Copenhagen Literary Agency ApS
Private limited companyCVR 18357690København KActive
Copenhagen Literary Agency ApS is a private limited company, based in København K, active in agents in particular products, except vehicles, founded in 1995. Net profit fell 28% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 126k.
Key figures · financial year 2025
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.1m.
- Net profit fell 28% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 126k.
- Equity rose 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 841k.
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Sophia Hersi Smith (director, 13/01/2025).
- New owners registered: Carlsen Gram ApS (21/12/2024), Sophia Hersi Smith (13/01/2025) and Sophia Hersi Smith (21/12/2024).
- No longer registered as owner: Carlsen Gram ApS (20/12/2024) and Sophia Hersi Smith (12/01/2025).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Agents in particular products, except vehicles (461890)
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 | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 3,330 | 2,715 | 2,226 | 2,212 | 2,003 | 2,070 | +3.4% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 250 | 243 | 193 | 232 | 165 | 214 | +29.2% |
| Profit before tax | 240 | 227 | 181 | 212 | 225 | 164 | −27.2% |
| Net profit | 183 | 176 | 139 | 163 | 175 | 126 | −27.9% |
| Total assets | 2,949 | 1,926 | 1,748 | 1,784 | 2,605 | 2,308 | −11.4% |
| Equity | 788 | 439 | 577 | 741 | 815 | 841 | +3.2% |
| Liabilities | 2,159 | 1,487 | 1,156 | 1,031 | 1,778 | 1,459 | −18% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 1,002 | 597 | 567 | 994 | 933 | 1,151 | +23.3% |
| Average number of employees | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0% |
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 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: 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 figuresProfit 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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 06/03/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 24/02/2025 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 19/03/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 14/04/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 01/04/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 26/03/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
73 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in agents in particular products, except vehicles based on the latest financial year.
Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.9m, net profit DKK 444k, equity DKK 3.8m, 5 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison | No. 30,243of 69,742 Better than 57% | No. 35,940of 69,964 Better than 49% |
| Same industry and fewer than 20 employees62 companies in the comparison | No. 41of 62 Better than 34% | No. 44of 62 Better than 30% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 7,250of 10,152 Better than 29% | No. 8,987of 10,275 Better than 13% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 29,361of 66,379 Better than 56% | No. 31,781of 66,505 Better than 52% |
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
Agents in particular products, except vehicles- Copenhagen Literary Agency ApSDKK 2.1m
- Adobe Systems Danmark ApSDKK 101.8m
- Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner A/SDKK 84.7m
- Copenhagen Literary Agency ApSDKK 126k
- Adobe Systems Danmark ApSDKK 16.1m
- Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner A/SDKK 2.5m
- Copenhagen Literary Agency ApSDKK 841k
- Adobe Systems Danmark ApSDKK 27m
- Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner A/SDKK 68m
- Copenhagen Literary Agency ApS4
- Adobe Systems Danmark ApS48
- Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner A/S153
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership Register- Carlsen Gram ApS90%
- Sophia Hersi Smith10%
Management
2 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Monika Gram | Director | 25/03/2014 |
| Sophia Hersi Smith | Director | 13/01/2025 |
- Founders
- Albrecht Richard Leonhardt, Anneline Høier
Former management (11)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albrecht Richard Leonhardt | Director | 20/01/1995 | 17/05/2000 |
| Anneline Høier | Director | 20/01/1995 | 25/03/2014 |
| Daniel Høier Øhrgaard | Board member | 02/02/2006 | 22/04/2015 |
| Per Christian Øhrgaard | Chair of the board | 02/02/2006 | 22/04/2015 |
| Anneline Høier | Board member | 02/02/2006 | 29/06/2015 |
| Monika Gram | Board member | 02/02/2006 | 19/10/2015 |
| Michael Carlsen | Board member | 27/03/2009 | 22/04/2015 |
| Hans Christian Galst | Chair of the board | 22/04/2015 | 29/06/2015 |
| Barbara Carlsen | Chair of the board | 29/06/2015 | 19/10/2015 |
| Maria Celeste Meersohn | Board member | 29/06/2015 | 19/10/2015 |
| Lars Ringhof | Director | 19/10/2015 | 29/04/2021 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktionen.
