Dafolo A/S
Public limited companyCVR 61966617FrederikshavnActive
Dafolo A/S is a public limited company, based in Frederikshavn, active in book publishing, founded in 1962. Net profit rose 12% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 1.5m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 104 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.
Key figures · financial year 2025
Gross profitDKK 51.4m+15.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 1.5m+12.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 39.9m+3.8% vs. 2024
Employees104latest month from CVR
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit rose 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 51.4m.
- Net profit rose 12% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.5m.
- Equity rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 39.9m.
Employees
- 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 104 (07/2026) against 105 (07/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Tina Marianne Refstrup (board member, 01/03/2025).
- Stepped down: Louise Vibech Frederiksen (board member, 28/02/2025).
Registrations, last 24 months
- 04/01/2026: Merger registered in CVR
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 | 46,526 | 48,123 | 66,256 | 60,826 | not stated | not stated | – |
| Gross profit | 25,665 | 27,531 | 88,624 | 38,077 | 44,355 | 51,403 | +15.9% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 609 | 15 | 46,922 | −71 | 577 | 1,024 | +77.5% |
| Profit before tax | 74 | 1,250 | 46,510 | 1,603 | 1,723 | 1,934 | +12.2% |
| Net profit | 40 | 1,339 | 36,271 | 1,252 | 1,312 | 1,474 | +12.3% |
| Total assets | 27,793 | 30,213 | 78,475 | 64,102 | 55,494 | 64,604 | +16.4% |
| Equity | 7,580 | 8,919 | 45,189 | 46,129 | 38,440 | 39,914 | +3.8% |
| Liabilities | 20,158 | 21,251 | 33,286 | 17,872 | 16,933 | 24,605 | +45.3% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,601 | 3,661 | 50,013 | 3,248 | 1,271 | 68 | −94.7% |
| Average number of employees | 49 | 52 | 70 | 65 | 69 | 80 | +15.9% |
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. Revenue is not stated for 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures. Gross profit can exceed revenue when the company has other operating income or is a financial company.
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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 | 01/07/2024 – 30/06/2025 | 01/12/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/07/2023 – 30/06/2024 | 02/12/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/07/2022 – 30/06/2023 | 30/11/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/07/2021 – 30/06/2022 | 29/11/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/07/2020 – 30/06/2021 | 30/11/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/07/2019 – 30/06/2020 | 30/11/2020 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
104 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in book publishing based on the latest financial year.
Gross profitDKK 51.4mNo. 4 of 104
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 39.9mNo. 6 of 104
Better than 95% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees104No. 3 of 104
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.6m, net profit DKK 91,836, equity DKK 1.4m, 3 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison | No. 1,731of 4,412 Better than 61% | No. 1,454of 4,466 Better than 67% |
| Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison | No. 1,455of 10,152 Better than 86% | No. 2,325of 10,275 Better than 77% |
| All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison | No. 2,838of 17,786 Better than 84% | No. 4,148of 18,024 Better than 77% |
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
Book publishingGross profit
- Dafolo A/SDKK 51.4m
- Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
- Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
- Dafolo A/SDKK 1.5m
- Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
- Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
- Dafolo A/SDKK 39.9m
- Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
- Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
- Dafolo A/S104
- Gyldendal A/S427
- Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterOwners
Dafolo A/S
Management
7 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Henrik Vaaben Brandt | CEO | 01/10/2019 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Jørgen Kaptain | Chair of the board | 07/04/2006 |
| Kjeld Møller Pedersen | Board member | 07/04/2006 |
| Lars Qvortrup | Board member | 07/04/2006 |
| Anne Mette Have Rasmussen | Board member | 24/11/2023 |
| Jens Bruntt | Board member | 24/11/2023 |
| Tina Marianne Refstrup | Board member | 01/03/2025 |
