# 2024 in Switzerland

Events in the year 2024 in Switzerland.

## Incumbents

* President of the Swiss Confederation: Viola Amherd
* President of the National Council: Eric Nussbaumer
* President of the Swiss Council of States: Eva Herzog

## Events
### February

* 20 February – In ice hockey, Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League wins their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League 3–2 in the final.

### March

* 3 March – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions, but reject raising the retirement age.
* 11 March – Five skiers are found dead after they went missing two days ago en route from Zermatt to the village of Arolla. A sixth person is still missing.
* 30 March–7 April – The 2024 World Men's Curling Championship at Schaffhausen.

### April

* 9 April – The European Court of Human Rights rules that the Swiss government's efforts to tackle climate change are insufficient and violate fundamental human rights, in its first such verdict against a state on the issue, following a lawsuit filed by about 2,500 members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection.
* 17 April – The Federal Assembly votes to ban public displays of the Nazi swastika.

### May

* 11 May – Swiss singer Nemo wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden with the song The Code.
* 15 May – In a suspected terrorist attack, a man stabs six people in Zofingen.

### June

* 9 June – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject limits on healthcare spending and an initiative against compulsory vaccination, while approving the initiative of a new law on electricity.
* 13 June – Two people are killed and 11 others are injured following a series of explosions inside an underground parking garage at an apartment building in Obersiggenthal.
* 15-16 June – June 2024 Ukraine peace summit: World leaders meet at the Bürgenstock Resort to advance the Ukrainian peace process.
* 21 June – A court in Geneva sentences billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny.
* 22 June – One person is killed and two others are reported missing after a rockslide hits the town of Lostallo in Graubünden.
* 25 June – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elects former Swiss president Alain Berset as the Council's new Secretary General, succeeding Marija Pejčinović Burić.
* 30 June – Four people are killed and two are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais.

### July

* 11 July – Five people are injured in a machete attack inside an apartment in Saint Gallen. The suspect is arrested.
* 12 July – Three people are killed and eight others are injured after scaffolding falls off an under construction building in Lausanne.
* 23 July – The United States invites Sudan's military and the Rapid Support Forces to ceasefire talks in Switzerland on 14 August.

### August

* 28 August – The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US$1.8 billion from the Malaysian strategic development firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad.
* 30 August – Basel is selected to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, defeating a rival bid from Geneva.

### September

* 10 September – A Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape and sexual coercion. He receives a three-year prison sentence, with two years suspended. Ramadan still faces multiple other rape allegations in both Switzerland and France.
* 22 September – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject proposals to increase public funding to create wilderness areas, increase the amount of territory occupied by protected areas and pension reform.
* 23 September – An American woman dies after using a sarco pod to commit assisted suicide in Merishausen, Schaffhausen Canton. Several people are subsequently arrested in connection with the incident.
* 27 September –
** Cyclist Muriel Furrer dies after sustaining serious head injuries in a crash while participating in the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich the previous day.
** Switzerland officially redefines parts of its border with Italy following topographical changes caused by melting glaciers.

### October

* 1 October – Three children are injured in a knife attack at a daycare centre in Oerlikon, Zürich. The suspect, a 23-year old Chinese national, is arrested.

### November

* 24 November – 2024 Swiss referendums: Voters reject proposals for additional road infrastructure and rent changes, while approving changes to healthcare funding. In Basel, 66.4% of voters approve funding additional programs for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to be hosted in the city, apart from the event's final.
* 28 November–15 December – The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship at Basel.

### December

* 7 December – Twenty-six people are hospitalised following an incident of carbon monoxide poisoning at a campsite in Giswil.

## Art and entertainment

* List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

## Holidays

Source:
* 1 January - New Year's Day
* 2 January - Berchtoldstag Day
* 6 January - Epiphany
* 1 March - Republic Day
* 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day
* 29 March - Good Friday
* 1 April - Easter Monday
* 4 April - Näfels Ride
* 1 May - International Workers' Day
* 9 May - Ascension Day
* 20 May - Whit Monday
* 30 May - Corpus Christi
* 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul
* 1 August - Swiss National Day
* 15 August - Assumption Day
* 5 September - Jeûne genevois
* 15 September - Lundi du Jeûne
* 25 September - Saint Nicholas of Flüe Day
* 1 November - All Saints' Day
* 8 December – Immaculate Conception
* 25 December - Christmas Day
* 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
* 31 December – Restoration Day

## Deaths

* 1 January – Niklaus Wirth, 89, computer scientist (Pascal).
* 6 January – Kurt W. Forster, 88, architecture historian and teacher.
* 14 January – Christophe Boesch, 72, French-Swiss primatologist.
* 20 January – Jacques Guhl, 101, writer, poet, and footballer (Lausanne-Sport, Sion).
* 29 May – Claude Torracinta, 89, Swiss journalist.
* 18 August – Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter, German psychiatrist.