1962 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1962}}
Events from the year 1962 in Denmark.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 November {{ndash}} The Langeland Bridge is inaugurated.
Sports
=Badminton=
- 21{{ndash}}24 March {{ndash}} 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
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 19 January {{ndash}} Saliha Marie Fetteh, writer, lecturer and imam.{{cite news|title=Saliha Marie Fetteh|url=https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/profiler/saliha-marie-fetteh |work=Kristeligt Dagblad|language=da|access-date=18 March 2025}}
- 21 February {{ndash}} Lars Ramkilde Knudsen, researcher
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 30 April {{ndash}} Eva Fjellerup, fencer
- 11 May {{ndash}} Arne Nielsson, canoeist
- 22 May {{ndash}} Bo Skovhus, opera singer
- 30 May {{ndash}} Pia Juul, poet, prose writer, and translator (died 2020)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 7 July {{ndash}} Klaus Tange, actor
- 6 August {{ndash}} Søren Hyldgaard, film composer (died 2018)
- 15 August {{ndash}} Jesper W. Nielsen, film director and editor
- 16 August {{ndash}} Solvej Balle, writer
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 10 October {{ndash}} Peter Ingwersen, fashion designer
- 1 November {{ndash}} Hella Joof, actress, comedian, and director
- 30 November {{ndash}} Søren Steen Jespersen, director, producer and writer
- 1 December {{ndash}} Malene Birger, fashion designer
Deaths
=April{{ndash}}June=
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 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)
- 30 September {{ndash}} Karen Lachmann, fencer (born 1916)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 29 November – Erik Scavenius, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1877)
- 7 December {{ndash}} Kristian Møhl, painter and decorative artist (born 1876)
- 5 December {{ndash}} Alsing Andersen, politician (born 1893)
- 6 December {{ndash}} Ellen Osiier, fencer (born 1890)
See also
References
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