentin Oehen, politician (born 1931)[21]
- 10 July – Hans Frauenfelder, biophysicist (born 1922)[22]
- 10 July – Marcel Rémy, mountaineer (born 1923)[23]
- 12 July – Ivo Fürer, Roman Catholic prelate (born 1930)[24]
- 14 July – Erica Pedretti, artist (born 1930)[25]
- 15 July – Alice Pauli, artist (born 1922)[26]
- 20 July – Judith Stamm, politician (born 1934)[27]
- 22 July – Emilie Benes Brzezinski, sculptor (born 1932)[28]
- 24 July – Kurt Pfammatter, ice hockey player (born 1941)[29]
- 29 July – Hans Bangerter, football administrator (born 1924)[30]
- 5 August – Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947)[31]
- 13 August – Antoine Poncet, sculptor (born 1928)[32]
- 21 August – Oliver Frey, visual artist (born 1948)[33]
- 22 August – Fredy Studer, drummer (born 1948)[34]
- 28 August – Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, Roman Catholic archbishop (born 1943)[35]
- 5 September – Mariella Mehr, writer (born 1947)[36]
- 5 September – Margrith Bigler-Eggenberger, jurist (born 1933)
- 9 September – Pierre Muller, politician (born 1952)[37]
- 11 September – Alain Tanner, film director (born 1929)[38]
- 13 September – Jean-Luc Godard, film director (Breathless, Bande à part, Pierrot le Fou), screenwriter and critic (born 1930)[39]
- 16 September – Heinz Allenspach, Swiss politician, MP (born 1928)[40]
- 17 September – Mathias Feldges, politician, member of the Executive Council of Basel-Stadt (born 1937)
- 18 September – Nicolas Schindelholz, footballer (born 1988)[41]
- 3 October – Simon Hallenbarter, Olympic biathlete (born 1979)[42]
- 15 December – Renée Colliard, alpine skier (born 1933)[43]
References
- 1 2 "Switzerland: Freedom in the World 2023 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "«House of Switzerland» - Milan 2022 | House of Switzerland". houseofswitzerland.org. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Swiss Economic Forum 2022 | Digital Watch Observatory". Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "OYW Switzerland Caucus | 29th and 30th, June". www.oneyoungworld.com. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival presents itself as "a new beginning"". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Home". lausanne.diamondleague.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-27. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Swiss Digital Days 2022 | Greater Zurich". www.greaterzuricharea.com. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Legal 500 Events | GC Summit Switzerland 2022". The Legal 500 | Events. Retrieved 2025-08-26.
- ↑ "Laurence Boissier s'est tue". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Le photographe René Robert, mort dans l'indifférence en pleine rue". LEFIGARO (in French). 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Carnet noir: décès du légendaire footballeur Marcel Mauron". ArcInfo (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Gérald Ducimetière, une place à part dans l'espace public". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Nachruf auf J. Alexander Baumann – Der «Shampoo-König» ist nicht mehr". Der Bund (in German). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l'âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s'est envolée". Décès de Georges Athanasiadès: l’âme des orgues de Saint-Maurice s’est envolée (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "Traueranzeigen von Emanuel Hurwitz | www.sich-erinnern.ch". www.sich-erinnern.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ svizzera, RSINews, l’informazione della Radiotelevisione (6 February 2022). "Addio a Alice Moretti". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Todesanzeigenportal.ch". www.todesanzeigenportal.ch. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "L'avocat genevois Dominique Warluzel est décédé à 64 ans | Illustré". Illustre (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ "L'écrivain et metteur en scène genevois Pierre Naftule est décédé". Le Courrier (in French). 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
- ↑ SDA. "Alt Nationalrat Valentin Oehen verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Hans Frauenfelder". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Adieu Marcel Rémy". PlanetMountain.com. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Ehemaliger Bischof Fürer gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Morta a 92 anni la scrittrice e artista Erica Pedretti". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "La galeriste lausannoise Alice Pauli est décédée à l'âge de 100 ans". rts.ch (in French). 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Judith Stamm, une ancienne présidente du Conseil national, est décédée". Le Temps (in French). 2022-07-21. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Emilie Benes Brzezinski is dead. Professor Zbigniew Brzezinski's wife was 90 years old". Polish News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Visper Meisterschütze gestorben". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ UEFA.com (2022-08-02). "UEFA mourns former General Secretary Hans Bangerter | Inside UEFA". UEFA. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Le sculpteur Antoine Poncet est mort". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ Brew, Simon (2022-08-22). "Oliver Frey dies, aged 74". Film Stories. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Le batteur lucernois Fredy Studer est décédé subitement". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Österreichs Kirche trauert um früheren Nuntius Zurbriggen". kurier.at (in German). 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Mit 74 Jahren - Schweizer Schriftstellerin Mariella Mehr gestorben". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2022-09-06. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ Télévision, www lemanbleu ch, Léman Bleu. "L'ancien maire de Genève, Pierre Muller, est décédé". www.lemanbleu.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-09-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "È morto il regista svizzero Alain Tanner". Corriere del Ticino (in Italian). 2022-09-11. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ LIBERATION. "Jean-Luc Godard a eu recours au suicide assisté: «Il n'était pas malade, il était simplement épuisé»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ↑ "Traueranzeigen von Heinz Allenspach-Wegelin | zo-trauer.ch". www.zo-trauer.ch (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ↑ Sport, Nau. "FC Aarau: Nicolas Schindelholz (†34) nach Krebserkrankung verstorben". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Biathlon - A soli 43 muore l'ex biatleta Simon Hallenbarter". Fondo Italia (in Italian). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Renée Colliard". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
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