1982 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Elizabeth II
• Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – George Younger

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Lord Mackay of Clashfern
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Nicholas Fairbairn; then Peter Fraser

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Emslie
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Wheatley
• Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord Elliott

  Events

• 10 January – The lowest ever Scottish and UK temperature of -27.2 °C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895, and the record will be equalled again at Altnaharra in 1995.
• February – first production from the Fulmar Oil Field in the North Sea.
• 25 March – Roy Jenkins wins the Glasgow Hillhead by-election for the Social Democratic Party.
• 6 May – 1982 Scottish regional elections, resulting in Labour winning the largest number of local councillors in the regions, followed by the Conservatives.
• 31 May–1 June – Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom embraces Edinburgh and Glasgow.
• 12 June – Faslane Peace Camp established.
• 24 June – Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election: Tom Clarke retains the seat for Labour.
• 19 July – Kessock Bridge opened over the Beauly Firth.
• 2 December – Glasgow Queen's Park by-election: Helen McElhone retains the seat for Labour previously held by her husband despite a swing of 9.4% to the Scottish National Party.
• The Carron Company ironworks of 1759 at Falkirk goes into receivership.

  Births

• 5 January – Darren Mackie, footballer
• 15 May – Douglas Simpson, field hockey forward
• 21 October – David Mansouri, field hockey defender
• 14 November – Stephen Hughes, footballer
• 6 December – Susie Wolff, racing driver
• 12 December – Louise Carroll, field hockey defender

  Deaths

• 4 February – Alex Harvey, glam rock musician
• 1 May in Provo, Utah – William Primrose, Scottish-born violist
• 20 October – Jimmy McGrory, footballer
• Alexander Reid, playwright
• Anne Gillespie Shaw, engineer and businesswoman

  The arts

• Soft rock band Wet Wet Wet forms in Clydebank as "Vortex Motion".