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    <periodOfReport>2010-09-08</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001032975</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL SA</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LOGI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001430434</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Davis Sally</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>RUE DU SABLON 2-4</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MORGES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>V8</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>1110</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>SWITZERLAND</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Regiestered Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-09-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4158</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>16.1</value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15602</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Registered Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7600</value>
                </transactionShares>
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                    <value>0</value>
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                    <value>A</value>
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                    <value>23202</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares issued to the Reporting Person under the Logitech International S.A. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan in lieu of cash compensation for Board fees, at the election of the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reported amount represents the closing price on September 8, 2010 on the SIX Swiss Exchange of CHF 16.29 converted into U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate in effect on September 8, 2010 of $1.0120.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) issued to the Reporting Person under the Logitech International S.A. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, following vesting, one Logitech share. The RSU vests and converts into shares in one installment on August 31, 2011.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tom Kaweski as Attorney-in-Fact for Sally Davis</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-09-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
