Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S

Public limited companyCVR 67758919HellerupActive

Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S is a public limited company, based in Hellerup, active in sea and coastal freight water transport, founded in 1915. Net profit fell 26% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 120.3m. With 241 employees, the company is about 19 times larger than the industry median. The company has existed for over 110 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 3.1bn−22.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 120.3m−26.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 1.3bn−1.5% vs. 2024
Employees241latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 23% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 3.1bn.
  • Net profit fell 26% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 120.3m.
  • Equity fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.3bn.

Employees

  • 8 fewer employees than a year earlier: 241 (07/2026) against 249 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Jakob Groot (board member, 12/03/2025), Anne Heidi Jensen (director, 09/04/2025) and Thomas Visti Feyzi-Pedersen (deputy board member, 08/09/2025) (+2).
  • Stepped down: Karsten Sivebæk Knudsen (board member, 12/03/2025), Henrik Sandager Røjel (board member, 31/12/2025) and Anders Okkels Birk (deputy board member, 31/12/2025) (+2).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 11/03/2026: Share capital changed from 31,000,000 DKK to 30,000,000 DKK
  • 21/03/2025: Share capital changed from 32,000,000 DKK to 31,000,000 DKK

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 2016–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 200mDKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bn2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue1,251,1871,808,6002,451,3602,583,9002,597,8003,551,8005,312,4003,691,9004,040,1003,125,700−22.6%
Gross profit––132,266–435,600––––––
Operating profit (EBIT)−64,47823,31539,308––245,500791,600421,600202,100158,400−21.6%
Profit before tax−42,21822,39732,43724,100–210,700751,900410,200173,600138,800−20%
Net profit−45,59124,56428,76519,20086,000204,500743,500400,100162,700120,300−26.1%
Total assets1,301,0301,326,4641,464,4281,742,4001,824,8002,453,5002,755,4002,343,9002,254,8002,371,600+5.2%
Equity801,406834,404826,801859,000902,500993,3001,330,7001,197,9001,297,1001,277,700−1.5%
Liabilities499,624492,060637,627883,400922,3001,460,2001,424,7001,146,000957,7001,093,900+14.2%
Cash and cash equivalents100,627115,562115,224209,300331,600410,700842,300557,200266,600382,100+43.3%

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 400m2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (108 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • 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

10 financial years
Annual reports for Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202516/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202413/03/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202314/03/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202227/03/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202121/04/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202028/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201903/07/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201829/04/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201723/04/2018The companyPDFXBRL
201601/01/2016 – 31/12/201628/04/2017The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

108 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in sea and coastal freight water transport based on the latest financial year.

EquityDKK 1.3bnNo. 4 of 108
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees241No. 8 of 108
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.1m, net profit DKK 919k, equity DKK 15.4m, 13 employees.

DKK 448kDKK 2.7mDKK 15.8mDKK 93.5mDKK 306.2m
Distribution of gross profit for 88 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale).

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 51of 796
Better than 94%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 175of 10,275
Better than 98%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 336of 18,024
Better than 98%

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
Gross profit
  1. Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/SDKK 435.6m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 554.1m
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 512.4m
Net profit
  1. Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/SDKK 120.3m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 208.9m
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 10.9m
Equity
  1. Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/SDKK 1.3bn
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 2.5bn
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 648.4m
Employees
  1. Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S241
  2. Unifeeder A/S146
  3. Royal Arctic Line A/S40

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Owners and group

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Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S

