1962 in Denmark

← 1961 1960 1959 1962 in Denmark → 1963 1964 1965
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1962 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1962 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Frederik IX ^[1]
• Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann (until 3 February), Jens Otto Krag

Events

• 10 November – The Langeland Bridge is inaugurated.

Sports

Badminton

• 21–24 March – All England Badminton Championships
  • Erland Kops wins gold in Men's Singles
  • Finn Kobberø and Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen win gold in Men's Doubles
  • Finn Kobberø and Ulla Strand win gold medal in Mixed Doubles.

Handball

• 15 July – Denmark wins silver at the 1962 World Women's Handball Championship, arranged in Romania, after being defeated by Romania in the final.

Births

January–March

• 19 January – Saliha Marie Fetteh, writer, lecturer and imam. ^[2]
• 21 February – Lars Ramkilde Knudsen, researcher

April–June

• 30 April – Eva Fjellerup, fencer
• 11 May – Arne Nielsson, canoeist
• 22 May – Bo Skovhus, opera singer
• 30 May – Pia Juul, poet, prose writer, and translator (died 2020)

July–September

• 7 July – Klaus Tange, actor
• 6 August – Søren Hyldgaard, film composer (died 2018)
• 15 August – Jesper W. Nielsen, film director and editor
• 16 August – Solvej Balle, writer

October–December

• 10 October – Peter Ingwersen, fashion designer
• 1 November – Hella Joof, actress, comedian, and director
• 30 November – Søren Steen Jespersen, director, producer and writer
• 1 December – Malene Birger, fashion designer

Deaths

April–June

• 16 June – Hans Kirk, author (born 1898)

July–September

• 19 August – Emilius Bangert, composer and organist (born 1883)
• 7 September – Karen Blixen, author, farmer painter (born 1885)
• 19 September – Karl Albert Hasselbalch, physician and chemist, pioneer in the use of pH measurement in medicine (born 1874)
• 30 September – Karen Lachmann, fencer (born 1916)

October–December

• 29 November – Erik Scavenius, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1877)
• 7 December – Kristian Møhl, painter and decorative artist (born 1876)
• 5 December – Alsing Andersen, politician (born 1893)
• 6 December – Ellen Osiier, fencer (born 1890)

See also

• 1962 in Danish television

References

1. "Frederick IX: king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. "Saliha Marie Fetteh". Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 18 March 2025.