Former management (61)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palle Ingemann Mikkelsen | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 26/11/2001 |
| Per Aabel Østergaard | Deputy board member | 06/12/1962 | 02/10/1991 |
| Kaj Jørgensen | Director | 06/12/1962 | 01/07/2001 |
| Jens Ejvind Nielsen | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 07/02/1990 |
| Erling Vilsbæk Johansen | Deputy board member | 06/12/1962 | 07/02/1990 |
| Kjeld Arnth Jørgensen | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 10/11/1994 |
| Niels Peter Thomsen | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 03/01/1991 |
| Jørn Juul Jensen | Deputy board member | 06/12/1962 | 14/04/1994 |
| Frank Rønnest Christensen | Deputy board member | 06/12/1962 | 02/10/1991 |
| Allan Kristiansen | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 14/04/1994 |
| Per Christensen | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 02/10/1991 |
| Inge Damgaard | Board member | 06/12/1962 | 14/04/1994 |
| Grete Larsen | Deputy board member | 06/12/1962 | 14/04/1994 |
| Ole Albæk | Director | 06/12/1962 | 01/04/1992 |
| Jesper Thorneman Rasmussen | Deputy board member | 14/04/1994 | 31/12/1995 |
| Leif Mikkelsen | Deputy board member | 14/04/1994 | 29/12/1997 |
| Max Rasmussen | Board member | 10/11/1994 | 06/07/1999 |
| Torben Reumert Agerholm | Deputy board member | 31/12/1995 | 29/12/1997 |
| Christian Thomsen Jensen | Board member | 29/12/1997 | 22/10/1998 |
| Ole Clausen | Deputy board member | 29/12/1997 | 25/01/2002 |
| Kim Jensen | Board member | 29/12/1997 | 31/08/2019 |
| Nils Olsson | Board member | 29/12/1997 | 07/09/1998 |
| Teresa Korup Næss | Deputy board member | 29/12/1997 | 01/04/2000 |
| Per Christian Pandrup | Deputy board member | 07/09/1998 | 31/07/2000 |
| Birgit Tronsen | Board member | 07/09/1998 | 25/01/2002 |
| Jens Møller | Board member | 01/10/1999 | 26/11/2001 |
| Anette Hautop Sundbøl | Deputy board member | 01/04/2000 | 25/01/2002 |
| Charlotte Nejmann Kjær | Deputy board member | 01/08/2000 | 25/01/2002 |
| Bo Prangsgaard | CEO | 01/07/2001 | 30/06/2004 |
| Janne Emily Seemann | Board member | 26/11/2001 | 24/11/2004 |
| Jørgen Ulrik Jensen | Chair of the board | 26/11/2001 | 30/06/2004 |
| Frank Brodersen | Board member | 25/01/2002 | 01/08/2003 |
| Mikael Vissing Jakobsen | Board member | 05/04/2002 | 01/10/2004 |
| Majbritt Kjeldstrøm Lund | Board member | 01/08/2003 | 30/06/2004 |
| Kaj Jørgensen | Chair of the board | 30/06/2004 | 07/04/2006 |
| Jørgen Ulrik Jensen | CEO | 30/06/2004 | 01/12/2004 |
| Bente Rasmussen | Deputy board member | 30/06/2004 | 01/01/2006 |
| John Christensen | Board member | 01/10/2004 | 24/11/2004 |
| Erik Johnsen | Board member | 24/11/2004 | 07/04/2006 |
| Jens Kaptain | Board member | 24/11/2004 | 07/04/2006 |
| Andreas Borup Christensen | CEO | 01/12/2004 | 01/02/2005 |
| Hans Christian Højslet | CEO | 01/02/2005 | 10/09/2018 |
| Jørgen Kiel Clausen | Deputy board member | 01/01/2006 | 25/11/2009 |
| Niels Elgaard Pedersen | Deputy board member | 01/01/2006 | 25/11/2009 |
| Flemming Bjerregaard | Deputy board member | 01/01/2006 | 25/11/2009 |
| Finn Nørgaard | Board member | 01/01/2006 | 25/11/2009 |
| Jane Plesner Thomsen | Board member | 01/01/2006 | 25/11/2009 |
| Jesper Gad Christensen | Board member | 07/04/2006 | 24/11/2023 |
| Karina Vestergaard Thomsen | Board member | 25/11/2009 | 29/05/2015 |
| Klaus Thorup Pedersen | Deputy board member | 25/11/2009 | 30/04/2012 |
| Orla Pedersen | Deputy board member | 25/11/2009 | 31/03/2012 |
| Elisa Nadire Caeli | Deputy board member | 29/05/2015 | 30/04/2017 |
| Marianne Mogensen | Board member | 29/05/2015 | 01/09/2019 |
| Peter Bisgaard Vinther | CEO | 10/09/2018 | 30/09/2019 |
| Nathali Rønning | Deputy board member | 01/09/2019 | 30/04/2021 |
| Kim Jensen | Deputy board member | 01/09/2019 | 24/11/2023 |
| Shihab Ahmed Abdelrazak Khalaf | Deputy board member | 01/09/2019 | 31/12/2019 |
| Søren Høy Nielsen | Board member | 01/09/2019 | 24/11/2023 |
| Winnie Bitsch Hartmann-Nielsen | Board member | 01/09/2019 | 30/09/2023 |
| Alexander Gørtz Engelhardt | Board member | 01/09/2019 | 24/11/2023 |
| Louise Vibech Frederiksen | Board member | 24/11/2023 | 28/02/2025 |
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Address and production units
5 active production unitsSuderbovej 22
9900 Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn Municipality · Postcode 9900
Other companies at the address (1)
- Dafolo Holding A/SNon-financial holding companies
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAFOLO A/S | Suderbovej 22-24, 9900 Frederikshavn | 69 | 1003147723 |
| Dafolo Digital | Hobrovej 50, 2610 Rødovre | 30 | 1027514061 |
| Straarup Co | Marselisborg Havnevej 36, 8000 Aarhus C | 9 | 1031474015 |
| Dafolo Forlag | Viborggade 11, kl, 2100 København Ø | 3 | 1026805496 |