Management

15 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Martin BadstedDirector25/06/2012
Jan RindboCEO30/04/2015
Anne Heidi JensenDirector09/04/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Klaus NyborgChair of the board27/04/2015
Johanne Christiane Frazer RiegelsDeputy chair05/04/2017
Robert Hvide MacleodBoard member24/03/2022
Vibeke Bak SolokBoard member09/03/2023
Ian Stuart McIntoshBoard member09/03/2023
Anders Thinggaard ChristiansenDeputy board member05/03/2024
Sofie Larsen SchønherrBoard member12/03/2024
Ruhi Røge HermansenBoard member12/03/2024
Jakob GrootBoard member12/03/2025
Thomas Visti Feyzi-PedersenDeputy board member08/09/2025
William Alexander BoatwrightDeputy board member01/12/2025
Anders Okkels BirkBoard member01/01/2026
Former management (77)
Former management at Dampskibsselskabet Norden A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Sten Riddervold KrabbeCEO15/09/191512/01/2005
Erling HøjsgaardBoard member15/09/191526/04/2015
Mogens Christian HugoChair of the board15/09/191523/04/2015
Hugo AndersenBoard member15/09/191506/05/1996
Niels ThorsenChair of the board15/09/191509/05/1995
Jørgen KruhlBoard member15/09/191503/05/1990
Jørgen KruhlDirector15/09/191514/12/1988
Arne Knud RasmussenBoard member15/09/191503/05/1994
Kirsten Biener HansenBoard member15/09/191527/02/2006
Finn OllendorffBoard member15/09/191521/05/1992
Erik Gregers HansenBoard member06/05/199625/04/2007
Gert Preben AndersenDeputy board member06/05/199726/04/2004
Jens Fehrn-ChristensenDirector01/01/200001/09/2007
Frederick William MeierBoard member02/05/200125/04/2005
Allan ThomsenDeputy board member26/04/200423/04/2008
Egon ChristensenBoard member26/04/200423/04/2008
Lars Peter TørnqvistDeputy board member26/04/200423/04/2008
Carsten MortensenCEO12/01/200525/06/2014
Einar Kjell FredvikBoard member25/04/200523/04/2009
Anton Kurt Vendelbo ChristensenBoard member27/02/200623/04/2008
Dag RasmussenBoard member25/04/200723/04/2009
Ivar Hansson MyklebustChief financial officer01/09/200715/10/2007
Ivar Hansson MyklebustChief financial officer15/10/200709/06/2008
Benn Pyrmont GuldbergBoard member23/04/200801/04/2013
Karsten Sivebæk KnudsenBoard member23/04/200812/03/2025
Kai VistisenDeputy board member23/04/200811/04/2012
Lars Westenberg BjørnDeputy board member23/04/200811/04/2012
Gisli GudjonssonDeputy board member23/04/200811/04/2012
Hans Michael Tønnes JørgensenDirector01/01/200910/08/2015
Arvid GrundekjønBoard member23/04/200912/04/2018
Bent Torry Kjæreby SørensenDeputy board member11/04/201201/10/2013
Ole ClausenBoard member11/04/201223/04/2015
Jacob Koch BlicherBoard member11/04/201201/10/2013
Lars Bagge ChristensenDirector25/06/201210/08/2015
Ejner Kiel BonderupDirector22/10/201201/07/2016
Anne-Katrine Timmermann NedergaardBoard member01/04/201323/04/2015
Alison Johanne Frazer RiegelsBoard member24/04/201307/04/2016
Klaus NyborgDeputy chair24/04/201326/04/2015
Lars Enkegaard BiilmannBoard member01/10/201319/08/2020
Mikkel FruergaardDeputy board member01/10/201323/04/2015
Jan IvarsenDeputy board member01/10/201323/04/2015
Vibeke SchneidermannDeputy board member01/10/201323/04/2015
Erling HøjsgaardDeputy chair27/04/201505/04/2017
Jonsvein Thorbjørn JoensenBoard member27/04/201511/04/2018
Christian IngerslevBoard member27/04/201519/06/2015
Jonas Visbech Berg NissenDeputy board member27/04/201521/06/2015
Janus HaahrDeputy board member27/04/201508/01/2017
Andrew Christian McPhailDeputy board member27/04/201525/09/2015
Jonas Visbech Berg NissenBoard member22/06/201508/01/2017
Johanne Christiane Frazer RiegelsBoard member07/04/201604/04/2017
Janus HaahrBoard member09/01/201712/04/2018
Christian Egholm JacobsenDeputy board member09/01/201712/04/2018
Thomas James IntratorBoard member05/04/201724/03/2022
Hans Peter FeringaBoard member05/04/201705/04/2018
Jonsvein Thorbjørn JoensenDeputy board member12/04/201819/08/2020
Jesper SvenstrupBoard member12/04/201825/03/2021
Susanne FauerskovBoard member12/04/201819/08/2020
Milan Rosendahl FalsingDeputy board member12/04/201821/10/2019
Kim AarupDeputy board member12/04/201828/02/2019
Helle Østegaard KristiansenBoard member12/12/201809/03/2023
Stephen John KunzerBoard member12/12/201831/01/2023
Simon Baun KongsgaardDeputy board member19/03/201928/02/2020
Henrik LarsenDeputy board member21/10/201919/08/2020
Jóan Pauli JespersenDeputy board member28/02/202019/08/2020
Christina Victoria Lerchedahl ChristensenBoard member25/03/202112/03/2024
Benedicte Hedengran WegenerBoard member25/03/202130/04/2022
Henrik Sandager RøjelBoard member25/03/202131/12/2025
Stine Maria Gøttrup HansenDeputy board member25/03/202130/04/2022
William Alexander BoatwrightDeputy board member25/03/202130/03/2023
Arthur Henri Didier GaidonDeputy board member25/03/202101/06/2022
Stine Maria Gøttrup HansenBoard member01/05/202227/03/2023
William Alexander BoatwrightBoard member31/03/202312/03/2024
Mads HansenDeputy board member31/03/202312/03/2024
Morten Mathias BangDeputy board member31/03/202312/03/2024
Anders Okkels BirkDeputy board member12/03/202431/12/2025
Theis Bach ChristensenDeputy board member12/03/202430/11/2025
Jacob Thorup Møller KnudsenDeputy board member12/03/202408/09/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af formanden eller næstformanden i forening med en direktør eller et bestyrelsesmedlem.

