The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1929 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Giuseppe Motta Edmund Schulthess Jean-Marie Musy Heinrich Häberlin Marcel Pilet-Golaz Robert Haab (President) then Albert Meyer Karl Scheurer then Rudolf Minger
Events July 27 Geneva Convention (1929), also known as "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929", is signed Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field (1929) is signed The 1929 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Davos. 1928–29 Swiss Serie A 1929 UCI Road World Championships took place in Zurich 1929–30 Swiss Serie A Zürich Zoologischer Garten is established St. Moritz Ski School is founded by Giovanni Testa, and is the first official ski school in Switzerland
Births March 25 – Marcel Mauron, footballer (died 2022) April 5 – Josef Schraner, cyclist May 22 – André Haefliger, mathematician (died 2023) 3 June – Werner Arber, microbiologist and geneticist June 20 – Marcel Flückiger, footballer (died 2010) July 28 – Werner Vetterli, modern pentathlete (died 2008) August 29 – Fausto Lurati, cyclist (died 2015) September 16 – Hans Pfenninger, cyclist (died 2009) September 19 – Luigi Taveri, motorcycle racer (died 2018) October 11 – Liselotte Pulver, actress October 25 – Charles Ribordy, fencer (died 2000) October 29 – Ida Schöpfer, skier (died 2014) December 6 – Alain Tanner, film director (died 2022) Marcel Roethlisberger, art historian (died 2020) Paolo Vollmeier, philatelist (died 2017)
Deaths January 9 – Jacques-Louis Reverdin, surgeon (born 1842) March 13 – Elisabeth Flühmann, teacher and women's rights activist (born 1851) April 7 – Paul Sarasin, naturalist (born 1856) September 14 – John Maria Gatti, theatre manager, restaurateur and businessman (born 1872) November 14 – Karl Scheurer, politician (born 1872) Meta von Salis, feminist (born 1855)
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