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 5th day of July 2018.





/s/ Phillip Goldstein

Phillip Goldstein

Director, The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.