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Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S

Public limited companyCVR 16895016København KActive

Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in wholesale of books, paper and stationery, founded in 1932. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 242k in 2025. The company has existed for over 90 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 2.1m−37.9% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 242k−130.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 5m−4.6% vs. 2024
Employees7latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 38% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 2.1m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 792k to a loss of DKK 242k (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 5m.

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Rasmus Henning Asmussen Girsel (director, 03/06/2026).
  • Stepped down: Gert Rasmus Max Girsel (director, 03/06/2026).

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 1mDKK 0DKK 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5mDKK 6mDKK 7m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit1,7552,2591,6555733,4072,117−37.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)274791353−9901,39434−97.5%
Profit before tax171707287−1,2041,067−278−126%
Net profit132513205−957792−242−130.6%
Total assets12,83613,02813,03312,23112,92513,518+4.6%
Equity6,7225,2365,4404,4835,2755,033−4.6%
Liabilities5,9567,6207,4087,7487,4428,312+11.7%
Cash and cash equivalents2,3393,32897770736155−78.9%
Average number of employees3333440%

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 1mDKK 2mDKK 3mDKK 4mDKK 5m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (72 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202518/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202328/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202220/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202129/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202002/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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

72 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in wholesale of books, paper and stationery based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 2.1mNo. 49 of 72
Better than 32% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 5mNo. 30 of 72
Better than 59% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees7No. 43 of 72
Better than 41% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 4.4m, net profit DKK 434k, equity DKK 3.2m, 7 employees.

DKK 339kDKK 1.9mDKK 10.1mDKK 55.1mDKK 170.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 69 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. 29,740of 69,742
Better than 57%
No. 14,097of 69,964
Better than 80%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees57 companies in the comparison
No. 34of 57
Better than 41%
No. 17of 57
Better than 71%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 7,219of 10,152
Better than 29%
No. 6,176of 10,275
Better than 40%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 14,536of 17,786
Better than 18%
No. 11,466of 18,024
Better than 36%

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

Wholesale of books, paper and stationery
Gross profit
  1. Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/SDKK 2.1m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 300.4m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 286.8m
Net profit
  1. Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S−DKK 242k
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 155m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 26.6m
Equity
  1. Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/SDKK 5m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 165m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 277.2m
Employees
  1. Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S7
  2. Essity Denmark A/S132
  3. Daarbak A/S284

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • RM Holding af 2021 ApS90% · 0% votes
Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Rasmus Henning Asmussen GirselDirector03/06/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Gert Rasmus Max GirselBoard member17/09/1932
Rasmus Henning Asmussen GirselBoard member17/11/1998
Maria Asmussen GirselChair of the board27/04/2004
Former management (4)
Former management at Herman H.j. Lynge & Søn A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kathe GirselBoard member17/09/193227/04/2004
Kathe GirselDirector17/09/193227/01/1993
Gert Rasmus Max GirselDirector17/09/193203/06/2026
Freddy Henning AsmussenBoard member17/09/193221/09/1998

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af en direktør alene

Address and production units

1 active production units

Silkegade 11
1113 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1113

Other companies at the address (2)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
HERMAN H.J. LYNGE & SØN A/SSilkegade 11, 1113 København K71001179497

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

32 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Rasmus Henning Asmussen Girsel appointed director
  • Gert Rasmus Max Girsel stepped down as director
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20217 changesownership 6 · accounts 1
  • KM Holding af 2021 ApS registered as owner (0%)
  • RM Holding af 2021 ApS registered as owner (90%)
  • 1702HJ Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • 1702HJ Holding ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Kathe Girsel is no longer registered as owner
  • Gert Rasmus Max Girsel is no longer registered as owner
20141 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of books, paper and stationery (464920)
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Retail sale of second-hand goods (477900)
20042 changesmanagement 2
  • Maria Asmussen Girsel appointed chair of the board
  • Kathe Girsel stepped down as board member
19984 changesownership 2 · management 2
  • Kathe Girsel registered as owner (50%)
  • Gert Rasmus Max Girsel registered as owner (50%)
  • Rasmus Henning Asmussen Girsel appointed board member
  • Freddy Henning Asmussen stepped down as board member
19933 changesstatus 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Status changed to active
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
  • Kathe Girsel stepped down as director
19921 changestatus 1
  • Status changed to under compulsory dissolution
19326 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as HERMAN H.J. LYNGE & SØN A/S
  • Freddy Henning Asmussen appointed board member
  • Kathe Girsel appointed board member
  • Gert Rasmus Max Girsel appointed board member
  • Kathe Girsel appointed director
  • Gert Rasmus Max Girsel appointed director

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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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