1982 in Denmark explained

Events from the year 1982 in Denmark.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Margrethe II^[1]
• 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

Sports

Badminton

• 28 March 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

JanuaryMarch

• 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

AprilJune

• 3 April – Stine Brix, author and politician
• 15 April – Henriette Engel Hansen, sprint canoeist^[2]
• 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

JulySeptember

• 19 July Esben Holmboe Bang, chef and restaurateur
• 24 July Catharina Svensson, lawyer
• 19 August Jens Berthel Askou, footballer
• 22 August Peter Nymann, footballer

OctoberDecember

• 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

JanuaryMarch

• 12 January – Emil Hass Christensen, actor (b. 1903)
• 16 January – Harald Agersnap, composer, educator and musician (b. 1899)
• 4 March Søren Kristian Toubro, engineer and Larsen & Toubro co-founder (born 1906)

AprilJune

• 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 Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, artist and designer (born 1919)

JulySeptember

• 20 September Søren Georg Jensen, designer and sculptor (born 1917)

OctoberDecember

• 21 December  - Frants Hvass, diplomat (born 1896)

See also

• 1982 in Danish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margrethe II queen of Denmark . Encyclopedia Britannica . 16 June 2019 . en.
2. Web site: Henriette Engel HANSEN - Olympic Canoe Sprint Denmark . International Olympic Committee . 25 November 2019 . en . 20 November 2016.