1942 in Denmark
Introduction 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.
Births ===JanuaryMarch===* 14 January   Britt Bendixen, dance instructor and TV personality (died 2023)* 9 February  Kirsten Thorup, author Jytte Hilden * 18 February – Kirsten Jacobsen, politician (died 2010)* 19 March  Jytte Rex, artist, author and film director===AprilJune===* 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===JulySeptember===* 27 August – Per Stig Møller, politician, writer* 12 September – Jytte Hilden, chemical engineer and politician.===OctoberDecember===*29 October – Vita Andersen, poet, novelist, playwright and children's writer (died 2021).
Deaths ===JanuaryMarch===* 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)===AprilJune===* 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)===JulySeptember===* 23 July – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder (born 1869)===OctoberDecember===* 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)
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