1962 in Denmark
Events from the year 1962 in Denmark.
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Frederick IX[1]
- Prime minister – Viggo Kampmann (until 3 February), Jens Otto Krag
Events
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
References
- "Frederick IX | king of Denmark". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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