1962 in Denmark

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

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

References