← 1939 1938 1937 1940 in Switzerland → 1941 1942 1943
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Events during the year1940 in Switzerland.

• Federal Council:^[1]
  • Marcel Pilet-Golaz (president)^[2]
  • Philipp Etter
  • Giuseppe Motta (until January)
  • Johannes Baumann (until December)
  • Hermann Obrecht (until July)
  • Ernst Wetter
  • Rudolf Minger (until December)
  • Enrico Celio (from February)
  • Walther Stampfli (from July)
  • Karl Kobelt (from December)
  • Eduard von Steiger (from December)

• 9 January –Ruth Dreifuss, politician^[3]
• 11 October –Christoph Blocher, politician^[4]
• 27 December –Willi Hofmann, bobsledder^[5]

• 23 January –Giuseppe Motta, politician (born1871)^[6]
• 29 June –Paul Klee, German-Swiss artist (born1879)^[7]
• 21 August –Hermann Obrecht, politician (born1882)^[8]

• 1940 in Switzerland
• 1940 by country
• 1940 in Europe
• 1940s in Switzerland

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