DFDS A/S

Public limited companyCVR 14194711København ØActive

DFDS A/S is a public limited company, based in København Ø, active in sea and coastal passenger water transport, founded in 1999. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 425m in 2025. Operations are spread over 8 production units in 5 towns. With 1,791 employees, the company is about 239 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 30.9bn+4% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 425m−178.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 13.4bn−3.2% vs. 2024
Employees1,791latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue rose 4% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 30.9bn.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 541m to a loss of DKK 425m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 13.4bn.

Employees

  • 89 fewer employees than a year earlier: 1,791 (08/2026) against 1,880 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kristian Verner Mørch (deputy chair, 24/03/2025), Breda Cok (deputy board member, 25/03/2026) and Otto Wagner Ingstrup (board member, 25/03/2026) (+4).
  • Stepped down: Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen (chair of the board, 08/09/2026), Klaus Nyborg (deputy chair, 24/03/2025) and Torben Carlsen (ceo, 17/04/2026) (+3).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 23/04/2025: Share capital changed from 1,159,391,940 DKK to 1,124,310,980 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 2018–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 2bnDKK 0DKK 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bnDKK 12bnDKK 14bn20182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for DFDS A/S
20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue15,717,10016,592,00013,971,00017,869,00026,873,00027,304,00029,753,00030,947,000+4%
Operating profit (EBIT)––741,0001,348,0002,482,0002,326,0001,506,000520,000−65.5%
Profit before tax1,693,9001,371,000466,0001,069,0002,139,0001,652,000683,000−298,000−143.6%
Net profit1,637,2001,313,000442,000976,0002,019,0001,505,000541,000−425,000−178.6%
Total assets22,131,50026,863,00027,006,00030,721,00034,084,00034,873,00039,281,00037,117,000−5.5%
Equity9,254,50010,356,00010,600,00011,554,00013,135,00013,918,00013,890,00013,447,000−3.2%
Liabilities12,877,10016,506,00016,406,00019,167,00020,949,00020,955,00025,392,00023,670,000−6.8%
Cash and cash equivalents760,700840,0001,261,000902,0001,189,000737,0001,589,0001,795,000+13%

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 500mDKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bn20182019202020212022202320242025
Net profitMedian, the industry (36 companies)

Annual reports

8 financial years
Annual reports for DFDS A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202526/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/03/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202315/03/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202222/03/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202124/03/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202026/03/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201922/06/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201801/04/2019The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
05001,0001,5002,0002,50009/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/26
Employees

Position in the industry

36 companies in the database

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

EquityDKK 13.4bnNo. 1 of 36
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees1,791No. 2 of 36
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.3m, net profit DKK 246k, equity DKK 1.8m, 8 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 726kDKK 5.3mDKK 38.2mDKK 143.2m
Distribution of gross profit for 33 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 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 14of 177
Better than 93%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 19of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 44of 18,024
Better than 100%

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 passenger water transport
Gross profit
  1. DFDS A/S–
  2. Øresundslinjen Helsingør ApSDKK 277.2m
  3. C-bed Holding A/SDKK 228.5m
Net profit
  1. DFDS A/S−DKK 425m
  2. Øresundslinjen Helsingør ApSDKK 123.3m
  3. C-bed Holding A/SDKK 125.1m
Equity
  1. DFDS A/SDKK 13.4bn
  2. Øresundslinjen Helsingør ApSDKK 660m
  3. C-bed Holding A/SDKK 662.1m

