{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Year in Switzerland|1956}} Events during the year '''1956 in Switzerland'''.
== Incumbents == *Federal Council:<ref>{{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 |archive-date=9 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209013604/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-council/history-of-the-federal-council/federal-council-elections-since-1848/alle-bundesraete-liste.html |url-status=live }}</ref> **Markus Feldmann (president)<ref>{{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 |archive-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904074202/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/bundespraesidium/bundespraesidenten-und-schweizer-geschichte/praesidenten-seit1848-liste.html |url-status=live }}</ref> **Philipp Etter **Paul Chaudet **Thomas Holenstein **Giuseppe Lepori **Max Petitpierre **Hans Streuli
== Events == * 18 May – Swiss mountaineers Ernst Reiss and Fritz Luchsinger successfully climbed Lhotse, the world's fourth highest mountain, for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Swiss Mount Everest/Lhotse Expedition 1956 |url=http://www.sfar-evev06.ch/en/expeditions/everest_lhotse56.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003064234/http://www.sfar-evev06.ch/en/expeditions/everest_lhotse56.html |archive-date=3 October 2009 |access-date=20 December 2009 |publisher=Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research}}</ref> * 24 May – The first Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Lugano, Switzerland, and saw Lys Assia's win, with the song "Refrain", with music by Géo Voumard and lyrics by Émile Gardaz.<ref name="ESC1956">{{cite web |title=Lugano 1956 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/lugano-1956 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523155354/https://eurovision.tv/event/lugano-1956 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |access-date=29 May 2022 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU)}}</ref>
== Births == * 16 January – Serge Demierre, Swiss cyclist * 16 April – Lise-Marie Morerod, Swiss skier
== Deaths ==
* 5 April – Paul Rudolf, Swiss rower.
=== Date unknown ===
* Josef Wilhelm, Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion (born: 1892)
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