1942 in Denmark

Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	Other events of 1942; List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1942 in Denmark.

Incumbents

Monarch – Christian X[1]
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.[2]
11 September – Sabotage results in a fire at the German Reichdeutsche Schulen in Emdrup, Copenhagen.[2]
26 September – Sabotage against Adler Auto Service at Lyngbyvej 26 in Copenhagen.[2]
19 October – Christian X is severely injured when he falls off his horse at Esplanaden on his morning ride.[2]
28 October – Beginning of the Telegram Crisis.[2]
5 November – Werner Best is appointed the Third Reich's Plenipotentiary (Reichsbevollmächtigter) in Denmark.[2]
27 November – The Danish Outdoor Council is founded[3]

20 March – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator (born 1889)
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)
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)

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Linvald, Steffen (1979). Københavns hvornår skete det (in Danish). Politikens Forlag. ISBN 87-567-3172-8. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
"Friluftsliv for Alle" (PDF) (in Danish). Friluftsrådet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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