He then studied history, German philology and philosophy in Basel, Leipzig and Bern.

1894 he promoted with a dissertation about Klemens von Metternich’s relationship to Switzerland between 1840 and 1848.

[2][3] For six years he worked as a teacher at the girls' school of Bern.

In the spring of 1900 he was elected to the Gymnasium of Bern, where he taught History and German for 37 years.

[4] Sutermeister also wrote for the Bernese daily newspaper Der Bund: