Berlingske Media A/S

Public limited companyCVR 29207313København KActive

Berlingske Media A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in publishing of journals and periodicals, founded in 1950. Net profit fell 5% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 63m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 76 companies in the industry in the database. With 457 employees, the company is about 76 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 646.7m+4.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 63m−5.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 144m−81.5% vs. 2024
Employees457latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 397.2m.
  • Revenue rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 646.7m.
  • Net profit fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 63m.
  • Equity fell 81% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 144m.

Employees

  • 33 fewer employees than a year earlier: 457 (07/2026) against 490 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Hilde-Kristin Norddal (board member, 04/12/2024), Gisle Torheim (board member, 04/12/2024) and Anders Møller Opdahl (chair of the board, 04/12/2024) (+5).
  • Stepped down: Christian Van Thillo (board member, 04/12/2024), Michael Bjerregaard (director, 31/10/2024) and Piet Vroman (board member, 14/11/2024) (+5).
  • New owners registered: Amedia Danmark ApS (27/10/2025) and Jfm A/S (27/10/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Amedia Danmark ApS (26/10/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 24/10/2025: Share capital changed from 216,567,000 DKK to 400,000 DKK
  • 20/01/2025: Merger registered in CVR
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Publishing of journals and periodicals (581300)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Berlingske Media A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue733,858755,869730,687635,525620,768646,706+4.2%
Gross profit389,379412,296481,414411,275358,507397,209+10.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)24,32542,55472,80114,17522,86058,752+157%
Profit before tax24,45649,62879,82943,10372,40364,112−11.5%
Net profit23,83049,29278,93335,90666,57262,950−5.4%
Total assets1,190,8941,119,9141,168,4851,198,2811,049,987434,459−58.6%
Equity804,423785,964864,897900,803776,589144,002−81.5%
Liabilities376,434323,777293,837288,152264,072273,983+3.8%
Cash and cash equivalents38,67311,71448,04738,07541,36992,031+122.5%
Average number of employees520570564538457421−7.9%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report.

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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (76 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 81% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 776.6m to DKK 144m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is positive in the five latest annual reports in a row.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Berlingske Media A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202516/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202303/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202231/03/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202101/04/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202016/04/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

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Employees

Position in the industry

76 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in publishing of journals and periodicals based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 397.2mNo. 1 of 76
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 144mNo. 4 of 76
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees457No. 1 of 76
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.6m, net profit DKK 181k, equity DKK 1.5m, 6 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 794kDKK 6.3mDKK 50mDKK 199.1mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 70 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 87of 763
Better than 89%
No. 322of 796
Better than 60%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 222of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 988of 10,275
Better than 90%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 374of 17,786
Better than 98%
No. 1,799of 18,024
Better than 90%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Publishing of journals and periodicals
Gross profit
  1. Berlingske Media A/SDKK 397.2m
  2. Bonnier Publications A/SDKK 202m
  3. Aller Media A/SDKK 162.1m
Net profit
  1. Berlingske Media A/SDKK 63m
  2. Bonnier Publications A/SDKK 16.5m
  3. Aller Media A/SDKK 4.8m
Equity
  1. Berlingske Media A/SDKK 144m
  2. Bonnier Publications A/SDKK 43.4m
  3. Aller Media A/SDKK 47.6m
Employees
  1. Berlingske Media A/S457
  2. Bonnier Publications A/S288
  3. Aller Media A/S287

