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

Events[]

Undated[]

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Sports[]

• 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[]

• 21 February - Lars Ramkilde Knudsen, researcher
• 30 May - Pia Juul, poet, prose writer, and translator (died 2020)
• 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
• 1 November - Hella Joof, actress, comedian, and director
• 30 November - Søren Steen Jespersen, director, producer and writer

Deaths[]

• 16 June – Hans Kirk, author (born 1898)
• 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)
• 29 November – Erik Scavenius, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1877)

See also[]

• 1962 in Danish television

References[]