← 1981 1980 1979 1982 in Denmark → 1983 1984 1985
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1982 List of years in Denmark

Events from the year 1982 in Denmark.

• Monarch - Margrethe II^[1]
• Prime minister - Anker Jørgensen (until September 10, Poul Schlüter

• 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

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

• René Pijnen (NED) and Patrick Sercu (BEL) win the Six Days of Copenhagen six-day track cycling race.

• 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

• 3 April – Stine Brix, author and politician
• 15 April – Henriette Engel Hansen, sprint canoeist^[2]
• 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

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

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

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

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

• 1982 in Danish television