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Gyldendal A/S

Public limited companyCVR 58200115København KActive

Gyldendal A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in book publishing, founded in 1904. Net profit rose 80% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 40.8m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 104 companies in the industry in the database. With 427 employees, the company is about 142 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 798.7m+10.5% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 40.8m+80% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 402.9m+5.8% vs. 2024
Employees427latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 355.7m.
  • Revenue rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 798.7m.
  • Net profit rose 80% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 40.8m.
  • Equity rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 402.9m.

Employees

  • 17 fewer employees than a year earlier: 427 (07/2026) against 444 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Malene Bendtsen (deputy board member, 16/04/2026), Mette Nejmann (board member, 16/04/2026) and Sidsel Marie Kristensen (chair of the board, 16/04/2026) (+5).
  • Stepped down: Lars Schmidt Møller (board member, 16/04/2026), Torben Olander (deputy board member, 01/11/2024) and Hans-Henrik Lorange Juul (deputy board member, 01/02/2026) (+5).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 10/04/2025: 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 thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 100mDKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Gyldendal A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue900,415934,796705,652720,405722,665798,682+10.5%
Gross profit537,813448,300329,872320,048321,522355,655+10.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)–41,87912,26417,89130,544––
Profit before tax5,27239,945–––52,947–
Net profit71428,415−59,22629,74222,68540,822+80%
Total assets809,203834,577673,022641,329642,865693,141+7.8%
Equity407,088417,880327,274358,487380,727402,874+5.8%
Liabilities402,116416,697345,748282,842262,138290,267+10.7%
Cash and cash equivalents108,19317,2980079,27541,293−47.9%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Gyldendal A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202517/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202411/04/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202317/04/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202201/05/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202125/04/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202029/04/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL

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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 355.7mNo. 1 of 104
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 402.9mNo. 1 of 104
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees427No. 1 of 104
Better than 100% 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 109of 763
Better than 86%
No. 148of 796
Better than 82%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 252of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 446of 10,275
Better than 96%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 423of 17,786
Better than 98%
No. 858of 18,024
Better than 95%

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. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  2. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
  3. Ordbogen A/SDKK 71.3m
Net profit
  1. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  2. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
  3. Ordbogen A/SDKK 6.4m
Equity
  1. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  2. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
  3. Ordbogen A/SDKK 32m
Employees
  1. Gyldendal A/S427
  2. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321
  3. Ordbogen A/S59

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Museumsfonden af 7. December 196625% · 50% votes
  • Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker Aktieselskab25% · 15% votes
  • AkademikerPension - Akademikernes Pensionskasse5% · 0% votes
  • Lars Ole Kornum ApS10% · 5% votes
  • Museumsfonden af 7. December 196633.33% · 66.67% votes
  • Lars Ole Kornum ApS10%
Gyldendal A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

The ownership shares in the register add up to 108.3%. The register may contain older or indirect holdings that have not been closed. We show them as registered.