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Berlingske Media A/S

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

10 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Berlingske Media A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Bjørn Krab-JohansenCEO01/12/2017
Lisbet Røge JensenDirector13/12/2024
Jens Glent AbildgaardDirector01/09/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Berlingske Media A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Katrine Gundel HarmensBoard member11/01/2016
Ivar Carsten CarstensenBoard member01/04/2020
Anette Damgaard KragelundDeputy board member01/04/2020
Hilde-Kristin NorddalBoard member04/12/2024
Gisle TorheimBoard member04/12/2024
Anders Møller OpdahlChair of the board04/12/2024
Peter Bojsen JakobsenBoard member28/10/2025
Former management (94)
Former management at Berlingske Media A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Remy Thomas Bøgeløv ErichsenBoard member31/03/195031/03/1998
Karl Johan LevinsenBoard member31/03/195016/05/2001
Oluf Christian EngellDeputy chair31/03/195007/11/2007
Hanne Margrethe RasmussenDeputy board member31/03/195031/03/1998
Chresten William RevesCEO31/03/195031/12/1997
Erik Danquard JensenDirector31/03/195010/03/1989
Kurt Christian FrombergBoard member31/03/195016/05/2001
Rene Tang JespersenDirector31/03/195031/05/1998
Erik StampeBoard member31/03/195021/09/1989
Ole ScherfigChair of the board31/03/195001/10/1999
Walther Vishof PaulsenBoard member31/03/195016/05/2001
Peter Ramsø JakobsenDeputy board member31/03/195001/11/1997
Janni Thaarup PedersenDeputy board member31/03/195001/11/1997
Leif Svend LarsenBoard member31/03/195031/12/2000
Hans-Henrik NehammerBoard member31/03/195001/11/1994
Steen GedeDirector01/10/199731/12/1998
Henning Læssøe NielsenBoard member22/12/199709/04/2003
Susanne Holmegaard WulffBoard member01/04/199818/05/1999
Mikael ThinghuusDirector01/08/199829/02/2000
Joachim Stoltze MallingCEO01/02/199901/10/2006
Ruth Lissi KrarupDeputy board member18/05/199909/04/2003
Klaus Henning FrederiksenDeputy board member18/05/199931/10/2000
Kurt Ib ChristensenBoard member18/05/199913/05/2005
Kristian SchølerBoard member18/05/199909/04/2003
Lisbeth AndersenDeputy board member18/05/199909/04/2003
Knud Johannes SørensenChair of the board01/10/199916/05/2001
Niels Leth-EspensenDirector16/03/200015/10/2001
Kjell JohnsenBoard member16/01/200105/10/2006
Mads Bryde AndersenBoard member16/05/200107/11/2007
Bjørn Erik NæssBoard member16/05/200113/05/2005
Anders KronborgDirector15/10/200131/10/2004
Tom JørgensenGroup director17/04/200201/01/2007
Uffe GardelBoard member09/04/200307/11/2007
Diana LorentzenBoard member09/04/200307/11/2007
Poul Anker PhilipsenBoard member09/04/200301/07/2004
Lars Kjeldgaard JohansenDeputy board member09/04/200301/07/2004
Grethe Ellebæk JensenDeputy board member09/04/200307/11/2007
Sussie Wandahl HøvringDeputy board member15/07/200419/12/2007
Bjarne Rødsgaard JensenBoard member15/07/200419/12/2007
