page_title: Interlaken
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Interlaken / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Polo Hofer at the Open Air Hoch-Ybrig, 18 June 2011.
context_page_description: Interlaken is a Swiss town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Highlands region of the Swiss Alps, and the main transport gateway to the mountains and lakes of that region.
  The town is located on the flat alluvial land called Bödeli between two lakes, Brienz to the east and Thun to the west, and alongside the river Aare, which flows between them. Transport routes to the east and west alongside the lakes are complemented by a route southwards into the near mountain resorts and high mountains, e.g. the famous high Alpine peaks of Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau, following upwards the Lütschine.
  Interlaken is the central town of a Small Agglomeration with the same name of 23,300 inhabitants.
  The official language of Interlaken is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
context_section_description: Marie Fillunger (1850–1930 in Interlaken) an Austrian singer, lived in Interlaken from 1919
  Georgia Engelhard (1906–1985 in Interlaken) an American mountaineer, painter and photographer; lived in Interlaken
  Hans Schaffner (1908 in Interlaken–2004) politician and former Federal Councillor
  Dölf Reist (1921–2000) photographer and alpinist
  Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015) typographer, served his apprenticeship in Interlaken
  Elisabeth Glauser (born 1943 in Interlaken) a Swiss operatic mezzo-soprano and an academic teacher of voice
  Polo Hofer (1945 in Interlaken – 2017) rock musician
  Sport
  Walter Balmer (1948–2010 in Interlaken) a Swiss international footballer
  Suzanne Müller (born 1963 in Interlaken) a Swiss rhythmic gymnast, competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Nelson Ferreira (born 1982 in Interlaken) a Swiss and Portuguese footballer
  Marcel Marti (born 1983 in Interlaken) a Swiss ski mountaineer
  Sven Michel (born 1988) a Swiss curler from Interlaken
  Kilian Moser (born 1988) racing cyclist
  Sascha Stulz (born 1988 in Interlaken) a Swiss professional football goalkeeper
  Lucas Tramèr (born 1989 in Interlaken) a Swiss rower, gold medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
caption: Polo Hofer, 2011
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