1982 in Denmark

Events from the year 1982 in Denmark.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Margrethe II
 * 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

Badminton

 * 28 March – Morten Frost wins gold in men's singles at the 1982 All England Open Badminton Championships.
 * 13–18 April &mdash; 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.

January–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–June

 * 3 April – Stine Brix, author and politician
 * 15 April – Henriette Engel Hansen, sprint canoeist
 * 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–September

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

October–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

January–March

 * 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)

April–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 – Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, artist and designer (born 1919)

July–September

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

October–December

 * 21 December – Frants Hvass, diplomat (born 1896)