1982 in Denmark
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{{Year in Denmark|1982}}
Events from the year 1982 in Denmark.
Incumbents
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=
Sports
=Badminton=
- 28 March {{ndash}} Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles at the 1982 All England Open Badminton Championships.
- 13–18 April — With 2 gold medals and five bronze medals, Denmark finishes as the second best nation at the 8th European Badminton Championships in Böblingen, West Germany.
- Gentofte BK wins Europe Cup.
=Cycling=
- René Pijnen (NED) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.
Births
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 2 January – Rasmus Paludan, Danish-Swedish politician and lawyer
- 16 January – Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, actress
- 26 February – Johnny Thomsen, footballer
- 2 March – Pilou Asbæk, actor
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 3 April – Stine Brix, author and politician
- 15 April – Henriette Engel Hansen, sprint canoeist{{cite web |title=Henriette Engel HANSEN - Olympic Canoe Sprint {{!}} Denmark |url=https://www.olympic.org/henriette-engel-hansen |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=25 November 2019 |language=en |date=20 November 2016}}
- 17 April – Martin Kampmann, mixed martial arts fighter
- 26 April – Steffen Ernemann, footballer
- 14 May – Anders Eggert, handball player
- 20 May – Allan Arenfeldt Olesen, footballer
- 25 May – Jesper Bech, footballer
- 26 May – Morten Breum, DJ and music producer
- 16 June – May Andersen, model
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 19 July {{ndash}} Esben Holmboe Bang, chef and restaurateur
- 24 July {{ndash}} Catharina Svensson, lawyer
- 19 August {{ndash}} Jens Berthel Askou, footballer
- 22 August {{ndash}} Peter Nymann, footballer
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 1 October – Louise Svalastog Spellerberg, handball player
- 20 October – Kristian Bach Bak, footballer
- 3 November – Lasse Kryger, footballer
- 30 November – Medina, musician
- 8 December – Christian Drejer, basketball player
Deaths
=January{{ndash}}March=
- 12 January – Emil Hass Christensen, actor (b. 1903)
- 16 January – Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician (b. 1899){{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Harald_Agersnap|title=Harald Agersnap|author=
Hans Riis-Vestergaard|website=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon|access-date=29 June 2025}}
- 4 March {{ndash}} Søren Kristian Toubro, engineer and Larsen & Toubro co-founder (born 1906)
=April{{ndash}}June=
- 24 April – Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, actress (b. 1915)
- 1 June – Einar Juhl, film actor (born 1896)
- 15 June – Erling Foss, engineer and businessman (b. 1897)
- 29 June {{ndash}} Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, artist and designer (born 1919)
=July{{ndash}}September=
- 20 September {{ndash}} Søren Georg Jensen, designer and sculptor (born 1917)
=October{{ndash}}December=
- 21 December – Frants Hvass, diplomat (born 1896)
See also
References
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