Jp/politikens Hus A/S

Public limited companyCVR 26933676Aarhus CActive

Jp/politikens Hus A/S is a public limited company, based in Aarhus C, active in publishing of newspapers, founded in 2002. Net profit fell 62% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 81.8m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 37 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 7 production units in 7 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 4.2bn+1.3% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 81.8m−61.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 3.6bn+0.3% vs. 2024
Employees1,392latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.8bn.
  • Revenue rose 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.2bn.
  • Net profit fell 62% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 81.8m.

Employees

  • 13 fewer employees than a year earlier: 1,392 (07/2026) against 1,405 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kristoffer Baagøe (board member, 01/11/2024), Anders Gaarde Heering (director, 01/12/2024) and Klaus Thyge Høeg-Hagensen (ceo, 01/12/2025) (+2).
  • Stepped down: Tina Bryld (board member, 01/02/2026), Henrik Philip Schjerbeck (director, 31/03/2025) and Stig Kirk Ørskov (ceo, 01/12/2025) (+3).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 28/02/2025: 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 500mDKK 0DKK 500mDKK 1bnDKK 1.5bnDKK 2bnDKK 2.5bnDKK 3bnDKK 3.5bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Jp/politikens Hus A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue2,997,7623,316,1333,779,8003,862,6004,128,0384,181,545+1.3%
Gross profit1,335,6141,581,3831,646,1641,811,5991,873,9081,836,028−2%
Operating profit (EBIT)241,995257,299−4,10070,314126,38228,546−77.4%
Profit before tax274,515380,620−177,761194,300293,474103,643−64.7%
Net profit209,238286,580−149,200148,531213,86481,764−61.8%
Total assets3,929,7064,629,8844,545,0004,875,0005,004,3625,133,284+2.6%
Equity2,974,7263,255,0703,275,0003,513,2173,628,9863,639,216+0.3%
Liabilities810,0321,221,6951,056,9881,148,7321,120,3161,296,785+15.8%
Cash and cash equivalents105,458158,684210,340248,123308,764266,678−13.6%
Average number of employees2,1402,3352,9982,9152,9522,817−4.6%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Group figures; 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 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bnDKK 1.6bnDKK 1.8bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (37 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Jp/politikens Hus A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202520/03/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202409/04/2025The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202304/03/2024The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202208/03/2023The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202128/02/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/03/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
02004006008001,0001,2001,40008/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

37 companies in the database

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

Gross profitDKK 1.8bnNo. 1 of 37
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 3.6bnNo. 1 of 37
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees1,392No. 1 of 37
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.2m, net profit DKK 123k, equity DKK 1.6m, 7 employees.

DKK 287kDKK 2.6mDKK 23mDKK 205.3mDKK 884.6mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 35 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 1,000 employees or more177 companies in the comparison
No. 38of 147
Better than 75%
No. 43of 177
Better than 76%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 30of 24,791
Better than 100%
No. 62of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 71of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 137of 18,024
Better than 99%

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

Publishing of newspapers
Gross profit
  1. Jp/politikens Hus A/SDKK 1.8bn
  2. Jfm A/SDKK 835.5m
  3. Det Nordjyske Mediehus A/SDKK 358.4m
Net profit
  1. Jp/politikens Hus A/SDKK 81.8m
  2. Jfm A/SDKK 59.4m
  3. Det Nordjyske Mediehus A/S−DKK 11.3m
Equity
  1. Jp/politikens Hus A/SDKK 3.6bn
  2. Jfm A/SDKK 371.5m
  3. Det Nordjyske Mediehus A/SDKK 190.6m
Employees
  1. Jp/politikens Hus A/S1,392
  2. Jfm A/S1,644
  3. Det Nordjyske Mediehus A/S1,711

