1942 in Denmark

Incumbents

• Monarch – Christian X
• Prime minister – Thorvald Stauning, Vilhelm Buhl, 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 in Denmark.
• 27 November – The Danish Outdoor Council is founded

  Undated

Births

• 13 April – Poul Anker Bech, painter
• 15 June – Birgitte Alsted, violinist, teacher and composer
• 27 August – Per Stig Møller, politician, writer

  Deaths

• 20 March – Aksel Agerby, composer, organist, and music administrator
• 2 April – Peter Esben-Petersen, entomologist
• 3 May – Thorvald Stauning, politician, Prime Minister of Denmark
• 30 May - August Hassel, sculptor
• 23 July – Valdemar Poulsen, engineer who developed a magnetic wire recorder
• 24 November – Carl Christensen, botanist
• 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