Address and production units

1 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET NORDEN A/SStrandvejen 52, 2900 Hellerup2371002257782

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive skibsfart, befragtning og lign. samt handel og industri og anden efter bestyrelsens skøn i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

149 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Share capital changed from 31,000,000 DKK to 30,000,000 DKK
  • Anders Okkels Birk appointed board member
202510 changesmanagement 8 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Anders Okkels Birk stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henrik Sandager Røjel stepped down as board member
  • William Alexander Boatwright appointed deputy board member
  • Theis Bach Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thomas Visti Feyzi-Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Jacob Thorup Møller Knudsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anne Heidi Jensen appointed director
  • Share capital changed from 32,000,000 DKK to 31,000,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Jakob Groot appointed board member
202412 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 10
  • Share capital changed from 34,000,000 DKK to 32,000,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Theis Bach Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Ruhi Røge Hermansen appointed board member
  • Sofie Larsen Schønherr appointed board member
  • Jacob Thorup Møller Knudsen appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Okkels Birk appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • William Alexander Boatwright stepped down as board member
  • Morten Mathias Bang stepped down as deputy board member
  • Christina Victoria Lerchedahl Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Thinggaard Christiansen appointed deputy board member
202311 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Mads Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • William Alexander Boatwright appointed board member
  • Morten Mathias Bang appointed deputy board member
  • William Alexander Boatwright stepped down as deputy board member
  • Stine Maria Gøttrup Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Share capital changed from 37,000,000 DKK to 34,000,000 DKK
  • Vibeke Bak Solok appointed board member
  • Ian Stuart McIntosh appointed board member
  • Helle Østegaard Kristiansen stepped down as board member
  • Stephen John Kunzer stepped down as board member
20229 changesmerger 1 · management 6 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Arthur Henri Didier Gaidon stepped down as deputy board member
  • Stine Maria Gøttrup Hansen appointed board member
  • Stine Maria Gøttrup Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Benedicte Hedengran Wegener stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Share capital changed from 39,200,000 DKK to 37,000,000 DKK
  • Robert Hvide Macleod appointed board member
  • Thomas James Intrator stepped down as board member
20219 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 7
  • Share capital changed from 40,700,000 DKK to 39,200,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Christina Victoria Lerchedahl Christensen appointed board member
  • Arthur Henri Didier Gaidon appointed deputy board member
  • William Alexander Boatwright appointed deputy board member
  • Stine Maria Gøttrup Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Henrik Sandager Røjel appointed board member
  • Benedicte Hedengran Wegener appointed board member
  • Jesper Svenstrup stepped down as board member
20209 changesmanagement 7 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Jóan Pauli Jespersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henrik Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jonsvein Thorbjørn Joensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Susanne Fauerskov stepped down as board member
  • Lars Enkegaard Biilmann stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Share capital changed from 42,200,000 DKK to 40,700,000 DKK
  • Jóan Pauli Jespersen appointed deputy board member
  • Simon Baun Kongsgaard stepped down as deputy board member
20195 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Henrik Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Milan Rosendahl Falsing stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Simon Baun Kongsgaard appointed deputy board member
  • Kim Aarup stepped down as deputy board member
201812 changesmanagement 11 · accounts 1
  • Helle Østegaard Kristiansen appointed board member
  • Stephen John Kunzer appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Jonsvein Thorbjørn Joensen appointed deputy board member
  • Milan Rosendahl Falsing appointed deputy board member
  • Susanne Fauerskov appointed board member
  • Jesper Svenstrup appointed board member
  • Kim Aarup appointed deputy board member
