1954 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1954 in Switzerland.

Incumbents Federal Council: Rodolphe Rubattel (president, until December) Max Petitpierre Philipp Etter Karl Kobelt (until December) Max Weber (until January) Josef Escher (until December) Markus Feldmann Hans Streuli Paul Chaudet (from December) Thomas Holenstein (from December) Giuseppe Lepori (from December)

Events 25–29 August – The 1954 European Athletics Championships take place in Bern. 29 September – CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is founded in Geneva.

Births 8 March – Marie-Theres Nadig, alpine skeir

Deaths 9 December – Josef Escher, politician (born 1885)

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