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Forlaget Cobolt A/S

Public limited companyCVR 31468426København KActive

Forlaget Cobolt A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in book publishing, founded in 2008. Net profit fell 17% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 625k. Equity grew to DKK 4.2m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 2.9m−2.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 625k−17.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 4.2m+17.6% vs. 2024
Employees4latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.9m.
  • Net profit fell 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 625k.
  • Equity rose 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.2m.

Employees

  • 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 4 (08/2026) against 5 (08/2025).

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 thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Forlaget Cobolt A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit2,2682,6343,1442,1283,0302,941−2.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)972––––––
Profit before tax8891,2751,295351972748−23.1%
Net profit6901,0061,008272754625−17.1%
Total assets6,3166,8947,6997,7958,1888,569+4.7%
Equity1,2151,9212,5292,8013,5544,179+17.6%
Liabilities5,1014,9735,1704,9944,6334,390−5.3%
Cash and cash equivalents8546617271,2357441,111+49.4%
Average number of employees323234+33.3%

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. 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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DKK 0DKK 500kDKK 1mDKK 1.5mDKK 2mDKK 2.5mDKK 3m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 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

6 financial years
Annual reports for Forlaget Cobolt A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202501/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/05/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202307/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202203/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202110/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/06/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

104 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in book publishing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 2.9mNo. 42 of 104
Better than 60% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 4.2mNo. 40 of 104
Better than 62% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees4No. 39 of 104
Better than 63% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.6m, net profit DKK 91,836, equity DKK 1.4m, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 772kDKK 6mDKK 46.1mDKK 179.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 97 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 23,034of 69,742
Better than 67%
No. 15,896of 69,964
Better than 77%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees92 companies in the comparison
No. 31of 92
Better than 67%
No. 28of 92
Better than 70%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 13,166of 24,791
Better than 47%
No. 10,635of 24,909
Better than 57%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 13,707of 17,786
Better than 23%
No. 12,193of 18,024
Better than 32%

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 publishing
Gross profit
  1. Forlaget Cobolt A/SDKK 2.9m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. Forlaget Cobolt A/SDKK 625k
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. Forlaget Cobolt A/SDKK 4.2m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
  1. Forlaget Cobolt A/S4
  2. Gyldendal A/S427
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Forlagskontoret ApS10%
  • Casela ApS66.67%
  • Pernille Arvedsen10%
Forlaget Cobolt A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Forlaget Cobolt A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Pernille ArvedsenCEO13/01/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Forlaget Cobolt A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Carsten SøndergaardBoard member22/05/2008
Pernille ArvedsenBoard member31/05/2016
Sebastian Jul SteenholtBoard member13/01/2023
Caroline Amalie Jul SteenholtChair of the board01/06/2024
Founders
KD Consult A/S
Former management (9)
Former management at Forlaget Cobolt A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jens Peder AggerBoard member22/05/200802/04/2012
Kurt DahlgaardDirector22/05/200802/04/2012
Birgit MøllerBoard member22/05/200802/04/2012
Kurt DahlgaardChair of the board02/04/201231/05/2016
Lasse Bo SteenholtBoard member02/04/201213/01/2023
Lasse Bo SteenholtDirector02/04/201213/01/2023
Henrik Kofoed JensenChair of the board31/05/201630/05/2023
Caroline Amalie Jul SteenholtBoard member13/01/202331/05/2024
Klaus Kastrup-LarsenChair of the board30/05/202331/05/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Sankt Peders Stræde 45
1453 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1453

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
FORLAGET COBOLT A/SSankt Peders Stræde 45, 2, 1453 København K41014439354

Purpose

Selskabets formål er forlagsvirksomhed og dermed efter ledelsens skøn beslægtet medievirksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

36 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20244 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Caroline Amalie Jul Steenholt appointed chair of the board
  • Klaus Kastrup-Larsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Caroline Amalie Jul Steenholt stepped down as board member
20238 changesaccounts 1 · management 7
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Klaus Kastrup-Larsen appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Kofoed Jensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Caroline Amalie Jul Steenholt appointed board member
  • Pernille Arvedsen appointed ceo
  • Sebastian Jul Steenholt appointed board member
  • Lasse Bo Steenholt stepped down as director
  • Lasse Bo Steenholt stepped down as board member
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesaddress 2 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Sankt Peders Stræde 45, 2, 1453 København K
  • Moved to Sankt Peders Stræde 45B, 2, 1453 København K
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20163 changesmanagement 3
  • Pernille Arvedsen appointed board member
  • Henrik Kofoed Jensen appointed chair of the board
  • Kurt Dahlgaard stepped down as chair of the board
20151 changeownership 1
  • Pernille Arvedsen registered as owner (10%)
20128 changesaddress 1 · management 6 · ownership 1
  • Moved to Vimmelskaftet 41A, 1161 København K
  • Lasse Bo Steenholt appointed director
  • Kurt Dahlgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Lasse Bo Steenholt appointed board member
  • Jens Peder Agger stepped down as board member
  • Kurt Dahlgaard stepped down as director
  • Birgit Møller stepped down as board member
  • Casela ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
20086 changesownership 1 · founded 1 · management 4
  • FORLAGSKONTORET ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Registered as FORLAGET COBOLT A/S
  • Jens Peder Agger appointed board member
  • Kurt Dahlgaard appointed director
  • Birgit Møller appointed board member
  • Carsten Søndergaard 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.

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