POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below nominates, constitutes and appoints Reid B. Adams, David J. Marshall,
Carin F. Muhlbaum and Shanak Patnaik, and each of them (with full power to act
alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and on his
behalf and in his place and stead in any and all capacities, to execute any
and all filings on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of
Securities) or Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of
Securities) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended ("Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 Filings"), with respect to changes of
beneficial ownership of securities of THE SWISS HELVETIA FUND, INC. (the
"Fund"), and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, The New York
Stock Exchange and the Fund such Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 Filings, granting
unto said attorney, full power and authority to do and perform certain acts
and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned himself might or could
do.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
24th day of August 2017.


/s/ Andrew Dakos
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Andrew Dakos
Director, The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.