The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1931 in Switzerland.
Incumbents Federal Council: Heinrich Häberlin (President) Giuseppe Motta Edmund Schulthess Jean-Marie Musy Marcel Pilet-Golaz Albert Meyer Rudolf Minger
Events 19–23 February – The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1931 take place in Mürren. 1930–31 Swiss Serie A 1931–32 Nationalliga Football club FC Alle is established Football club FC Wettingen (later known as FC Wettingen 93) is established Swiss public broadcasting organisation SRG SSR is established 1931 Swiss referendums 1931 Swiss federal election The ladies and pairs events of the 1931 European Figure Skating Championships take place in St. Moritz.
Births 1 February – Madeleine Berthod, alpine skier 4 May – Walter Leiser, rower (died 2023) 19 May – Éric Tappy, singer (died 2024) 4 July – Karl Weidmann, rower 3 September – Rudolf Kelterborn, musician and composer (died 2021) 10 October – Bruno Weber, artist and architect (died 2011) 14 October – Charles Weissmann, Hungarian-Swiss molecular biologist 30 November – Susi Wirz, figure skater
Deaths 7 March – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist (born 1883 in the Netherlands) 31 March – Hermann Kutter, Lutheran theologian (born 1863) 27 July – Auguste Forel, myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (born 1848) 5 November – Konrad Stäheli, sports shooter (born 1866) Jakob Herzog, socialist (born 1892) Friedrich Ris, physician and entomologist (born 1867) Eugen Sutermeister, graveur and writer (born 1862)
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