Events from the year 1962 in Denmark.
Incumbents Monarch – Frederik IX Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann (until 3 February), Jens Otto Krag
Events 10 November The Langeland Bridge is inaugurated.
Sports Badminton 2124 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
JanuaryMarch 19 January Saliha Marie Fetteh, writer, lecturer and imam. 21 February Lars Ramkilde Knudsen, researcher Eric Kress, cinematographer
AprilJune 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)
JulySeptember 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
OctoberDecember 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
AprilJune 16 June – Hans Kirk, author (born 1898)
JulySeptember 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) 28 September Knud Kristensen, politician (born 1880) 30 September Karen Lachmann, fencer (born 1916)
OctoberDecember 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) 24 December Anna Henriques-Nielsen, actress (born 1881)
See also 1962 in Danish television
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