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

12 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Gyldendal A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Hanne Gunnel SalomonsenCEO01/09/2022
Henriette SchützeDirector01/06/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Gyldendal A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Claus GregersenBoard member12/04/2018
Lene Tanggaard PedersenBoard member16/04/2020
Kewin Bent Sommer PedersenBoard member07/04/2022
Lars Søren RasmussenBoard member13/04/2023
Malene BendtsenDeputy board member16/04/2026
Mette NejmannBoard member16/04/2026
Sidsel Marie KristensenChair of the board16/04/2026
Anders Boelskifte MogensenBoard member16/04/2026
Carsten Mølsted Mungenast-PetersenDeputy board member16/04/2026
Thomas KnappeBoard member01/06/2026
Former management (77)
Former management at Gyldendal A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Sonny Finn HansenBoard member06/02/190427/04/2006
Brian Harry WerenskioldDeputy board member06/02/190401/07/1994
Niels Ivan MeyerBoard member06/02/190417/06/1991
Bernhard GomardBoard member06/02/190409/05/1996
Ken Eric BarnewitzBoard member06/02/190412/05/1998
Allan PhilipBoard member06/02/190422/05/2000
Klaus Thorvald RifbjergBoard member06/02/190422/05/2000
Steffen GulmannBoard member06/02/190429/04/2004
Carsten Steen AndersenDeputy board member06/02/190407/03/2002
Kurt Christian FrombergDirector06/02/190431/05/1999
Jan DokkedalDeputy board member06/02/190412/05/1998
Ebbe SimonsenBoard member06/02/190429/04/2004
Niels Kristian AgnerDirector06/02/190427/01/1988
Lone DybkjærBoard member06/02/190420/06/1988
Villy SørensenBoard member06/02/190404/06/1992
Henrik Magnus WingaaBoard member06/02/190412/05/1998
Anita Tolderlund BraschDeputy board member06/02/190401/07/1994
Rolf Preben JørgensenDeputy board member06/02/190412/05/1998
Gerda LarsenBoard member06/02/190429/09/1989
Per HedemanDirector06/02/190401/05/2009
Mogens WennickeBoard member06/02/190402/07/1990
Martin BreidahlDeputy board member01/07/199412/05/1998
Jørn Fabrin LundDirector01/06/199521/05/2001
Palle MarcusBoard member09/05/199626/05/1999
Per FrandsenDeputy board member12/05/199827/04/2006
Carl Christian MadsenBoard member12/05/199801/09/2001
Pia LabuzDeputy board member12/05/199821/05/2001
Kurt Christian FrombergBoard member26/05/199921/05/2001
Henrik Elliot NyegaardChair of the board26/05/199920/04/2010
Stig AndersenDirector01/06/199920/03/2018
Suzanne Preis ZeruneithBoard member22/05/200024/04/2008
Annette Lend ChristiansenDeputy board member21/05/200127/04/2006
Niels Henrik BeiderDeputy board member21/05/200127/04/2006
Bjørn Høi JensenBoard member26/05/200318/04/2013
Erik Norman SvendsenDeputy chair29/04/200424/04/2008
Marius HansteenBoard member27/04/200615/08/2012
Anette Lisbeth JensenDeputy board member27/04/200620/04/2010
Erik Preben MejerBoard member27/04/200621/04/2016
Søren LundbergDeputy board member27/04/200620/04/2010
Torben Piil ThomsenDeputy board member27/04/200620/04/2010
Birthe Melgaard MortensenDeputy chair24/04/200820/04/2010
Cristina Patricia LageBoard member24/04/200814/04/2011
Bjarne PonikowskiDirector01/09/200826/05/2021
Jesper JespersenDeputy board member20/04/201010/04/2014
Jacob Hald PedersenDeputy board member20/04/201010/04/2014
Alfred Møller JosefsenChair of the board20/04/201014/04/2011
Katrine Reedtz Lindberg-CohenBoard member20/04/201012/04/2018
Lene TranbergBoard member14/04/201121/04/2016
Poul Erik TøjnerChair of the board14/04/201113/04/2023
Merete Helene EldrupDeputy chair14/04/201120/08/2019
Bo Gert PedersenDeputy board member27/09/201210/04/2014
Jens Peter Due OlsenBoard member18/04/201312/04/2018
Karen Reves DinesenBoard member10/04/201407/04/2022
Anne Munch TerkelsenDeputy board member10/04/201412/04/2018
Henning Alwin PerssonBoard member10/04/201407/04/2022
Louise Marie KønigsfeldtDeputy board member10/04/201412/04/2018
Anitta Aaen SundbyDeputy board member10/04/201412/04/2018
Gregers Christian Wedell-WedellsborgBoard member21/04/201620/08/2019
Mette Lykke RavnBoard member21/04/201620/04/2021
Lasse Trolle NielsenDeputy board member12/04/201807/04/2022
Johanne Langhoff KatzBoard member12/04/201807/04/2022
Rasmus BachDeputy board member12/04/201807/04/2022
Kasper Fischer AndersenDeputy board member12/04/201807/04/2022
Morten HesseldahlCEO01/05/201801/09/2022
Gregers Christian Wedell-WedellsborgDeputy chair21/08/201912/04/2023
Hanne Gunnel SalomonsenDirector23/10/201931/08/2022
Tine Bruce ThygesenBoard member20/04/202113/04/2023
Peter NormannDirector01/01/202201/06/2024
Lars Schmidt MøllerBoard member07/04/202216/04/2026
Torben OlanderDeputy board member07/04/202201/11/2024
Hans-Henrik Lorange JuulDeputy board member07/04/202201/02/2026
Gitte Skov AndersenDeputy board member07/04/202231/07/2022
Malene BendtsenBoard member07/04/202215/04/2026
Sidsel Marie KristensenBoard member13/04/202315/04/2026
Gregers Christian Wedell-WedellsborgChair of the board13/04/202316/04/2026
Yusuf CakinBoard member16/04/202601/06/2026
Thomas KnappeDeputy board member16/04/202631/05/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den samlede bestyrelse eller af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med en direktør eller af to direktører i forening

