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

Hella Joof.

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

Karen Blixen.

Niels Bohr.

April–June

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

July–September

• 19 August – Emilius Bangert, composer and organist (born 1883) ^[3]
• 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)
• 28 September – Knud Kristensen, politician (born 1880)
• 30 September – Karen Lachmann, fencer (born 1916)

October–December

• 28 – Julius Lehrmann. sports shooter (died 1885)
• 18 November – Niels Bohr, theoretical physicist (born 1885)
• 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)
• 12 December – Ellen Osiier, fencer (born 1890)
• 22 December – Max Hansen, singer, actor and comedian (born 1897)

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.
3. "Emilius Bangert" (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved 26 May 2015.