| Dafolo A/S | Niels Bohrs Vej 6, 6700 Esbjerg | 1 | 1029905947 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive forlagsvirksomhed, IT-virksomhed, lagerhotel, distribution og anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed.
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
132 registered events42015
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12017
22018
122019
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12026
20261 changemerger 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementTina Marianne Refstrup appointed board member
- ManagementLouise Vibech Frederiksen stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
20239 changesaccounts 1 · management 8
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementLouise Vibech Frederiksen appointed board member
- ManagementJens Bruntt appointed board member
- ManagementAnne Mette Have Rasmussen appointed board member
- ManagementSøren Høy Nielsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKim Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementAlexander Gørtz Engelhardt stepped down as board member
- ManagementJesper Gad Christensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementWinnie Bitsch Hartmann-Nielsen stepped down as board member
20222 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20213 changesaccounts 1 · address 1 · management 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
- AddressMoved to Suderbovej 22-24, 9900 Frederikshavn
- ManagementNathali Rønning stepped down as deputy board member
20201 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
201912 changesmanagement 11 · industry 1
- ManagementShihab Ahmed Abdelrazak Khalaf stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementHenrik Vaaben Brandt appointed ceo
- ManagementPeter Bisgaard Vinther stepped down as ceo
- ManagementNathali Rønning appointed deputy board member
- ManagementSøren Høy Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementShihab Ahmed Abdelrazak Khalaf appointed deputy board member
- ManagementKim Jensen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementAlexander Gørtz Engelhardt appointed board member
- ManagementWinnie Bitsch Hartmann-Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementMarianne Mogensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKim Jensen stepped down as board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Book publishing (581100)
20182 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementPeter Bisgaard Vinther appointed ceo
- ManagementHans Christian Højslet stepped down as ceo
20171 changemanagement 1
- ManagementElisa Nadire Caeli stepped down as deputy board member
20154 changesmerger 1 · management 3
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementMarianne Mogensen appointed board member
- ManagementElisa Nadire Caeli appointed deputy board member
- ManagementKarina Vestergaard Thomsen stepped down as board member
20141 changemerger 1
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
20122 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementKlaus Thorup Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementOrla Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
20098 changesmanagement 8
- ManagementKarina Vestergaard Thomsen appointed board member
- ManagementOrla Pedersen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementKlaus Thorup Pedersen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementNiels Elgaard Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementJane Plesner Thomsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementFinn Nørgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementFlemming Bjerregaard stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementJørgen Kiel Clausen stepped down as deputy board member
20081 changeindustry 1
- IndustryIndustry changed to Other printing (181200)
200613 changesmanagement 13
- ManagementLars Qvortrup appointed board member
- ManagementJesper Gad Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementHans Jørgen Kaptain appointed chair of the board
- ManagementKjeld Møller Pedersen appointed board member
- ManagementErik Johnsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJens Kaptain stepped down as board member
- ManagementKaj Jørgensen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementNiels Elgaard Pedersen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJane Plesner Thomsen appointed board member
- ManagementFinn Nørgaard appointed board member
- ManagementFlemming Bjerregaard appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJørgen Kiel Clausen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementBente Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