Address and production units

2 active production units

Klareboderne 3
1115 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1115

Other companies at the address (3)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
GYLDENDAL A/SKlareboderne 3, 1115 København K3931003123997
SystimeSonnesgade 11A, 8000 Aarhus C571027419123

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive forlagsvirksomhed samt anden efter bestyrelsens skøn hermed beslægtet eller i forbindelse stående virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

141 registered events
202616 changesmanagement 15 · accounts 1
  • Thomas Knappe appointed board member
  • Yusuf Cakin stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Knappe stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Carsten Mølsted Mungenast-Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Mette Nejmann appointed board member
  • Malene Bendtsen appointed deputy board member
  • Sidsel Marie Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Anders Boelskifte Mogensen appointed board member
  • Yusuf Cakin appointed board member
  • Thomas Knappe appointed deputy board member
  • Gregers Christian Wedell-Wedellsborg stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Schmidt Møller stepped down as board member
  • Sidsel Marie Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Malene Bendtsen stepped down as board member
  • Hans-Henrik Lorange Juul stepped down as deputy board member
20252 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
20244 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • Torben Olander stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henriette Schütze appointed director
  • Peter Normann stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20237 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Lars Søren Rasmussen appointed board member
  • Sidsel Marie Kristensen appointed board member
  • Gregers Christian Wedell-Wedellsborg appointed chair of the board
  • Tine Bruce Thygesen stepped down as board member
  • Poul Erik Tøjner stepped down as chair of the board
  • Gregers Christian Wedell-Wedellsborg stepped down as deputy chair
202220 changesmanagement 17 · ownership 1 · accounts 1 · merger 1
  • Hanne Gunnel Salomonsen appointed ceo
  • Morten Hesseldahl stepped down as ceo
  • Hanne Gunnel Salomonsen stepped down as director
  • LARS OLE KORNUM ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Gitte Skov Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Kewin Bent Sommer Pedersen appointed board member
  • Malene Bendtsen appointed board member
  • Gitte Skov Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Hans-Henrik Lorange Juul appointed deputy board member
  • Torben Olander appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Schmidt Møller appointed board member
  • Kasper Fischer Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Rasmus Bach stepped down as deputy board member
  • Johanne Langhoff Katz stepped down as board member
  • Lasse Trolle Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henning Alwin Persson stepped down as board member
  • Karen Reves Dinesen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Peter Normann appointed director
20215 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1 · merger 1
  • Bjarne Ponikowski stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Tine Bruce Thygesen appointed board member
  • Mette Lykke Ravn stepped down as board member
20202 changesmanagement 1 · merger 1
  • Lene Tanggaard Pedersen appointed board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20194 changesmanagement 4
  • Hanne Gunnel Salomonsen appointed director
  • Gregers Christian Wedell-Wedellsborg appointed deputy chair
  • Gregers Christian Wedell-Wedellsborg stepped down as board member
  • Merete Helene Eldrup stepped down as deputy chair
201813 changesmanagement 12 · merger 1
  • Morten Hesseldahl appointed ceo
  • Claus Gregersen appointed board member
  • Kasper Fischer Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Rasmus Bach appointed deputy board member
  • Johanne Langhoff Katz appointed board member
  • Lasse Trolle Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Anitta Aaen Sundby stepped down as deputy board member
  • Louise Marie Kønigsfeldt stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anne Munch Terkelsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jens Peter Due Olsen stepped down as board member