Address and production units
1 active production unitsOvergaden Oven Vandet 8
1415 København K
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copenhagen Literary Agency ApS | Overgaden Oven Vandet 8, 3, 1415 København K | 4 | 1003430763 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er forvaltning og formidling af forfatterrettigheder og dermed beslægtet virksomhed i ind- og udland.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
66 registered events20261 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
20255 changesaccounts 1 · management 1 · ownership 2 · industry 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
- ManagementSophia Hersi Smith appointed director
- OwnershipSophia Hersi Smith registered as owner (10%)
- OwnershipSophia Hersi Smith is no longer registered as owner
- IndustryIndustry changed to Agents in particular products, except vehicles (461890)
20245 changesownership 3 · address 1 · accounts 1
- OwnershipSophia Hersi Smith registered as owner (5%)
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS registered as owner (90%)
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS is no longer registered as owner
- AddressMoved to Overgaden Oven Vandet 8, 3, 1415 København K
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
202111 changesaddress 2 · management 1 · ownership 7 · accounts 1
- AddressMoved to Antonigade 3, 2, 1106 København K
- ManagementLars Ringhof stepped down as director
- OwnershipMonika Gram registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipMonika Gram is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipLars Ringhof is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipLars Ringhof ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipMonika Gram is no longer registered as owner
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
- AddressMoved to Hyskenstræde 10, 2, 1207 København K
20172 changesaddress 2
- AddressMoved to Hyskenstræde 10, 2, 1207 København K
- AddressMoved to Frederiksholms Kanal 2, 3, 1220 København K
201525 changesname 2 · capital 3 · management 12 · ownership 6 · merger 1 · address 1
- NameName changed from LEONHARDT OG HØIER LITERARY AGENCY ApS to Copenhagen Literary Agency ApS
- CapitalShare capital changed from 250,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
- ManagementLars Ringhof appointed director
- ManagementMaria Celeste Meersohn stepped down as board member
- ManagementBarbara Carlsen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementMonika Gram stepped down as board member
- OwnershipLars Ringhof registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipMonika Gram registered as owner (50%)
- OwnershipLars Ringhof ApS registered as owner (50%)
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS is no longer registered as owner
- NameName changed from LEONHARDT OG HØIER LITERARY AGENCY A/S to LEONHARDT OG HØIER LITERARY AGENCY ApS
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 250,000 DKK
- ManagementMaria Celeste Meersohn appointed board member
- ManagementBarbara Carlsen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementHans Christian Galst stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementAnneline Høier stepped down as board member
- OwnershipCARLSEN GRAM ApS registered as owner (100%)
- AddressMoved to Frederiksholms Kanal 2, 3, 1220 København K
- CapitalShare capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
- ManagementHans Christian Galst appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMichael Carlsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementPer Christian Øhrgaard stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementDaniel Høier Øhrgaard stepped down as board member
20142 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementMonika Gram appointed director
- ManagementAnneline Høier stepped down as director
20091 changemanagement 1
- ManagementMichael Carlsen appointed board member
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Agenturhandel med specialiseret varesortiment i.a.n. (461800)
20065 changesname 1 · management 4
- NameName changed from LEONHARDT OG HØIER LITERARY AGENCY ApS to LEONHARDT OG HØIER LITERARY AGENCY A/S
- ManagementMonika Gram appointed board member
- ManagementAnneline Høier appointed board member
- ManagementPer Christian Øhrgaard appointed chair of the board
- ManagementDaniel Høier Øhrgaard appointed board member
20052 changescapital 2
- CapitalShare capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
- CapitalShare capital changed from 200,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
20001 changemanagement 1
- ManagementAlbrecht Richard Leonhardt stepped down as director
19953 changesfounded 1 · management 2
- FoundedRegistered as LEONHARDT OG HØIER LITERARY AGENCY ApS
- ManagementAlbrecht Richard Leonhardt appointed director
- ManagementAnneline Høier appointed director
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- IBSA Nordic ApS16 employees
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Same people in management
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- Løvbjerg Supermarked A/Svia Hans Christian Galst
- Jp/politikens Hus A/Svia Per Christian Øhrgaard
- Telenor A/Svia Hans Christian Galst
- Johnson Controls Denmark ApSvia Hans Christian Galst
- AP Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskabvia Hans Christian Galst
Largest in the industry
- Adobe Systems Danmark ApSDKK 101.8m
- Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner A/SDKK 84.7m
- Procter & Gamble Danmark ApSDKK 58.2m
- Mermaid Medical A/SDKK 54.1m
- CTS Defence ApSDKK 52.9m
- HYTOR Tools Solutions A/SDKK 43.6m
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.