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Management

10 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Jp/politikens Hus A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anders Gaarde HeeringDirector01/12/2024
Klaus Thyge Høeg-HagensenCEO01/12/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Jp/politikens Hus A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Anette MellbyeBoard member01/04/2022
Kristoffer Haugsted BrahmBoard member08/05/2023
Per Mikael JensenBoard member02/01/2024
Jeanette LøgstrupDeputy chair10/06/2024
Raoul GrünthalChair of the board10/06/2024
Kristoffer BaagøeBoard member01/11/2024
Jakob Sorgenfri KjærBoard member01/02/2026
Kenneth Gersdorff MelchiorBoard member17/03/2026
Founders
Jyllands-postens Fond, Politiken-fonden
Former management (66)
Former management at Jp/politikens Hus A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Ole Lykke RavnsboBoard member12/12/200225/02/2016
Kjeld RanumBoard member12/12/200225/02/2009
Peter Skak OlufsenBoard member12/12/200222/10/2013
Johannes PoulsenBoard member12/12/200227/02/2013
Lars Henrik MunchDirector12/12/200201/03/2014
Holger LavesenDeputy chair12/12/200221/02/2008
Bent NyløkkeBoard member12/12/200221/02/2008
Merete Helene EldrupDirector12/12/200230/11/2007
Per Christian ØhrgaardBoard member12/12/200221/02/2008
Jens BruunDirector12/12/200228/04/2014
Inge Elisabeth MeyerBoard member02/04/200320/02/2015
Mogens TherkildsenDeputy board member02/04/200319/03/2007
Peer Sture Holm NielsenBoard member02/04/200313/10/2004
Hanne Fall NielsenBoard member02/04/200319/03/2007
Dag HolmstadBoard member02/04/200331/10/2006
Bjarne Meyer-FrederiksenDeputy board member02/04/200319/03/2007
Elisabet SvaneBoard member13/10/200423/03/2006
Aksel Morten BruunDeputy board member23/03/200619/03/2007
Klaus MortensenBoard member31/10/200619/03/2007
Ulla NørbyDeputy board member19/03/200718/02/2011
Jytte Julie KrogsbækDeputy board member19/03/200718/02/2011
Tina BryldBoard member19/03/200701/02/2026
Henrik BuhrDeputy board member19/03/200718/02/2011
Thomas Peter SzlavikBoard member19/03/200702/12/2013
Torsten Bjerre RasmussenDirector01/12/200710/09/2010
Karsten OhrtDeputy chair26/03/200827/02/2013
Mette Kynne FrandsenBoard member26/03/200825/02/2016
Jeanette LøgstrupBoard member25/02/200909/06/2024
Henrik Philip SchjerbeckDirector26/02/201031/03/2025
Bjarne SchillingBoard member18/02/201127/02/2023
Erik IversenDeputy board member01/03/201127/02/2013
Anders ByrielBoard member27/02/201307/05/2021
Iman SafariDeputy board member02/12/201320/02/2015
Jørn Kenneth Højmark RasmussenDeputy board member02/12/201325/02/2019
Uffe Ring-PetersenBoard member02/12/201330/03/2015
Niels Erik Tantholdt-HansenDeputy board member02/12/201320/02/2015
Stig Kirk ØrskovCEO01/03/201401/12/2025
Vagn Ove SørensenBoard member03/03/201422/02/2018
Lars Henrik MunchChair of the board03/03/201424/02/2022
Jørgen Ejbøl JensenDeputy chair03/03/201427/02/2017
Jakob Skovgaard-PetersenBoard member03/03/201426/02/2021
Dorthe Bjerregaard-KnudsenDirector28/04/201431/07/2024
Søren Kragballe NielsenBoard member20/02/201525/02/2019
Sanne Sand HøyerDeputy board member20/02/201525/02/2019
Steen Robert Valgreen-VoigtBoard member20/02/201525/02/2019
Uffe Ring-PetersenDeputy board member31/03/201527/02/2023
Søren SvendsenDirector01/09/201531/05/2018
Peter BartramDeputy chair27/02/201724/02/2022
René Efraim RechtmanBoard member22/02/201803/05/2023
Magnus Gaardmand BarsøeBoard member25/02/201908/05/2023
Mads Glenn WehlastDeputy board member25/02/201926/02/2023
Louise Juul WurlitzerDeputy board member25/02/201931/03/2020
Susanne JuhlBoard member26/02/202125/02/2022
Lars Henrik MunchDeputy chair25/02/202201/04/2022
Michael Lindhart LøveBoard member25/02/202217/03/2026
Peter BartramChair of the board25/02/202215/03/2024
Raoul GrünthalDeputy chair01/04/202214/03/2024
Mads Glenn WehlastBoard member27/02/202302/01/2024
Simon Axel HaufeDeputy board member27/02/202308/05/2023
Kristoffer Haugsted BrahmDeputy board member27/02/202307/05/2023
Torben Magnus ThielsenDeputy board member27/02/202308/05/2023
Kristoffer BaagøeDeputy board member02/01/202431/10/2024
Torben Magnus ThielsenBoard member02/01/202431/10/2024
Raoul GrünthalChair of the board15/03/202430/04/2024
Lars Henrik MunchChair of the board01/05/202410/06/2024
Raoul GrünthalDeputy chair01/05/202409/06/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af formanden, næstformanden eller et ander medlem af bestyrelsen sammen med et medlem af direktionen eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

