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| 1962, Aug. 31 |
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| Premier Kampmann resigned for reasons of health. The majority Social Democratic Party named Foreign Minister Jens Otto Krag as his successor. | 1 |
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| 1968, Jan. 23 |
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| In national elections, Premier Krag and the Social Democrats retained their lead, but more conservative parties made significant gains, and a new government was formed by Hilmar Baunsgaard (Radical Liberal Party), supported by a coalition of Conservatives, Agrarian Liberals, and Radical Liberals. | 2 |
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| 1970 |
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| Major reforms of divorce law expanded the grounds for divorce and separation. | 3 |
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| 1971, Sept |
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| Premier Baunsgaard resigned after his coalition government lost its majority in national elections. | 4 |
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| 1971–73 |
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| Social Democrats in power. A minority government led by Jens Otto Krag was sworn in on Oct. 11, 1971. A year later, Anker Jorgensen, leader of the General Workers Union, succeeded Krag. The Social Democrats were badly defeated in elections in December 1973 because of policies for high taxes, and the Jorgensen government resigned. | 5 |
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| 1972, Jan. 14 |
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| Death of King Frederick IX. Princess Margrethe, his eldest daughter, was proclaimed Queen Margrethe II on Oct. 5. | 6 |
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| Oct. 2 |
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| The Danes voted overwhelmingly to join the European Economic Community. Denmark officially became an EC member on Jan. 1, 1973. | 7 |
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