1982 in Denmark

Events from the year 1982 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - HM Queen Magrethe II of Denmark
• Prime minister - Anker Jørgensen (until September 10, Poul Schlüter

Events

• January 5 – 17 years old Curt Hansen wins the European Junior Chess Championship
• January 8 – A Danish cold record is set when a temperature of -31.2 is registered in Hørsted, a village in the Thy region of northern Jytland.
• September 10 – Poul Schlüter becomes prime minister

Undated

Births

• March 2 – Philip Asbæk, actor
• May 14 – Anders Eggert, handball player

Deaths

• January 12 – Emil Hass Christensen, actor (b. 10+3)
• January 16 – Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician (b. 1899)
• April 24 – Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, actress (b. 1915)
• June 15 – Erling Foss, engineer and businessman (b. 1897)

See also