7 active production units

Mediebyen 3
8000 Aarhus C

Aarhus Municipality · Postcode 8000

Other companies at the address (2)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
JYLLANDS-POSTEN A/SMediebyen 3, 8000 Aarhus C2831003048370
Arnold BusckKøbmagergade 49, 1150 København K281025843017
JP VejleOrla Lehmannsgade 1A, 1, 7100 Vejle41027555280
JP Lokal RandersNiels Brocks Gade 8, 1, 8900 Randers C31027553822
JP Lokal ViborgKasernevej 8, 8800 Viborg31027554918
JP Lokal HorsensFussingsvej 8, 8700 Horsens11027554969
Jyllands-Posten, HerningBirk Centerpark 40, 7400 Herning11026720768

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive medievirksomhed med udgivelse af dagblade og anden mediebeslægtet virksomhed herunder produktionsvirksomhed og at være holdingvirksomhed samt hvad der efter bestyrelsens skøn naturligt står i forbindelse hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

126 registered events
20265 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Kenneth Gersdorff Melchior appointed board member
  • Michael Lindhart Løve stepped down as board member
  • Jakob Sorgenfri Kjær appointed board member
  • Tina Bryld stepped down as board member
20255 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1 · merger 1
  • Klaus Thyge Høeg-Hagensen appointed ceo
  • Stig Kirk Ørskov stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Henrik Philip Schjerbeck stepped down as director
  • Merger registered in CVR
202421 changesmanagement 20 · accounts 1
  • Anders Gaarde Heering appointed director
  • Kristoffer Baagøe appointed board member
  • Kristoffer Baagøe stepped down as deputy board member
  • Torben Magnus Thielsen stepped down as board member
  • Dorthe Bjerregaard-Knudsen stepped down as director
  • Raoul Grünthal appointed chair of the board
  • Jeanette Løgstrup appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Henrik Munch stepped down as chair of the board
  • Raoul Grünthal stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jeanette Løgstrup stepped down as board member
  • Lars Henrik Munch appointed chair of the board
  • Raoul Grünthal appointed deputy chair
  • Raoul Grünthal stepped down as chair of the board
  • Raoul Grünthal appointed chair of the board
  • Peter Bartram stepped down as chair of the board
  • Raoul Grünthal stepped down as deputy chair
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Per Mikael Jensen appointed board member
  • Kristoffer Baagøe appointed deputy board member
  • Torben Magnus Thielsen appointed board member
  • Mads Glenn Wehlast stepped down as board member
202314 changesmanagement 13 · accounts 1
  • Kristoffer Haugsted Brahm appointed board member
  • Torben Magnus Thielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Simon Axel Haufe stepped down as deputy board member
  • Magnus Gaardmand Barsøe stepped down as board member
  • Kristoffer Haugsted Brahm stepped down as deputy board member
  • René Efraim Rechtman stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Kristoffer Haugsted Brahm appointed deputy board member
  • Mads Glenn Wehlast appointed board member
  • Torben Magnus Thielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Simon Axel Haufe appointed deputy board member
  • Uffe Ring-Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Schilling stepped down as board member
  • Mads Glenn Wehlast stepped down as deputy board member
202210 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Anette Mellbye appointed board member
  • Raoul Grünthal appointed deputy chair
  • Lars Henrik Munch stepped down as deputy chair
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Lars Henrik Munch appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Bartram appointed chair of the board
  • Michael Lindhart Løve appointed board member
  • Susanne Juhl stepped down as board member
  • Peter Bartram stepped down as deputy chair
  • Lars Henrik Munch stepped down as chair of the board
20214 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • Anders Byriel stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Susanne Juhl appointed board member
  • Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen stepped down as board member
20202 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
