Christiania Shipping A/S
Public limited companyCVR 40533516København ØActive
Christiania Shipping A/S is a public limited company, based in København Ø, active in sea and coastal freight water transport, founded in 1972. Net profit fell 18% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 8.1m. Equity fell to DKK 55.9m in 2025. Gross profit is higher than that of 78% of the companies in the industry in the database.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Net profit fell 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 8.1m.
- Equity fell 37% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 55.9m.
Employees
- 4 fewer employees than a year earlier: 34 (07/2026) against 38 (07/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Torben Kæseler Larsen (director, 01/05/2025), Snorre Schie Krogstad (board member, 01/05/2025) and Fridtjof Camillo Eitzen (chair of the board, 01/05/2025) (+1).
- Stepped down: Axel Stove Lorentzen (board member, 01/05/2025), Axel Camillo Eitzen (chair of the board, 01/05/2025) and Fridtjof Camillo Eitzen (board member, 30/04/2025) (+1).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/04/2026: Moved to Langelinie Allé 35, 4, 2100 København Ø
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 86,976 | 90,395 | not stated | not stated | not stated | 131,604 | – |
| Gross profit | – | – | – | – | – | 30,792 | – |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 2,974 | 1,137 | 45,513 | 74,811 | 18,457 | 14,333 | −22.3% |
| Profit before tax | 454 | −2,735 | 39,895 | 68,728 | 10,050 | 7,975 | −20.6% |
| Net profit | 582 | −2,786 | 39,994 | 68,783 | 9,967 | 8,136 | −18.4% |
| Total assets | 66,909 | 80,366 | 140,328 | 203,560 | 209,830 | 239,247 | +14% |
| Equity | 6,196 | 3,411 | 46,760 | 92,044 | 88,974 | 55,941 | −37.1% |
| Liabilities | 60,713 | 76,955 | 93,568 | 111,516 | 120,855 | 183,306 | +51.7% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,209 | 3,426 | 24,056 | 22,683 | 11,706 | 4,053 | −65.4% |
| Average number of employees | 203 | 203 | – | – | – | 16 | – |
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. Revenue is not stated for 2022, 2023, 2024: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.
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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresEquity fell sharply
Equity fell 37% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 89m to DKK 55.9m).
How is this calculated?
Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.
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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 30/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 30/06/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 04/07/2024 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 05/07/2023 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 29/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 23/07/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
108 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in sea and coastal freight water transport based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.1m, net profit DKK 919k, equity DKK 15.4m, 13 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison | No. 1,281of 9,892 Better than 87% | No. 629of 9,922 Better than 94% |
| Same industry and 20–49 employees19 companies in the comparison | No. 4of 19 Better than 83% | No. 4of 19 Better than 83% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 2,104of 10,152 Better than 79% | No. 1,855of 10,275 Better than 82% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 4,320of 17,786 Better than 76% | No. 3,331of 18,024 Better than 82% |
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
Sea and coastal freight water transport- Christiania Shipping A/SDKK 30.8m
- Unifeeder A/SDKK 554.1m
- Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 512.4m
- Christiania Shipping A/SDKK 8.1m
- Unifeeder A/SDKK 208.9m
- Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 10.9m
- Christiania Shipping A/SDKK 55.9m
- Unifeeder A/SDKK 2.5bn
- Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 648.4m
- Christiania Shipping A/S34
- Unifeeder A/S146
- Royal Arctic Line A/S40
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterManagement
4 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Torben Kæseler Larsen | Director | 01/05/2025 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Snorre Schie Krogstad | Board member | 01/05/2025 |
| Fridtjof Camillo Eitzen | Chair of the board | 01/05/2025 |
| Anne Sofie Reimann | Board member | 01/05/2025 |
Former management (54)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sven Mogensen | Board member | 19/09/1972 | 22/08/1997 |
