2017 in Switzerland

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* History of Switzerland
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Events in the year 2017 in Switzerland.

## Incumbents

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* President of the Swiss Confederation: Doris Leuthard
* President of the National Council: Jürg Stahl
* President of the Swiss Council of States: Ivo Bischofberger

## Events

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### Referendums

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* Referendums were held on 12 February, 21 May and 24 September 2017.[1]

### Sport

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* 2016–17 Swiss Handball League
* 2017 Geneva Open
* 2017 Stan Wawrinka tennis season
* 2017 World Mixed Curling Championship
* 2017 Yellow Cup
* 2016–17 Championnat LNA season
* 2016–17 Championnat LNA season
* 2017–18 Swiss Basketball League
* The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
* 2017 European Curling Championships
* 2017 European Masters (curling)
* FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2017
* 2017 Katusha–Alpecin season
* 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad
* 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne
* 2017 FIBA 3x3 World Tour – Lausanne Masters
* 2017 Montreux Volley Masters
* 2017 Montreux Volley Masters squads
* 2017 Swiss Indoors
* 2017 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold
* 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad
* Switzerland at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
* Switzerland at the 2017 World Games
* 2017 Tour de Romandie
* 2016–17 Tour de Ski
* 2017–18 Tour de Ski
* 2017 Tour de Suisse
* Switzerland at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics

### Pop Culture

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* Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

### Other

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* A landslide hit the town of Bondo, killing 8 people.

## Deaths

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Gilberto Agustoni Daniel Vischer

* 1 January - Karl Gerstner, typographer (b. 1930)[2]
* 8 January - Dominique Appia, painter (b. 1926)[3]
* 13 January - Gilberto Agustoni, prelate (b. 1922)[4]
* 17 January - Daniel Vischer, politician (b. 1950)[5]
* 18 January - Samuel Widmer, physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist (b. 1948)[6]
* 30 April - Ueli Steck, rock climber (b. 1976)

## References

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1. ^ Daten der nächsten eidgenössischen Volksabstimmungen Archived 2017-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Die Schweizer Behörden
2. ^ "Typographer Karl Gerstner dies". SWI swissinfo.ch. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
3. ^ "L'artiste Dominique Appia peignait une Genève rêvée". tdg.ch (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
4. ^ "Décès du cardinal Gilberto Agustoni". Conférence des Évêques Suisse (in French). 14 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
5. ^ Bernet, Walter (19 January 2017). "Ein Linker, der in keine Schublade passt" (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2017.
6. ^ Oliver, Menge. ""Kirschblüten"-Guru Samuel Widmer gestorben". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

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