1942 in Denmark

Events from the year 1942 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Christian X
 * Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning (until 4 May), Vilhelm Buhl (until 9 November), Erik Scavenius

Events

 * 4 May – Vilhelm Buhl is appointed to new prime minister of Denmark following Thorvald Stauning's death the previous day.
 * 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

Sports

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

January–March

 * 14 January – Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (died 2023)
 * 9 February – Kirsten Thorup, author
 * 18 February – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (died 2010)
 * 19 March – Jytte Rex, artist, author and film director

April–June

 * 13 April – Poul Anker Bech, painter (died 2009)
 * 19 May – Flemming Quist Møller, writer and illustrator (died 2022)
 * 15 June – Birgitte Alsted, violinist, teacher and composer

July–September

 * 27 August – Per Stig Møller, politician, writer
 * 12 September – Jytte Hilden, chemical engineer and politician.

October–December

 * 29 October – Vita Andersen, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 2021).

January–March

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

April–June

 * 2 April – Peter Esben-Petersen, entomologist (born 1869)
 * 3 May – Thorvald Stauning, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1873)
 * 30 May – August Hassel, sculptor (born 1864)

July–September

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

October–December

 * 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)