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← 1931 1930 1929 1932 in Switzerland → 1933 1934 1935
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1932 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council: ^[1]
  • Giuseppe Motta (President) ^[2]
  • Edmund Schulthess
  • Jean-Marie Musy
  • Heinrich Häberlin
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz
  • Albert Meyer
  • Rudolf Minger

Events

• June 16–July 9 – Lausanne Conference of 1932 is held in Switzerland
• September 8 – Tannenberg, a Swiss-German war film, is released
• 1931–32 Nationalliga
• Switzerland at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Switzerland at the 1932 Winter Olympics
• 1932–33 Nationalliga
• Geneva Conference (1932) is held

Births

• January 9 – Émile Ess, rower, (died 1990)
• February 11 – Kurt Schmid, rower (died 2000)
• April 9 – Armin Jordan, conductor, (died 2006)
• July 20 – Alice Fischer, figure skater (died 2017)
• July 29
  • Walter Loosli, sculptor, woodcut engraver and maker of stained and painted glass panels and windows (died 2015)
  • Luigi Snozzi, architect (died 2020)
• August 21 – Kurt Stettler, football goalkeeper (died 2020)
• November 2 – Clemens Thoma, theologian (died 2011)
• November 4 – Katia Loritz, actress (died 2015)
• December 21 – Werner Otto Leuenberger, painter, illustrator, graphic artist and sculptor (died 2009)
• December 29 – Cornelio Sommaruga, Italian-born Swiss humanitarian, lawyer and diplomat
• Emilie Benes Brzezinski, Swiss-born American sculptor (died 2022)

Deaths

• November 12 – Edmond Louis Budry, hymn writer (born 1854)
• Louis Mercanton, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1879)

References