  • Christian Egholm Jacobsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Janus Haahr stepped down as board member
  • Jonsvein Thorbjørn Joensen stepped down as board member
  • Hans Peter Feringa stepped down as board member
201713 changesownership 3 · accounts 1 · management 9
  • RASMUSSENGRUPPEN AS is no longer registered as owner
  • A/S MOTORTRAMP registered as owner (25%)
  • A/S MOTORTRAMP is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2016 published
  • Hans Peter Feringa appointed board member
  • Thomas James Intrator appointed board member
  • Johanne Christiane Frazer Riegels appointed deputy chair
  • Erling Højsgaard stepped down as deputy chair
  • Johanne Christiane Frazer Riegels stepped down as board member
  • Christian Egholm Jacobsen appointed deputy board member
  • Janus Haahr appointed board member
  • Jonas Visbech Berg Nissen stepped down as board member
  • Janus Haahr stepped down as deputy board member
20166 changesownership 3 · management 3
  • Schroder Investment Management Limited is no longer registered as owner
  • Schroder Investment Management Limited registered as owner (5%)
  • Schroders plc is no longer registered as owner
  • Ejner Kiel Bonderup stepped down as director
  • Johanne Christiane Frazer Riegels appointed board member
  • Alison Johanne Frazer Riegels stepped down as board member
201519 changesmanagement 19
  • Andrew Christian McPhail stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Bagge Christensen stepped down as director
  • Jonas Visbech Berg Nissen appointed board member
  • Jonas Visbech Berg Nissen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Christian Ingerslev stepped down as board member
  • Jan Rindbo appointed ceo
  • Janus Haahr appointed deputy board member
  • Erling Højsgaard appointed deputy chair
  • Jonsvein Thorbjørn Joensen appointed board member
  • Christian Ingerslev appointed board member
  • Jonas Visbech Berg Nissen appointed deputy board member
  • Andrew Christian McPhail appointed deputy board member
  • Klaus Nyborg appointed chair of the board
  • Klaus Nyborg stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jan Ivarsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Vibeke Schneidermann stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mikkel Fruergaard stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anne-Katrine Timmermann Nedergaard stepped down as board member
  • Ole Clausen stepped down as board member
20142 changesownership 1 · capital 1
  • Schroders plc registered as owner (5%)
  • Share capital changed from 43,000,000 DKK to 42,200,000 DKK
20138 changesmanagement 7 · ownership 1
  • Jan Ivarsen appointed deputy board member
  • Vibeke Schneidermann appointed deputy board member
  • Mikkel Fruergaard appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Enkegaard Biilmann appointed board member
  • RASMUSSENGRUPPEN AS registered as owner (10%)
  • Klaus Nyborg appointed deputy chair
  • Alison Johanne Frazer Riegels appointed board member
  • Anne-Katrine Timmermann Nedergaard appointed board member
20124 changesmanagement 4
  • Ejner Kiel Bonderup appointed director
  • Martin Badsted appointed director
  • Lars Bagge Christensen appointed director
  • Ole Clausen appointed board member
20111 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 44,600,000 DKK to 43,000,000 DKK
20084 changesownership 1 · name 1 · address 1 · industry 1
  • A/S MOTORTRAMP registered as owner (0%)
  • Name changed from DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET 'NORDEN' A/S to DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET NORDEN A/S
  • Moved to Strandvejen 52, 2900 Hellerup
  • Industry changed to Sea and coastal freight water transport (502000)
20071 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 46,075,000 DKK to 44,600,000 DKK
20022 changescapital 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 48,500,000 DKK to 46,075,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
20011 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19981 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 48,205,000 DKK to 48,500,000 DKK
19945 changescapital 3 · name 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 47,905,000 DKK to 48,205,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 35,928,800 DKK to 47,905,000 DKK
  • Name changed from DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET ORIENT, AKTIESELSKAB to DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET 'NORDEN' A/S
  • Share capital changed from 30,000,000 DKK to 35,928,800 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
19901 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 20,000,000 DKK to 30,000,000 DKK
19151 changefounded 1
  • Registered as DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET ORIENT, AKTIESELSKAB

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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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