1976 in Switzerland

Events during the year 1976 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

Federal Council:{{cite web |title=All federal councillors since 1848 |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/history-of-the-federal-council/federal-council-elections-since-1848/alle-bundesraete-liste.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}
Rudolf Gnägi (president){{cite web |title=Presidents of the Confederation |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundespraesidium/bundespraesidenten-und-schweizer-geschichte/praesidenten-seit1848-liste.html |website=www.admin.ch |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=en}}
Hans Hürlimann
Georges-André Chevallaz
Willi Ritschard
Kurt Furgler
Ernst Brugger
Pierre Graber

13–18 January – The 1976 European Figure Skating Championships take place in Geneva.{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Figure Skating Championships |url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/205/manual |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=3 February 2024}}

28 January – Daniel Buess, drummer (d. 2016)
6 February – Tanja Frieden, snowboarder{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Tanja Frieden |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/110949 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=1 February 2024}}
7 July – Evelyne Leu, freestyle skier{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Evelyne Leu |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/99822 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=1 February 2024}}
7 December – Manuela Kormann, curler{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Manuela Kormann |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005076 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=1 February 2024}}

24 April – Mark Tobey, American painter (born 1890 in the United States){{cite book |title=Mark Tobey |chapter=Tobey, Mark |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198604761.001.0001/acref-9780198604761-e-3481 |website=Oxford Reference |date=January 2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-860476-1 |access-date=24 February 2024}}