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

14 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at DFDS A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Karen BoesenDirector01/07/2024
Michael HansenCEO01/07/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at DFDS A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jill Mildred MelbyBoard member18/04/2001
Lars Skjold-HansenBoard member22/03/2013
Anders GötzscheBoard member19/03/2018
Dirk ReichBoard member01/07/2019
Marianne Holm HenriksenBoard member23/03/2022
Minna Tiina Anneli AilaBoard member23/03/2022
Kristian Verner MørchDeputy chair24/03/2025
Breda CokDeputy board member25/03/2026
Otto Wagner IngstrupBoard member25/03/2026
Jeppe Skjøde KnudsenDeputy board member25/03/2026
Jan Johan KühlBoard member08/09/2026
Niels SmedegaardChair of the board08/09/2026
Former management (74)
Former management at DFDS A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Odd Ingar SkaugBoard member16/04/199824/03/2015
Birgit Aagaard-SvendsenBoard member16/04/199818/04/2001
Ole FrieDirector01/06/199801/01/2007
Steen Erik BrodersenDeputy board member14/04/199908/05/2003
Lene KristensenDeputy board member14/04/199928/04/1999
Claus Edvard ArnhildBoard member14/04/199913/04/2011
Bo Lennart Christer ThorbjörnssonDirector27/04/200029/11/2001
Thorleif Nohr BlokCEO23/10/200024/10/2000
Mai VedelBoard member12/03/200129/11/2001
Ole AdamsenBoard member12/03/200101/05/2006
Ib Møller SørensenBoard member29/11/200128/03/2007
Anders Christer MobergBoard member11/04/200222/03/2013
Ivar SamrenChair of the board11/04/200201/04/2009
Svend Aage JakobsenDeputy chair11/04/200220/04/2006
Anette BechDeputy board member25/03/200331/05/2006
Jan LauritzenDeputy board member08/05/200328/03/2007
Søren JespersenDirector15/02/200402/01/2008
Vagn Ove SørensenDeputy chair20/04/200631/03/2016
Lene Skole-SørensenBoard member20/04/200626/03/2014
Niels SmedegaardCEO01/01/200701/05/2019
Michael HelboBoard member28/03/200713/04/2011
Richard Berg-LarsenDeputy board member28/03/200713/04/2011
Karsten Sittrup JeppesenDeputy board member28/03/200713/04/2011
Erling Schou SimonsenDeputy board member28/03/200713/04/2011
Bent ØstergaardChair of the board01/04/200921/03/2017
Torben CarlsenChief financial officer02/06/200930/04/2019
Jesper JessingDeputy board member13/04/201122/03/2013
Connie GraversenDeputy board member13/04/201122/03/2013
Søren SkouDeputy chair13/04/201129/03/2012
Jens Otto KnudsenBoard member13/04/201123/03/2022
Kent Christian VildbækBoard member13/04/201119/03/2018
Annette Bjerre BjerregaardBoard member13/04/201126/03/2014
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenDeputy chair29/03/201220/03/2017
Tony Tranekjer SmidtDeputy board member22/03/201311/03/2014
Tony Tranekjer SmidtDeputy board member12/03/201419/03/2018
Thomas MørkDeputy board member26/03/201419/03/2018
Pernille Lyngvold ErenbjergBoard member26/03/201420/03/2017
Jørgen Falkebo JensenBoard member24/03/201526/03/2019
Klaus NyborgBoard member31/03/201618/03/2018
Pernille Lyngvold ErenbjergDeputy chair21/03/201719/03/2018
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenChair of the board21/03/201708/09/2026
Marianne Dahl SteensenBoard member21/03/201723/03/2022
Lasse Kreiner-ScheffmannDeputy board member19/03/201827/12/2019
Klaus NyborgDeputy chair19/03/201824/03/2025
Jesper Hartvig NielsenBoard member19/03/201823/03/2022
Torben CarlsenCEO01/05/201917/04/2026
Kent Christian VildbækDeputy board member27/12/201923/03/2022
Karina Kjær DeaconDirector01/01/202001/07/2024
Kristian KristensenBoard member23/03/202225/03/2026
Jesper BernDeputy board member23/03/202225/03/2026
Bettina Frydendahl Amdisen-ChristensenDeputy board member23/03/202205/01/2024
Peter Christian MallinDeputy board member07/02/202425/03/2026
Karsten Krower LaursenBoard member–14/04/1999
Carl Julius MarlothBoard member–01/05/1991
Olav GrueBoard member–16/04/1998
Erik HansenDeputy board member–01/05/1991
Kurt Erik HansenDeputy board member–30/05/1995
Nils Conny LindvallDeputy board member–30/05/1995
Jens Ejner AntonsenDeputy board member–12/03/2001
Peter Hamberg AndersenDeputy board member–14/04/1999
Roald Polmar AuknerBoard member–01/05/1991
Niels BachDirector–01/06/1998
Niels BachDeputy board member–16/04/1998
Bent ØstergaardDeputy board member–01/05/1991
Kurt Rye DamkjærBoard member–17/05/1989
Thøger ChristensenBoard member–12/03/2001
Sven Dyrløv MadsenBoard member–02/09/1996
Claus Vang IpsenDirector–17/06/1993
Christian MerrildDirector–02/04/2009
Ole HøegBoard member–12/03/2001
Jan Peter Seeberg ErlundChair of the board–11/04/2002
Hans Julius ZachariasenBoard member–14/04/1999
Erling Johannes JensenBoard member–01/05/1991
Knud Erik AgergaardBoard member–01/05/1991

