1942 in Denmark

Events from the year 1942 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning (until 4 May), Vilhelm Buhl (until 9 November), Erik Scavenius

Events

• 4 May – Vilhelm Buhl is appointed to new prime minister of Denmark following Thorvald Stauning's death the previous day.
• 11 September – Sabotage results in a fire at the German Reichdeutsche Schulen in Emdrup, Copenhagen.
• 26 September – Sabotage against Adler Auto Service at Lyngbyvej 26 in Copenhagen.
• 19 October – Christian X is severely injured when he falls off his horse at Esplanaden on his morning ride.
• 28 October – Beginning of the Telegram Crisis.
• 5 November – Werner Best is appointed the Third Reich's Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter) in Denmark.
• 27 November – The Danish Outdoor Council is founded

Sports

• B 93 wins their 8th Danish football championship by winning their 1941–42 Danish War Tournament.

Births

JanuaryMarch

• 14 January Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (died 2023)
• 9 February Kirsten Thorup, author

• 18 February – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (died 2010)
• 19 March Jytte Rex, artist, author and film director

AprilJune

• 13 April – Poul Anker Bech, painter (died 2009)
• 19 May Flemming Quist Møller, writer and illustrator (died 2022)
• 15 June – Birgitte Alsted, violinist, teacher and composer

JulySeptember

• 27 August – Per Stig Møller, politician, writer
• 12 September – Jytte Hilden, chemical engineer and politician.

OctoberDecember

• 29 October – Vita Andersen, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 2021).

Deaths

JanuaryMarch

• 10 January – Alba Schwartz, author and novelist (born 1857)
• 20 March – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (born 1889)
• 30 March H. A. Brendekilde, sculptor (born 1857)

AprilJune

• 2 April – Peter Esben-Petersen, entomologist (born 1869)
• 10 April Carl Schenstrøm, actor (born 1881)
• 3 May – Thorvald Stauning, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1873)
• 30 May – August Hassel, sculptor (born 1864)

JulySeptember

• 23 July – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder (born 1869)

OctoberDecember

• 22 October Olga Svendsen, actor (born 1882)
• 24 November – Carl Christensen, botanist (born 1872)
• 12 December – Benedict Nordentoft, educator and cleric, co-founder of a Danish community with a Lutheran church and a folk high school in Solvang, California (born 1873)
• 14 December Viggo Brøndal, philologist (born 1887)

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