| Knud Lysgaard | Board member | 19/09/1972 | 02/01/2002 |
| Knud Lysgaard | Director | 19/09/1972 | 02/02/2002 |
| Andreas Romvig Lysgaard | Board member | 19/09/1972 | 14/06/2000 |
| Svend Erik Nielsen | Board member | 19/09/1972 | 22/08/1997 |
| Anette Lysgaard | Board member | 16/04/1999 | 04/07/2000 |
| Svend Erik Nielsen | Director | 11/01/2001 | 09/09/2011 |
| Vitta Theresa Lysgaard | CEO | 02/01/2002 | 01/02/2005 |
| Lars Vang Christensen | CEO | 01/02/2005 | 06/12/2011 |
| Vitta Theresa Lysgaard | Chair of the board | 14/03/2005 | 03/04/2009 |
| Finn Ladefoged Jensen | Board member | 14/03/2005 | 21/11/2010 |
| Erik Hays Thøgersen | Board member | 22/06/2007 | 21/11/2010 |
| Tage Benedikt Bundgaard | Board member | 31/10/2007 | 01/07/2013 |
| Alex Laudrup | Board member | 31/03/2008 | 12/11/2009 |
| Klaus Kjærulff | Board member | 09/02/2009 | 01/12/2009 |
| Søren Thygesen | Chair of the board | 03/04/2009 | 21/12/2009 |
| Niels Laurits Thygesen | Board member | 21/12/2009 | 21/11/2010 |
| Morten Kristoffer Larsen | Board member | 21/12/2009 | 27/05/2010 |
| Steen Hove | Chair of the board | 21/12/2009 | 20/12/2010 |
| Tom Bach Mortensen | Board member | 26/05/2010 | 04/11/2010 |
| Peter Schaumburg-Müller | Board member | 14/10/2010 | 21/11/2010 |
| Jan Godballe Børjesson | Board member | 14/10/2010 | 23/08/2011 |
| Finn Ladefoged Jensen | Director | 17/12/2010 | 17/12/2010 |
| Nils Tomas Berntsson | Board member | 20/12/2010 | 29/01/2018 |
| Lars-Johan Petersson | Board member | 20/12/2010 | 23/08/2011 |
| Bengt David Harry Kjell | Board member | 23/08/2011 | 21/01/2015 |
| Erik Gunnar Hallert | Board member | 23/08/2011 | 15/05/2012 |
| Björn Erik Nilsson | Chair of the board | 23/08/2011 | 10/12/2012 |
| Dag Wilhelm Ringvold Strømme | Board member | 23/08/2011 | 21/01/2015 |
| Jan-Erik Sundquist | Director | 09/09/2011 | 05/03/2012 |
| Mads Torben Meldgaard | CEO | 06/12/2011 | 04/04/2013 |
| Tommy Thomsen | Deputy chair | 15/05/2012 | 01/07/2013 |
| Niels Ole Birkemose Christensen | Board member | 15/05/2012 | 27/03/2015 |
| Torben Maigaard Nielsen | Board member | 15/05/2012 | 31/03/2014 |
| Knud Frede Hansen | Board member | 15/05/2012 | 31/12/2015 |
| Terje Askvig | Chair of the board | 10/12/2012 | 29/01/2018 |
| Jesper Fors Holmark | CEO | 04/04/2013 | 01/10/2014 |
| Helle Lund Bjerre | Board member | 01/07/2013 | 27/05/2014 |
| Claus Thornberg | Deputy chair | 01/07/2013 | 21/02/2014 |
| Michael Enemark Lauridsen | Board member | 31/03/2014 | 01/10/2014 |
| Per Sylvester Jensen | CEO | 01/10/2014 | 29/01/2018 |
| Fredrik Brynildsen | Board member | 21/01/2015 | 29/01/2018 |
| Magnus Sternbrink | Board member | 21/01/2015 | 29/01/2018 |
| Per Sylvester Jensen | Board member | 21/01/2015 | 29/01/2018 |
| Erik Bartnes | Chair of the board | 29/01/2018 | 10/12/2020 |
| Erik Nicolai Heidenreich | Board member | 29/01/2018 | 10/12/2020 |
| Axel Camillo Eitzen | Board member | 29/01/2018 | 31/12/2022 |
| Axel Camillo Eitzen | CEO | 29/01/2018 | 01/01/2023 |
| Axel Stove Lorentzen | Board member | 10/12/2020 | 01/05/2025 |
| Snorre Schie Krogstad | Board member | 10/12/2020 | 28/02/2022 |
| Fridtjof Camillo Eitzen | Chair of the board | 10/12/2020 | 31/12/2022 |
| Axel Camillo Eitzen | Chair of the board | 01/01/2023 | 01/05/2025 |
| Fridtjof Camillo Eitzen | Board member | 01/01/2023 | 30/04/2025 |
| Fridtjof Camillo Eitzen | CEO | 01/01/2023 | 01/05/2025 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsLangelinie Allé 35
2100 København Ø
København Municipality · Postcode 2100
Other companies at the address (3)
- B-gas A/SSea and coastal freight water transport
- Christiania Gas A/SSea and coastal freight water transport
- Christiania Holding A/SNon-financial holding companies
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christiania Shipping A/S | Langelinie Allé 35, 4, 2100 København Ø | 34 | 1001797758 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed inden for handel og industri, finansiering, shipping og anden dermed beslægtet virksomhed og at eje aktier i virksomheder i selskaber der driver tilsvarende virksomhed
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
143 registered events20262 changesaccounts 1 · address 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- AddressMoved to Langelinie Allé 35, 4, 2100 København Ø
20259 changesaccounts 1 · management 8
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- ManagementSnorre Schie Krogstad appointed board member
- ManagementAnne Sofie Reimann appointed board member
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementTorben Kæseler Larsen appointed director