Anders GötzscheChief financial officer04/04/200530/08/2007
Jan LindhBoard member13/05/200505/10/2006
Bjørn WiggenChair of the board13/05/200502/01/2008
Lasse BolanderCEO01/10/200617/09/2007
Joachim Stoltze MallingBoard member05/10/200607/11/2007
John AllwoodCEO17/09/200720/11/2007
Peter Nordgaard HansenChief financial officer18/09/200702/11/2015
Jan KargaardBoard member07/11/200731/12/2010
Tina KrongaardBoard member07/11/200720/08/2009
PauL VickersBoard member07/11/200719/03/2009
Lisbeth KnudsenCEO20/11/200730/09/2015
Steffen LilmoësBoard member19/12/200709/09/2013
David MontgomeryChair of the board02/01/200813/01/2011
Stig FinsloBoard member11/03/200820/04/2012
Jonathan DiggesBoard member19/03/200914/03/2011
Jens Anton Havskov HansenBoard member20/08/200910/01/2016
Susanne VallaDeputy board member20/08/200912/01/2012
Keith AllenChair of the board13/01/201102/09/2015
Henry DaviesDeputy chair13/01/201102/09/2015
Jaime ThamBoard member14/03/201127/03/2015
Kim StonorDeputy board member12/01/201211/01/2016
Mikkel LudvigsenBoard member12/01/201201/04/2020
Katrine Gundel HarmensDeputy board member12/01/201210/01/2016
Bjarne Werner MunckBoard member20/04/201202/09/2015
Niels Wedege PetersenBoard member09/09/201311/01/2016
Christian Van ThilloBoard member27/03/201504/12/2024
Kim Graven NielsenChair of the board02/09/201518/03/2018
Lars Monrad-GyllingBoard member02/09/201502/07/2021
Christophe ConventBoard member02/09/201523/03/2022
Celine Mirjam van PraagBoard member02/09/201520/04/2020
Bjarne Werner MunckCEO30/09/201507/02/2016
Jens Anton Havskov HansenDeputy board member11/01/201627/02/2019
Kenn GudmannDeputy board member11/01/201601/01/2019
Marianne Ellegaard FajstrupBoard member11/01/201628/02/2019
Maria Sømod HansenDeputy board member11/01/201601/01/2019
Bjarne Werner MunckDirector08/02/201629/04/2016
Mette MaixCEO08/02/201603/07/2017
Frits CampagneCEO03/07/201730/11/2017
Michael BjerregaardDirector20/02/201831/10/2024
Kim Graven NielsenBoard member19/03/201801/01/2019
Connie Hedegaard KoksbangChair of the board19/03/201802/07/2021
Jens Anton Havskov HansenBoard member28/02/201931/03/2020
André Rafal RogaczewskiBoard member08/04/201902/07/2021
Jens Anton Havskov HansenDeputy board member01/04/202031/12/2021
Christina AndreasenBoard member01/04/202002/07/2021
Sanne FahnøeDeputy board member01/04/202001/07/2021
Erik Henk RoddenhofBoard member20/04/202001/07/2021
Piet VromanBoard member02/07/202114/11/2024
Sanne FahnøeBoard member02/07/202117/08/2022
Erik Henk RoddenhofChair of the board02/07/202122/03/2022
Erik Henk RoddenhofBoard member23/03/202204/12/2024
Agnes Josephina Maria NijboerChair of the board23/03/202204/12/2024
Bernadette de BethuneBoard member23/03/202204/12/2024
Peter Noe ChristensenDirector31/10/202431/08/2026
Petter Bjørkly HøisethBoard member04/12/202428/10/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller en direktør, eller af to direktører i forening, eller af den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

