The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982 in order to select its entry for the contest.

The previous year's Danish entrant Tommy Seebach failed in his bid to represent Denmark for a third time.

Danmarks Radio (DR) held the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982 on 13 March at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius.

[1] On the night of the final Brixx performed 13th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Yugoslavia.

Denmark was one of very few countries to provide a contemporary-sounding entry in a contest dominated by 1970s-style Eurovision songs, but this proved not to be what the juries were looking for in that year.