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementAxel Camillo Eitzen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAxel Stove Lorentzen stepped down as board member
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen stepped down as board member
20243 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- OwnershipChristiania Holding A/S registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipEitzen Avanti AS is no longer registered as owner
20235 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen appointed board member
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen appointed ceo
- ManagementAxel Camillo Eitzen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAxel Camillo Eitzen stepped down as ceo
20224 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAxel Camillo Eitzen stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- ManagementSnorre Schie Krogstad stepped down as board member
20211 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20205 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementSnorre Schie Krogstad appointed board member
- ManagementFridtjof Camillo Eitzen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementAxel Stove Lorentzen appointed board member
- ManagementErik Nicolai Heidenreich stepped down as board member
- ManagementErik Bartnes stepped down as chair of the board
201816 changesname 1 · address 2 · capital 1 · management 10 · ownership 2
- NameName changed from HERNING SHIPPING A/S to Christiania Shipping A/S
- AddressMoved to Amerika Plads 38, 2100 København Ø
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,700,000 DKK to 1,701,000 DKK
- ManagementErik Nicolai Heidenreich appointed board member
- ManagementAxel Camillo Eitzen appointed ceo
- ManagementAxel Camillo Eitzen appointed board member
- ManagementErik Bartnes appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMagnus Sternbrink stepped down as board member
- ManagementPer Sylvester Jensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementFredrik Brynildsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPer Sylvester Jensen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementTerje Askvig stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementNils Tomas Berntsson stepped down as board member
- OwnershipEitzen Avanti AS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipHS Shipholding AB is no longer registered as owner
- AddressMoved to Tuborg Havnevej 15, 2900 Hellerup
201510 changesmanagement 7 · capital 1 · address 2
- ManagementKnud Frede Hansen stepped down as board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 15,811,000 DKK to 1,700,000 DKK
- AddressMoved to Tuborg Havnevej 15, 2900 Hellerup
- AddressMoved to Sundkrogsgade 21, 2100 København Ø
- ManagementNiels Ole Birkemose Christensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementMagnus Sternbrink appointed board member
- ManagementPer Sylvester Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementFredrik Brynildsen appointed board member
- ManagementDag Wilhelm Ringvold Strømme stepped down as board member
- ManagementBengt David Harry Kjell stepped down as board member
20148 changesownership 1 · management 7
- OwnershipHS Shipholding AB registered as owner (100%)
- ManagementPer Sylvester Jensen appointed ceo
- ManagementMichael Enemark Lauridsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Fors Holmark stepped down as ceo
- ManagementHelle Lund Bjerre stepped down as board member
- ManagementMichael Enemark Lauridsen appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Maigaard Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementClaus Thornberg stepped down as deputy chair
20136 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementClaus Thornberg appointed deputy chair
- ManagementHelle Lund Bjerre appointed board member
- ManagementTommy Thomsen stepped down as deputy chair
- ManagementTage Benedikt Bundgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Fors Holmark appointed ceo
- ManagementMads Torben Meldgaard stepped down as ceo
20128 changesmanagement 8
- ManagementTerje Askvig appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBjörn Erik Nilsson stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementTommy Thomsen appointed deputy chair
- ManagementKnud Frede Hansen appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Maigaard Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementNiels Ole Birkemose Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementErik Gunnar Hallert stepped down as board member
- ManagementJan-Erik Sundquist stepped down as director
201111 changesmanagement 10 · capital 1
- ManagementMads Torben Meldgaard appointed ceo
