1942 in Denmark

Events from the year 1942 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian X{{cite web|title=Christian X: king of Denmark|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christian-X|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=17 June 2019|language=en}}
Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning (until 4 May), Vilhelm Buhl (until 9 November), Erik Scavenius

4 May – Vilhelm Buhl is appointed to new prime minister of Denmark following Thorvald Stauning's death the previous day.{{Cite book|url=http://www.kobenhavnshistorie.dk/index.php/e-boger/183-khsd?showall=&start=11|title=Københavns hvornår skete det|last=Linvald|first=Steffen|publisher=Politikens Forlag|year=1979|isbn=87-567-3172-8|language=da|access-date=24 July 2018}}
11 September – Sabotage results in a fire at the German Reichdeutsche Schulen in Emdrup, Copenhagen.
26 September – Sabotage against Adler Auto Service at Lyngbyvej 26 in Copenhagen.
19 October – Christian X is severely injured when he falls off his horse at Esplanaden on his morning ride.
28 October – Beginning of the Telegram Crisis.
5 November – Werner Best is appointed the Third Reich's Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter) in Denmark.
27 November – The Danish Outdoor Council is founded{{cite web|url=http://www.friluftsraadet.dk/media/158102/friluftspolitisk_handlingsprogram.pdf|title=Friluftsliv for Alle|language=da|publisher=Friluftsrådet|access-date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413021348/http://www.friluftsraadet.dk/media/158102/friluftspolitisk_handlingsprogram.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

B 93 wins their 8th Danish football championship by winning their 1941–42 Danish War Tournament.

14 January {{ndash}} Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (died 2023)
9 February {{ndash}} Kirsten Thorup, author

18 February – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (died 2010){{cite encyclopedia|last=Rasmussen|first=Hanne|last2=Brandt|first2=Ulrik|title=Kirsten Jacobsen (politiker)|trans-title=Kirsten Jacobsen (politician)|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Kirsten_Jacobsen_-_politiker|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|language=da|date=7 May 2020|access-date=27 February 2022}}
19 March {{ndash}} Jytte Rex, artist, author and film director

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29 October – Vita Andersen, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 2021).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Vita Andersen|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske Encyklopædi|first=May|last=Schack|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Vita_Andersen|language=da|access-date=20 July 2021}}

10 January – Alba Schwartz, author and novelist (born 1857)
20 March – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (born 1889)
30 March {{ndash}} H. A. Brendekilde, sculptor (born 1857)

23 July – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder (born 1869)

24 November – Carl Christensen, botanist (born 1872)
12 December – Benedict Nordentoft, educator and cleric, co-founder of a Danish community with a Lutheran church and a folk high school in Solvang, California (born 1873)