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[[File:Gurdwara-Langenthal.jpg|thumb|Gurdwara Langenthal, Switzerland]]
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'''Swiss Sikhs''' are a small religious minority in [[Switzerland]], numbering no more than 500, with four [[gurdwara]]s. The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.<ref name="Gurdwaras in Switzerland">[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html Gurdwaras in Switzerland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118093000/http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html |date=2008-01-18 }}</ref>
'''Swiss Sikhs''' are a small religious minority in [[Switzerland]]. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four [[Gurdwara]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandrasekhar |first=Anand |title=How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland |work=SwissInfo |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/minority-report_how-the-sikhs-integrated-in-switzerland/45064178 |quote=Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries.}}</ref>
 
== Migration ==
The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.<ref name="Gurdwaras in Switzerland">[http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html Gurdwaras in Switzerland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118093000/http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-switzerland.html |date=2008-01-18 }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 01:04, 19 February 2026

Gurdwara Langenthal, Switzerland

Swiss Sikhs are a small religious minority in Switzerland. It is estimated that there are 1,000 Sikhs in Switzerland. There are four Gurdwaras.[1]

Migration[edit | edit source]

The number of Sikhs had been higher in the mid-1980s, caused by the presence of some 3,000 Sikh asylum seekers.[2]

Gurdwaras[edit | edit source]

  • Gurdwara Sahib, Langenthal. This gurdwara, first begun in 1996, was finished in 2006. It is the first Sikh shrine in Switzerland built in the traditional Sikh style
  • Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sabha, Jean Antoine Gautier 11,1201 Geneva. http://www.sikhgurdwarageneva.ch/

Gurudwara Sikh Gemeinde Schweiz Däniken

  • Gurdwara Sahib Zürich, Vorbuchenstrasse 13, 8303 Bassersdorf Switzerland

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Chandrasekhar, Anand. "How the Sikhs integrated in Switzerland". SwissInfo. Baumann estimates that about a thousand Sikhs now live in Switzerland. The numbers reached their peak of 3,000 in the 1990s but then over 2,000 of those eventually emigrated to Canada or other countries.
  2. ↑ Gurdwaras in Switzerland Archived 2008-01-18 at the Wayback Machine

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