Deaths
- January 1?: Walter Tschudi, 71, athlete (decathlon) Swiss sportsperson of the Year 1957
- January 2: Kurt Eichenberger, 83, jurist, professor at the University of Basel
- January 5: Arthur Alder-Götti, 73, musician, longtime member of Original Streichmusik Alder
- January 6: Jürg von Känel, 53, climber, mountain guide, writer of guide book
- January 7: Ernst Deubelbeiss, 84, convicted of the murder of Armin Bannwart in 1951.
- January 7: Hans Walder, 84, Prosecutor General of the Swiss Confederation (1968–1973)
- January: Valeska Lindtberg-Hirsch, 94, pianist, widow of Leopold Lindtberg
- January 11: Walter J. Ammann, 88, SF DRS pioneer (1953–1980), television director
- January 14: Georges Piroué, 85, writer born in La Chaux-de-Fonds
- January 17: Daniel Zufferey, 35, author
- January 21: Carl Schlettwein, 79, founder of Basler Afrika Bibliographien
- January 24: Dölf Preisig, 64, Schweizer Illustrierte photographer
- January: Marcel H. Keiser, 64?, journalist
- January 29: Ephraim Kishon, 80, satirist, writer, film director
- January: Donato Müller, 70, footballer (Grasshopper Zürich)
- February 1: Werner Arnold, 74, cyclist well known in the 1950s
- February 3: David Hönigsberg, 45, composer, music teacher and conductor
- February 9: Hanno Helbling, 74, journalist, former NZZ Feuilleton editor
- February 15: João Filipe Martins, 62, Angolan diplomat in Geneva
- February 16: Marcello Viotti, 50, conductor
- February 17: Harald Szeemann, 71, curator and art historian
See also: deaths in 2005, 2004 in Switzerland#Deaths, list of Swiss people.
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