1 active production units

Pilestræde 34
1112 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1112

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
BERLINGSKE MEDIA A/SPilestræde 34, 1112 København K4641003228169

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at udgive aviser, blade og andre publikationer, at udøve anden virksomhed inden for nyhedsformidling og annoncering samt at drive beslægtet virksomhed efter bestyrelsens nærmere bestemmelse. Selskabets publikationer skal stedse redigeres i dansk demokratisk ånd ud fra et samfundsbevarende grundsynspunkt, men uden at være bundet til noget bestemt politisk parti eller nogen organisation, og redaktionen skal inden for disse rammer være frit stillet under iagttagelse af alsidighed, redelighed, mådehold og god tone.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

136 registered events
20263 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Jens Glent Abildgaard appointed director
  • Peter Noe Christensen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20259 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 3 · capital 1 · accounts 1 · merger 1 · industry 1
  • Peter Bojsen Jakobsen appointed board member
  • Petter Bjørkly Høiseth stepped down as board member
  • Amedia Danmark ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • JFM A/S registered as owner (25%)
  • Amedia Danmark ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 216,567,000 DKK to 400,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Industry changed to Publishing of journals and periodicals (581300)
202413 changesmanagement 12 · accounts 1
  • Lisbet Røge Jensen appointed director
  • Petter Bjørkly Høiseth appointed board member
  • Anders Møller Opdahl appointed chair of the board
  • Gisle Torheim appointed board member
  • Hilde-Kristin Norddal appointed board member
  • Agnes Josephina Maria Nijboer stepped down as chair of the board
  • Bernadette de Bethune stepped down as board member
  • Erik Henk Roddenhof stepped down as board member
  • Christian Van Thillo stepped down as board member
  • Piet Vroman stepped down as board member
  • Peter Noe Christensen appointed director
  • Michael Bjerregaard stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20227 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
  • Sanne Fahnøe stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Agnes Josephina Maria Nijboer appointed chair of the board
  • Bernadette de Bethune appointed board member
  • Erik Henk Roddenhof appointed board member
  • Christophe Convent stepped down as board member
  • Erik Henk Roddenhof stepped down as chair of the board
202112 changesmanagement 10 · merger 1 · accounts 1
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Sanne Fahnøe appointed board member
  • Erik Henk Roddenhof appointed chair of the board
  • Piet Vroman appointed board member
  • Christina Andreasen stepped down as board member
  • André Rafal Rogaczewski stepped down as board member
  • Connie Hedegaard Koksbang stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Monrad-Gylling stepped down as board member
  • Erik Henk Roddenhof stepped down as board member
  • Sanne Fahnøe stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20209 changesmanagement 9
  • Erik Henk Roddenhof appointed board member
  • Celine Mirjam van Praag stepped down as board member
  • Christina Andreasen appointed board member
  • Anette Damgaard Kragelund appointed deputy board member
  • Ivar Carsten Carstensen appointed board member
  • Sanne Fahnøe appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Mikkel Ludvigsen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen stepped down as board member
20198 changesmerger 1 · management 7
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • André Rafal Rogaczewski appointed board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen appointed board member
  • Marianne Ellegaard Fajstrup stepped down as board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kim Graven Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Maria Sømod Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kenn Gudmann stepped down as deputy board member
20185 changesmanagement 4 · merger 1
  • Connie Hedegaard Koksbang appointed chair of the board
  • Kim Graven Nielsen appointed board member
  • Kim Graven Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Michael Bjerregaard appointed director
20174 changesmanagement 4
  • Anders Bjørn Krab-Johansen appointed ceo
  • Frits Campagne stepped down as ceo
  • Frits Campagne appointed ceo
  • Mette Maix stepped down as ceo
201613 changesmanagement 13
  • Bjarne Werner Munck stepped down as director
  • Mette Maix appointed ceo
  • Bjarne Werner Munck appointed director
  • Bjarne Werner Munck stepped down as ceo
  • Katrine Gundel Harmens appointed board member
  • Maria Sømod Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Marianne Ellegaard Fajstrup appointed board member
  • Kenn Gudmann appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Niels Wedege Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Kim Stonor stepped down as deputy board member
  • Katrine Gundel Harmens stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen stepped down as board member
201513 changesmanagement 12 · merger 1
  • Peter Nordgaard Hansen stepped down as chief financial officer
  • Bjarne Werner Munck appointed ceo
  • Lisbeth Knudsen stepped down as ceo
  • Celine Mirjam van Praag appointed board member
  • Christophe Convent appointed board member
  • Lars Monrad-Gylling appointed board member
  • Kim Graven Nielsen appointed chair of the board
  • Bjarne Werner Munck stepped down as board member
  • Keith Allen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Henry Davies stepped down as deputy chair
  • Christian Van Thillo appointed board member
  • Jaime Tham stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20141 changeownership 1
  • Amedia Danmark ApS registered as owner (100%)
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Niels Wedege Petersen appointed board member
  • Steffen Lilmoës stepped down as board member
20126 changesmanagement 6
  • Bjarne Werner Munck appointed board member
  • Stig Finslo stepped down as board member
  • Katrine Gundel Harmens appointed deputy board member
  • Mikkel Ludvigsen appointed board member
  • Kim Stonor appointed deputy board member
  • Susanne Valla stepped down as deputy board member
20116 changesmerger 1 · management 5
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Jaime Tham appointed board member
  • Jonathan Digges stepped down as board member
  • Keith Allen appointed chair of the board
  • Henry Davies appointed deputy chair
  • David Montgomery stepped down as chair of the board
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Jan Kargaard stepped down as board member
20096 changescapital 1 · management 5
  • Share capital changed from 216,566,000 DKK to 216,567,000 DKK
  • Susanne Valla appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Anton Havskov Hansen appointed board member
  • Tina Krongaard stepped down as board member
  • Jonathan Digges appointed board member
  • PauL Vickers stepped down as board member
20084 changesname 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Name changed from DET BERLINGSKE OFFICIN A/S to BERLINGSKE MEDIA A/S
  • Stig Finslo appointed board member
  • David Montgomery appointed chair of the board
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af distrikts- og annonceblade (581420)
200710 changesmanagement 8 · merger 1 · industry 1
  • Steffen Lilmoës appointed board member
  • Lisbeth Knudsen appointed ceo
  • John Allwood stepped down as ceo
  • Jan Kargaard appointed board member
  • PauL Vickers appointed board member
  • Tina Krongaard appointed board member
  • Peter Nordgaard Hansen appointed chief financial officer
  • John Allwood appointed ceo
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af distrikts- og annonceblade uden eget trykkeri (221340)
19952 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 90,000,000 DKK to 216,566,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19501 changefounded 1
  • Registered as DET BERLINGSKE OFFICIN A/S

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 23/10/2026.

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