  • Louise Juul Wurlitzer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Moved to Mediebyen 3, 8000 Aarhus C
20197 changesmanagement 7
  • Mads Glenn Wehlast appointed deputy board member
  • Louise Juul Wurlitzer appointed deputy board member
  • Magnus Gaardmand Barsøe appointed board member
  • Søren Kragballe Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Steen Robert Valgreen-Voigt stepped down as board member
  • Sanne Sand Høyer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jørn Kenneth Højmark Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
20183 changesmanagement 3
  • Søren Svendsen stepped down as director
  • René Efraim Rechtman appointed board member
  • Vagn Ove Sørensen stepped down as board member
20172 changesmanagement 2
  • Peter Bartram appointed deputy chair
  • Jørgen Ejbøl Jensen stepped down as deputy chair
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Mette Kynne Frandsen stepped down as board member
20158 changesmanagement 8
  • Søren Svendsen appointed director
  • Uffe Ring-Petersen appointed deputy board member
  • Uffe Ring-Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Kragballe Nielsen appointed board member
  • Steen Robert Valgreen-Voigt appointed board member
  • Sanne Sand Høyer appointed deputy board member
  • Niels Erik Tantholdt-Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Iman Safari stepped down as deputy board member
20146 changesmanagement 6
  • Dorthe Bjerregaard-Knudsen appointed director
  • Lars Henrik Munch appointed chair of the board
  • Vagn Ove Sørensen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Ejbøl Jensen appointed deputy chair
  • Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen appointed board member
  • Stig Kirk Ørskov appointed ceo
20139 changesmanagement 8 · merger 1
  • Niels Erik Tantholdt-Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Uffe Ring-Petersen appointed board member
  • Jørn Kenneth Højmark Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Iman Safari appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Peter Szlavik stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Anders Byriel appointed board member
  • Erik Iversen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Karsten Ohrt stepped down as deputy chair
20115 changesmanagement 5
  • Erik Iversen appointed deputy board member
  • Bjarne Schilling appointed board member
  • Ulla Nørby stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henrik Buhr stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jytte Julie Krogsbæk stepped down as deputy board member
20102 changesmanagement 2
  • Torsten Bjerre Rasmussen stepped down as director
  • Henrik Philip Schjerbeck appointed director
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Jeanette Løgstrup appointed board member
20083 changesmanagement 2 · industry 1
  • Karsten Ohrt appointed deputy chair
  • Mette Kynne Frandsen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Publishing of journals and periodicals (581300)
20078 changesmanagement 8
  • Torsten Bjerre Rasmussen appointed director
  • Ulla Nørby appointed deputy board member
  • Thomas Peter Szlavik appointed board member
  • Henrik Buhr appointed deputy board member
  • Tina Bryld appointed board member
  • Jytte Julie Krogsbæk appointed deputy board member
  • Klaus Mortensen stepped down as board member
  • Aksel Morten Bruun stepped down as deputy board member
20063 changesmanagement 3
  • Klaus Mortensen appointed board member
  • Aksel Morten Bruun appointed deputy board member
  • Elisabet Svane stepped down as board member
20042 changesmanagement 1 · industry 1
  • Elisabet Svane appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Udgivelse af dagblade uden eget trykkeri (221220)
20032 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from DET FÆLLES UDGIVERSELSKAB A/S to JP/POLITIKENS HUS A/S
  • Share capital changed from 1,000,000 DKK to 50,000,000 DKK
20023 changesfounded 1 · ownership 2
  • Registered as DET FÆLLES UDGIVERSELSKAB A/S
  • JYLLANDS-POSTEN HOLDING A/S registered as owner (50%)
  • A/S POLITIKEN HOLDING registered as owner (50%)

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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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