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

Address and production units

8 active production units
Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DFDS A/SMarmorvej 18, 2100 København Ø1,7661002952604
DFDS EsbjergZodiakvej 5, 6700 Esbjerg151024268035
DFDS Esbjerg (N&K)Malervej 12, 6710 Esbjerg V71027833094
DFDS A/SDampfærgevej 30-32, 2100 København Ø31019591596
DFDS A/SMajsmarken 1, 9500 Hobro11029001908
DFDS Dronningens Kvarter 11 CDronningens Kvarter 11C, Taulov, 7000 Fredericia11029408005
DFDS FredericiaOceankajen 12, 7000 Fredericia11026919289
DFDS ICT Logistics A/S FredericiaRøde Banke 111, 7000 Fredericia–1028205364

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed med transport af gods og passagerer, herunder drift af hotel- og cateringaktiviteter, samt aktiviteter der står i forbindelse med foranstående. Endvidere driver selskabet finansieringsvirksomhed inden for sit forretnings¬område.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

147 registered events
202612 changesmanagement 11 · accounts 1
  • Jan Johan Kühl appointed board member
  • Niels Smedegaard appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Michael Hansen appointed ceo
  • Torben Carlsen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Jeppe Skjøde Knudsen appointed deputy board member
  • Otto Wagner Ingstrup appointed board member
  • Breda Cok appointed deputy board member
  • Peter Christian Mallin stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kristian Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Bern stepped down as deputy board member
20254 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 1,159,391,940 DKK to 1,124,310,980 DKK
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Kristian Verner Mørch appointed deputy chair
  • Klaus Nyborg stepped down as deputy chair
20247 changesownership 1 · management 4 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • DFDS A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • Karen Boesen appointed director
  • Karina Kjær Deacon stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 1,172,631,560 DKK to 1,159,391,940 DKK
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Peter Christian Mallin appointed deputy board member
  • Bettina Frydendahl Amdisen-Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
202213 changesaccounts 1 · management 9 · address 1 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Kristian Kristensen appointed board member
  • Minna Tiina Anneli Aila appointed board member
  • Marianne Holm Henriksen appointed board member
  • Bettina Frydendahl Amdisen-Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Bern appointed deputy board member
  • Kent Christian Vildbæk stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jesper Hartvig Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Marianne Dahl Steensen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Otto Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Marmorvej 18, 2100 København Ø
  • Lauritzen Fonden Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • LAURITZEN FONDEN is no longer registered as owner
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20202 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Karina Kjær Deacon appointed director
20198 changesmanagement 7 · accounts 1
  • Kent Christian Vildbæk appointed deputy board member
  • Lasse Kreiner-Scheffmann stepped down as deputy board member
  • Dirk Reich appointed board member
  • Torben Carlsen appointed ceo
  • Niels Smedegaard stepped down as ceo
  • Torben Carlsen stepped down as chief financial officer
  • Annual report for 2018 published
  • Jørgen Falkebo Jensen stepped down as board member
201811 changescapital 2 · management 9
  • Share capital changed from 1,120,000,000 DKK to 1,172,631,560 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 1,140,000,000 DKK to 1,120,000,000 DKK
  • Jesper Hartvig Nielsen appointed board member
  • Anders Götzsche appointed board member
  • Klaus Nyborg appointed deputy chair
  • Lasse Kreiner-Scheffmann appointed deputy board member
  • Pernille Lyngvold Erenbjerg stepped down as deputy chair
  • Thomas Mørk stepped down as deputy board member
  • Tony Tranekjer Smidt stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kent Christian Vildbæk stepped down as board member
  • Klaus Nyborg stepped down as board member
20179 changesownership 2 · capital 1 · management 6
  • DFDS A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 1,200,000,000 DKK to 1,140,000,000 DKK
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed chair of the board
  • Marianne Dahl Steensen appointed board member
  • Pernille Lyngvold Erenbjerg appointed deputy chair
  • Bent Østergaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Pernille Lyngvold Erenbjerg stepped down as board member
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as deputy chair
  • DFDS A/S registered as owner (5%)
20165 changesownership 2 · capital 1 · management 2