20052 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementHans Christian Højslet appointed ceo
- ManagementAndreas Borup Christensen stepped down as ceo
200414 changesmanagement 14
- ManagementAndreas Borup Christensen appointed ceo
- ManagementJørgen Ulrik Jensen stepped down as ceo
- ManagementErik Johnsen appointed board member
- ManagementJens Kaptain appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Christensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJanne Emily Seemann stepped down as board member
- ManagementJohn Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementMikael Vissing Jakobsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementKaj Jørgensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJørgen Ulrik Jensen appointed ceo
- ManagementBente Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementMajbritt Kjeldstrøm Lund stepped down as board member
- ManagementJørgen Ulrik Jensen stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementBo Prangsgaard stepped down as ceo
20032 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementMajbritt Kjeldstrøm Lund appointed board member
- ManagementFrank Brodersen stepped down as board member
20026 changesmanagement 6
- ManagementMikael Vissing Jakobsen appointed board member
- ManagementFrank Brodersen appointed board member
- ManagementCharlotte Nejmann Kjær stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementAnette Hautop Sundbøl stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementBirgit Tronsen stepped down as board member
- ManagementOle Clausen stepped down as deputy board member
20014 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementJørgen Ulrik Jensen appointed chair of the board
- ManagementJanne Emily Seemann appointed board member
- ManagementJens Møller stepped down as board member
- ManagementBo Prangsgaard appointed ceo
20004 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementCharlotte Nejmann Kjær appointed deputy board member
- ManagementPer Christian Pandrup stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementAnette Hautop Sundbøl appointed deputy board member
- ManagementTeresa Korup Næss stepped down as deputy board member
19992 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementJens Møller appointed board member
- ManagementMax Rasmussen stepped down as board member
19984 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementChristian Thomsen Jensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementBirgit Tronsen appointed board member
- ManagementPer Christian Pandrup appointed deputy board member
- ManagementNils Olsson stepped down as board member
19977 changesmanagement 7
- ManagementOle Clausen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementTeresa Korup Næss appointed deputy board member
- ManagementNils Olsson appointed board member
- ManagementKim Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementChristian Thomsen Jensen appointed board member
- ManagementTorben Reumert Agerholm stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementLeif Mikkelsen stepped down as deputy board member
19952 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementTorben Reumert Agerholm appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJesper Thorneman Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
19948 changesmanagement 6 · capital 1 · merger 1
- ManagementMax Rasmussen appointed board member
- ManagementLeif Mikkelsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJesper Thorneman Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementInge Damgaard stepped down as board member
- ManagementAllan Kristiansen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJørn Juul Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
- CapitalShare capital changed from 4,000,000 DKK to 5,000,000 DKK
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
19931 changename 1
- NameName changed from DAFOLO GRAFISKE SYSTEMER A/S to DAFOLO A/S
19913 changesmanagement 3
- ManagementPer Christensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementFrank Rønnest Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementNiels Peter Thomsen stepped down as board member
19901 changeownership 1
- OwnershipDAFOLO HOLDING A/S registered as owner (100%)
19881 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 4,000,000 DKK
19627 changesfounded 1 · management 6
- FoundedRegistered as DAFOLO GRAFISKE SYSTEMER A/S
- ManagementInge Damgaard appointed board member
- ManagementPer Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementAllan Kristiansen appointed board member
- ManagementFrank Rønnest Christensen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJørn Juul Jensen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementNiels Peter Thomsen 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.