Events from 2004 in Switzerland.
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Film awards
- Swiss Film Prize 2004 (Schweizer Filmpreis/Prix du cinéma suisse)
- Golden Leopard 2004: Private by Saverio Costanzo
- Berner Filmpreis: Dieter Fahrer for the documentary "Que sera?"
- Luzerner Filmpreis: "The Last Connection" by Marcel Baumann and "Wackelkontakt" by Ralph Etter
- Cinéma Tout Ecran 2004: Best Film "Avanim" by Raphaël Nadjari
- Zürcher Filmpreis:
- "Im Nordwind" by Bettina Oberli, "Verflixt verliebt" by Peter Luisi, "Ma famille africaine" by Thomas Thümena, "Krokus – as long as we live" by Reto Caduff.
- Fred van der Kooij, film director, and Matthias Brunner, movie theater director.
- February 1: O. W. Fischer, 89, German actor, Ticino resident since the 1960s
- March 17: Monique Laederach, 65, French and German language author
- March 29: Peter Ustinov, 82, actor
- March 31: Hedi Lang, 72, politician, first woman to preside the National Council, member of the government the canton of Zurich
- April 15: Hans Gmür, 77, theatre author, director, composer, and producer
- April 17: Edmond Pidoux, 95, author
- April 24: José Giovanni, 80, French author, crime writer, film producer
- May 1: Felix Haug, 52, pop musician (Double)
- June 15: Ulrich Inderbinen, 103, mountain guide
- June: Rolf Wüthrich, 65, football player
- July 1: Ettore Cella, 90, actor, director, author, and translator
- July 4: Jean-Marie Auberson, 84, orchestra conductor
- July 14: Hans A. Pestalozzi, 75, author, manager, social critic
- August 22: Ota Šik, 84, Czech economist and politician, professor at St. Gallen
- August 24: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, 78, Swiss-born American psychiatrist
- August 28: Sigi Feigel, 83, attorney
- September 29: Alberto Camenzind, 90, architect (Professor emeritus at the ETH Zurich)
- October 22: Jean-François Leuba, 70, politician
- October 30: Ernst Cincera, 77, National Councillor
- November 21: Uwe Scholz, 45, German dance choreographer, director Zurich Opera ballet (1985–1991)
- November 26: Hans Schaffner, 96, member of the Federal Council in the 1960s
- November 27: 7 fire fighters in Gretzenbach
- December 16: Dietrich Schwanitz, 64, German professor and author, grew up in Switzerland.
- December 17: Gyula Marsovsky, 68, Grand Prix motorcycle rider
- December 22: Peter Schärer, 71, dean of Dental School, Zurich