  • DFDS A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • DFDS A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • Share capital changed from 1,230,000,000 DKK to 1,200,000,000 DKK
  • Klaus Nyborg appointed board member
  • Vagn Ove Sørensen stepped down as deputy chair
20157 changesmerger 1 · capital 1 · ownership 4 · management 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 1,265,000,000 DKK to 1,230,000,000 DKK
  • DFDS A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • DFDS A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • DANSKE BANK A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Jørgen Falkebo Jensen appointed board member
  • DANSKE BANK A/S registered as owner (5%)
20148 changesmerger 1 · capital 1 · management 6
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Share capital changed from 1,330,000,000 DKK to 1,265,000,000 DKK
  • Pernille Lyngvold Erenbjerg appointed board member
  • Thomas Mørk appointed deputy board member
  • Annette Bjerre Bjerregaard stepped down as board member
  • Lene Skole-Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Tony Tranekjer Smidt appointed deputy board member
  • Tony Tranekjer Smidt stepped down as deputy board member
20136 changescapital 1 · management 5
  • Share capital changed from 1,485,608,100 DKK to 1,330,000,000 DKK
  • Lars Skjold-Hansen appointed board member
  • Tony Tranekjer Smidt appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Jessing stepped down as deputy board member
  • Connie Graversen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anders Christer Moberg stepped down as board member
20122 changesmanagement 2
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed deputy chair
  • Søren Skou stepped down as deputy chair
201110 changesmanagement 10
  • Kent Christian Vildbæk appointed board member
  • Søren Skou appointed deputy chair
  • Annette Bjerre Bjerregaard appointed board member
  • Jesper Jessing appointed deputy board member
  • Connie Graversen appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Otto Knudsen appointed board member
  • Karsten Sittrup Jeppesen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Erling Schou Simonsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Michael Helbo stepped down as board member
  • Richard Berg-Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
20103 changescapital 2 · ownership 1
  • Share capital changed from 1,066,666,600 DKK to 1,485,608,100 DKK
  • LAURITZEN FONDEN registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Share capital changed from 800,000,000 DKK to 1,066,666,600 DKK
20093 changesmanagement 3
  • Torben Carlsen appointed chief financial officer
  • Bent Østergaard appointed chair of the board
  • Ivar Samren stepped down as chair of the board
20082 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Søren Jespersen stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Sea and coastal passenger water transport (501000)
20077 changesmanagement 7
  • Karsten Sittrup Jeppesen appointed deputy board member
  • Erling Schou Simonsen appointed deputy board member
  • Michael Helbo appointed board member
  • Richard Berg-Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Lauritzen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ib Møller Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Smedegaard appointed ceo
20065 changesmanagement 5
  • Anette Bech stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ole Adamsen stepped down as board member
  • Vagn Ove Sørensen appointed deputy chair
  • Lene Skole-Sørensen appointed board member
  • Svend Aage Jakobsen stepped down as deputy chair
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Søren Jespersen appointed director
20035 changesaddress 1 · merger 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Moved to Sundkrogsgade 11, 2100 København Ø
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Jan Lauritzen appointed deputy board member
  • Anette Bech appointed deputy board member
  • Industry changed to Rederivirksomhed, færge- og passagerfart (611020)
20023 changesmanagement 3
  • Anders Christer Moberg appointed board member
  • Ivar Samren appointed chair of the board
  • Svend Aage Jakobsen appointed deputy chair
20016 changesmanagement 6
  • Ib Møller Sørensen appointed board member
  • Mai Vedel stepped down as board member
  • Bo Lennart Christer Thorbjörnsson stepped down as director
  • Jill Mildred Melby appointed board member
  • Ole Adamsen appointed board member
  • Mai Vedel appointed board member
20003 changesmanagement 3
  • Thorleif Nohr Blok stepped down as ceo
  • Thorleif Nohr Blok appointed ceo
  • Bo Lennart Christer Thorbjörnsson appointed director
19992 changescapital 1 · founded 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000,000 DKK to 800,000,000 DKK
  • Registered as DFDS A/S
19921 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 400,000,000 DKK to 500,000,000 DKK

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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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