History of Swiss Passports
The first Swiss passports were issued in 1915. Those were not yet in the famous red colour, but were bound in a grey-green cover. The famous red Swiss passport was created in 1959. Until 1985 the Swiss passport was only printed in the then-official Swiss languages French, German, Italian, and English (in this order of precedence). Romansh was added in the later Pass 85 after it was declared the fourth official Swiss language following a referendum. The precedence of languages was then changed to German, French, Italian, Romansh and English.
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