  • Katrine Reedtz Lindberg-Cohen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Stig Andersen stepped down as director
201610 changescapital 1 · ownership 4 · management 4 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 22,400,000 DKK to 20,400,000 DKK
  • MUSEUMSFONDEN AF 7. DECEMBER 1966 registered as owner (33.33%)
  • GYLDENDAL A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Mette Lykke Ravn appointed board member
  • Gregers Christian Wedell-Wedellsborg appointed board member
  • Lene Tranberg stepped down as board member
  • Erik Preben Mejer stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • LARS OLE KORNUM ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Lars Ole Kornum is no longer registered as owner
20148 changesmanagement 8
  • Anitta Aaen Sundby appointed deputy board member
  • Louise Marie Kønigsfeldt appointed deputy board member
  • Henning Alwin Persson appointed board member
  • Anne Munch Terkelsen appointed deputy board member
  • Karen Reves Dinesen appointed board member
  • Bo Gert Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jacob Hald Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jesper Jespersen stepped down as deputy board member
20133 changesownership 1 · management 2
  • Lars Ole Kornum registered as owner (10%)
  • Jens Peter Due Olsen appointed board member
  • Bjørn Høi Jensen stepped down as board member
20125 changesownership 1 · management 2 · merger 2
  • AkademikerPension - Akademikernes Pensionskasse registered as owner (5%)
  • Bo Gert Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Marius Hansteen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20116 changesownership 1 · management 5
  • GYLDENDAL A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • Poul Erik Tøjner appointed chair of the board
  • Merete Helene Eldrup appointed deputy chair
  • Lene Tranberg appointed board member
  • Alfred Møller Josefsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Cristina Patricia Lage stepped down as board member
20109 changesname 1 · management 8
  • Name changed from 'GYLDENDALSKE BOGHANDEL. NORDISK FORLAG'. AKTIESELSKAB to GYLDENDAL A/S
  • Jacob Hald Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Alfred Møller Josefsen appointed chair of the board
  • Katrine Reedtz Lindberg-Cohen appointed board member
  • Jesper Jespersen appointed deputy board member
  • Birthe Melgaard Mortensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Søren Lundberg stepped down as deputy board member
  • Anette Lisbeth Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Torben Piil Thomsen stepped down as deputy board member
20086 changesmanagement 5 · industry 1
  • Bjarne Ponikowski appointed director
  • Birthe Melgaard Mortensen appointed deputy chair
  • Cristina Patricia Lage appointed board member
  • Erik Norman Svendsen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Suzanne Preis Zeruneith stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)
20067 changesmanagement 7
  • Søren Lundberg appointed deputy board member
  • Anette Lisbeth Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Torben Piil Thomsen appointed deputy board member
  • Marius Hansteen appointed board member
  • Erik Preben Mejer appointed board member
  • Niels Henrik Beider stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annette Lend Christiansen stepped down as deputy board member
20052 changesownership 1 · merger 1
  • CHR. AUGUSTINUS FABRIKKER AKTIESELSKAB registered as owner (25%)
  • Merger registered in CVR
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Erik Norman Svendsen appointed deputy chair
20031 changemanagement 1
  • Bjørn Høi Jensen appointed board member
20021 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20014 changesmanagement 2 · merger 1 · industry 1
  • Niels Henrik Beider appointed deputy board member
  • Annette Lend Christiansen appointed deputy board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af bøger, brochurer mv. uden eget trykkeri (221120)
20001 changemanagement 1
  • Suzanne Preis Zeruneith appointed board member
19991 changemanagement 1
  • Stig Andersen appointed director
19981 changeownership 1
  • MUSEUMSFONDEN AF 7. DECEMBER 1966 registered as owner (25%)
19611 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af bøger, brochurer mv. med eget trykkeri (221110)
19041 changefounded 1
  • Registered as 'GYLDENDALSKE BOGHANDEL. NORDISK FORLAG'. 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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