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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

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

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2010-09-10</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001445036</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Laube Richard</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>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Registered Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-09-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7400</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75151</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">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>
        <footnote id="F2">Due to a clerical error, on September 10, 2010, the reporting person mistakenly filed a Form 4 reporting the acquisiton of 7,600 RSUs on September 9, 2010, when in fact the reporting person acquired 7,400 RSUs. As of September 9, 2010, the reporting person beneficially owned 75,151 Registered Shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tom Kaweski as Attorney-in-Fact for Richard Laube</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-09-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