- ManagementLars Vang Christensen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementJan-Erik Sundquist appointed director
- ManagementSvend Erik Nielsen stepped down as director
- CapitalShare capital changed from 15,810,000 DKK to 15,811,000 DKK
- ManagementErik Gunnar Hallert appointed board member
- ManagementDag Wilhelm Ringvold Strømme appointed board member
- ManagementBjörn Erik Nilsson appointed chair of the board
- ManagementBengt David Harry Kjell appointed board member
- ManagementLars-Johan Petersson stepped down as board member
- ManagementJan Godballe Børjesson stepped down as board member
201014 changesmanagement 14
- ManagementNils Tomas Berntsson appointed board member
- ManagementLars-Johan Petersson appointed board member
- ManagementSteen Hove stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementFinn Ladefoged Jensen appointed director
- ManagementFinn Ladefoged Jensen stepped down as director
- ManagementPeter Schaumburg-Müller stepped down as board member
- ManagementNiels Laurits Thygesen stepped down as board member
- ManagementErik Hays Thøgersen stepped down as board member
- ManagementFinn Ladefoged Jensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementTom Bach Mortensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPeter Schaumburg-Müller appointed board member
- ManagementJan Godballe Børjesson appointed board member
- ManagementMorten Kristoffer Larsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementTom Bach Mortensen appointed board member
20099 changesmanagement 9
- ManagementNiels Laurits Thygesen appointed board member
- ManagementSteen Hove appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMorten Kristoffer Larsen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Thygesen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementKlaus Kjærulff stepped down as board member
- ManagementAlex Laudrup stepped down as board member
- ManagementSøren Thygesen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementVitta Theresa Lysgaard stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementKlaus Kjærulff appointed board member
20084 changesmerger 1 · management 1 · name 1 · industry 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementAlex Laudrup appointed board member
- NameName changed from TANKSKIBSREDERIET HERNING A/S to HERNING SHIPPING A/S
- IndustryIndustry changed to Sea and coastal freight water transport (502000)
20072 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementTage Benedikt Bundgaard appointed board member
- ManagementErik Hays Thøgersen appointed board member
20064 changesaddress 1 · capital 2 · merger 1
- AddressMoved to Theresavej 1, 7400 Herning
- CapitalShare capital changed from 15,500,000 DKK to 15,810,000 DKK
- CapitalShare capital changed from 15,000,000 DKK to 15,500,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20054 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementFinn Ladefoged Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementVitta Theresa Lysgaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementLars Vang Christensen appointed ceo
- ManagementVitta Theresa Lysgaard stepped down as ceo
20023 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementKnud Lysgaard stepped down as director
- ManagementVitta Theresa Lysgaard appointed ceo
- ManagementKnud Lysgaard stepped down as board member
20011 changemanagement 1
- ManagementSvend Erik Nielsen appointed director
20002 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementAnette Lysgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementAndreas Romvig Lysgaard stepped down as board member
19991 changemanagement 1
- ManagementAnette Lysgaard appointed board member
19972 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementSvend Erik Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSven Mogensen stepped down as board member
19931 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 5,000,000 DKK to 15,000,000 DKK
19891 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,750,000 DKK to 5,000,000 DKK
19871 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,500,000 DKK to 1,750,000 DKK
19726 changesfounded 1 · management 5
- FoundedRegistered as TANKSKIBSREDERIET HERNING A/S
- ManagementKnud Lysgaard appointed board member
- ManagementSvend Erik Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementAndreas Romvig Lysgaard appointed board member
- ManagementKnud Lysgaard appointed director
- ManagementSven Mogensen appointed board member
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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 24/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.