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Forlaget Gladiator ApS

Private limited companyCVR 35816534København SActive

Forlaget Gladiator ApS is a private limited company, based in København S, active in book publishing, founded in 2014. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 573k. Equity fell to DKK 2m in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 518k−57.7% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 573k−169% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 2m−22.2% vs. 2024
Employees5latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 58% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 518k.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 213k to DKK 573k (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2m.

Employees

  • 4 more employees than a year earlier: 5 (07/2026) against 1 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New owners registered: Film Story AS (04/05/2026).
  • No longer registered as owner: Film Story AS (03/05/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 04/05/2026: Share capital changed from 158,711 DKK to 190,251 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 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 2m−DKK 1mDKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Forlaget Gladiator ApS
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit1,1721,068−5151,3161,223518−57.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)−67−143−1,9362−269−730−171.1%
Profit before tax−70−152−1,940−65−271−730−169.5%
Net profit−58−122−1,516−64−213−573−169%
Total assets3,4193,8572,4463,3912,9132,911−0.1%
Equity2,3271,9394232,7992,5862,013−22.2%
Liabilities1,0841,9122,017592327898+174.5%
Cash and cash equivalents6989502811,015328412+25.6%
Average number of employees3322220%

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.

Download the figures as CSV · free with an account, amounts in whole DKK

−DKK 1m−DKK 500kDKK 0DKK 500kDKK 1mDKK 1.5mDKK 2m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 6 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2020–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more 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 Gladiator ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202511/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202420/02/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202326/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202230/06/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/06/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202022/07/2021The 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
0246808/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
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 518kNo. 74 of 104
Better than 29% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 2mNo. 48 of 104
Better than 54% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees5No. 57 of 104
Better than 46% 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. 53,915of 69,742
Better than 23%
No. 24,274of 69,964
Better than 65%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees92 companies in the comparison
No. 63of 92
Better than 32%
No. 36of 92
Better than 62%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 27,469of 33,588
Better than 18%
No. 10,798of 33,687
Better than 68%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 51,881of 66,379
Better than 22%
No. 20,422of 66,505
Better than 69%

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 Gladiator ApSDKK 518k
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. Forlaget Gladiator ApS−DKK 573k
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. Forlaget Gladiator ApSDKK 2m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
  1. Forlaget Gladiator ApS5
  2. Gyldendal A/S427
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Holdingselskabet Sandvad Media ApS10%
  • Tor Dagfinn Veen5%
  • Mh2 ApS33.33%
  • Holdingselskabet Taarnet ApS10%
  • Holding Molly ApS10%
  • Film Story AS15%
Forlaget Gladiator ApS

Management

1 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Forlaget Gladiator ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Jakob Johannsen SandvadDirector21/03/2014
Founders
Mh2 ApS, Holdingselskabet Sandvad Media ApS, Holdingselskabet Taarnet ApS

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Sturlasgade 14A
2300 København S

København Municipality · Postcode 2300

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
FORLAGET GLADIATOR ApSSturlasgade 14A, 1, 2300 København S61019262142

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive forlagsvirkssomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

57 registered events
20264 changescapital 1 · ownership 2 · accounts 1
  • Share capital changed from 158,711 DKK to 190,251 DKK
  • Film Story AS registered as owner (15%)
  • Film Story AS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
202319 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 17 · capital 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • MH2 ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Share capital changed from 40,000 DKK to 158,711 DKK
  • Film Story AS registered as owner (10%)
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • MH2 ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • MH2 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Tor Dagfinn Veen registered as owner (5%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • MH2 ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Film Story AS is no longer registered as owner
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20213 changesname 1 · capital 1 · accounts 1
  • Name changed from FORLAGET GLADIATOR IVS to FORLAGET GLADIATOR ApS
  • Share capital changed from 100 DKK to 40,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2020 published
202010 changesownership 10
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • MH2 ApS registered as owner (5%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • Film Story AS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Film Story AS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • MH2 ApS is no longer registered as owner
201712 changescapital 1 · ownership 11
  • Share capital changed from 10 DKK to 100 DKK
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • Film Story AS registered as owner (20%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS registered as owner (20%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Film Story AS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDING MOLLY ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS is no longer registered as owner
20151 changeownership 1
  • Film Story AS registered as owner (10%)
20145 changesfounded 1 · management 1 · ownership 3
  • Registered as FORLAGET GLADIATOR IVS
  • Jakob Johannsen Sandvad appointed director
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET SANDVAD MEDIA ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • HOLDINGSELSKABET TAARNET ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • MH2 ApS registered as owner (10%)

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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.

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