Karnov Group Denmark A/S

Public limited companyCVR 10361990København KActive

Karnov Group Denmark A/S is a public limited company, based in København K, active in other publishing activities, except software publishing, founded in 1986. Net profit rose 58% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 52.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 31 companies in the industry in the database. With 184 employees, the company is about 61 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 436.7m+13.9% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 52.2m+58.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 290.6m+22.1% vs. 2024
Employees184latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 16% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 297.4m.
  • Revenue rose 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 436.7m.
  • Net profit rose 58% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 52.2m.
  • Equity rose 22% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 290.6m.

Employees

  • 23 more employees than a year earlier: 184 (08/2026) against 161 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Rikke Birkegaard Stær (ceo, 04/05/2026).
  • Stepped down: Alexandra Victoria Åquist (director, 04/05/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Other publishing activities, except software publishing (581900)

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 2017–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m201720182019202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Karnov Group Denmark A/S
201720182019202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue267,262not stated294,867298,257316,774331,706333,960383,549436,747+13.9%
Gross profit––––––237,977257,027297,389+15.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)–––100,600113,60193,29664,26464,38188,367+37.3%
Profit before tax56,92061,91155,81795,040107,96687,90856,68256,24380,063+42.4%
Net profit34,73346,80644,46172,49482,90869,17334,02132,95252,180+58.4%
Total assets888,400749,716698,705698,126745,744712,082582,272878,917755,563−14%
Equity103,364116,668142,299191,374274,168284,460204,914238,023290,568+22.1%
Liabilities785,036–––––377,358640,894––
Cash and cash equivalents16,5199,26816,13041,22797,64162,85045,6040––
Average number of employees––––––139135139+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 2018: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m201720182019202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (31 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

9 financial years
Annual reports for Karnov Group Denmark A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202515/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/06/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202311/06/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202228/06/2023The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202113/06/2022The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202010/05/2021The companyPDF not statedXBRL
201901/01/2019 – 31/12/201909/06/2020The companyPDFXBRL
201801/01/2018 – 31/12/201811/06/2019The companyPDFXBRL
201701/01/2017 – 31/12/201729/05/2018The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

31 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in other publishing activities, except software publishing based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 297.4mNo. 1 of 31
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 290.6mNo. 1 of 31
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees184No. 1 of 31
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.3m, net profit DKK 180k, equity DKK 669k, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 738kDKK 5.5mDKK 40.3mDKK 152.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 31 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 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 95of 4,412
Better than 98%
No. 243of 4,466
Better than 95%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 303of 10,152
Better than 97%
No. 578of 10,275
Better than 94%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 517of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 1,080of 18,024
Better than 94%

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

Other publishing activities, except software publishing
Gross profit
  1. Karnov Group Denmark A/SDKK 297.4m
  2. Bording Danmark A/SDKK 95.3m
  3. Krak A/SDKK 44.4m
Net profit
  1. Karnov Group Denmark A/SDKK 52.2m
  2. Bording Danmark A/SDKK 18.4m
  3. Krak A/SDKK 9.1m
Equity
  1. Karnov Group Denmark A/SDKK 290.6m
  2. Bording Danmark A/SDKK 37.4m
  3. Krak A/SDKK 18.2m
Employees
  1. Karnov Group Denmark A/S184
  2. Bording Danmark A/S120
  3. Krak A/S33

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Karnov Group Denmark A/S

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Karnov Group Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Rikke Birkegaard StærCEO04/05/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Karnov Group Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Charlotte ArupBoard member01/04/2020
Emil Rasmus RiemenschneiderBoard member30/11/2020
Björn Anders Pontus BodelssonChair of the board07/05/2021
Per Magnus HanssonBoard member30/06/2023
Nicolas Bjerrum FeerBoard member31/05/2024
Founders
ApS Hvkmd 5 Nr. 555, Per Emil Hasselbalch Stakemann, Pehsb ApS
Former management (71)
Former management at Karnov Group Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jens StampeBoard member15/08/198631/12/1995
Svend Erik SkydtBoard member15/08/198624/05/1996
Svend Erik SkydtDirector15/08/198601/02/1996
Kristen Sadolin BagerDirector15/08/198601/08/2000
Mogens Skipper-PedersenBoard member15/08/198628/12/1992
Erik SylvestBoard member15/08/198603/07/1990
Erik Hedegaard-SørensenBoard member15/08/198608/12/1988
Erik Hedegaard-SørensenDirector15/08/198608/12/1988
Jørn Kristian MeldgaardChair of the board15/08/198601/01/2000
Karl Peter Biørkmann-NielsenBoard member15/08/198610/05/1995
Peter Daugaard BlochBoard member15/08/198631/12/1995
Lise SaxildDeputy board member15/08/198631/12/1995
Claes Danneberg VossBoard member15/08/198629/08/1991
Charlotte Adserballe DahlBoard member15/08/198610/05/1995
Ann HansenDeputy board member15/08/198610/05/1995
Jytte SigfussonDeputy board member15/08/198631/12/1995
Laszlo Martin StajnerBoard member15/08/198628/02/2000
Connie RosenkvistBoard member15/08/198622/04/1999
Charlotte Helene NielsenDeputy board member15/08/198622/04/1999
Kristen Sadolin BagerBoard member29/08/199101/01/2001
Peter BrandtDeputy board member22/04/199930/09/2001
Eva Charlotte HaastrupBoard member22/04/199901/01/2007
Søren LauritzenBoard member22/04/199901/07/1999
Poula JensenDeputy board member22/04/199901/07/1999
Peter Andreas HartegBoard member22/08/199928/02/2000
Peter Kim KetelsenChair of the board01/01/200007/04/2011
Tina Vågenes MøllerBoard member28/02/200019/04/2000
Michael ChristensenBoard member28/02/200031/10/2000
Henrik Eli Lindman HansenBoard member19/04/200030/04/2005
Thomas Bro HegelundCEO01/08/200001/07/2008
Thomas Bro HegelundBoard member31/10/200001/07/2008
Mikael Foged HansenBoard member01/01/200107/04/2011
Agner Nørgaard MarkBoard member28/08/200107/04/2011
Jens Christian Theil JohansenBoard member30/04/200522/05/2007
Betina Lykke NielsenBoard member01/01/200730/05/2008
Thomas Bernt BentsenBoard member22/05/200730/04/2008
Peter LyneborgBoard member30/04/200807/06/2012
Marlene GuldbrandsenBoard member30/05/200807/06/2012
Jørgen BarslundBoard member01/07/200809/12/2008
Jørgen BarslundCEO01/07/200809/12/2008
Neil Ronald StoryBoard member09/12/200807/04/2011
Morten SkjønnemandBoard member07/04/201116/07/2015
Jeffrey Davis MontgomeryBoard member07/04/201102/11/2011
Stefan FranssenChair of the board07/04/201110/12/2014
Sebastian SippBoard member07/04/201102/07/2012
Neil Ronald StoryDirector01/05/201201/08/2012
Tobias Rudolf HartmannCEO01/05/201228/04/2014
Ditte Skinderholm AnthonisenBoard member07/06/201212/04/2016
Anette Birksø JammehBoard member07/06/201212/04/2016
Jeffrey Davis MontgomeryBoard member02/07/201228/04/2014
Tobias Rudolph HartmannBoard member01/08/201228/04/2014
Dorit Brink ClausenCEO28/04/201430/09/2014
Francois-René Emile StoesselBoard member28/04/201416/07/2015
Flemming BreinholtCEO30/09/201401/04/2020
Jeffrey Davis MontgomeryChair of the board10/12/201416/07/2015
Javed Ahmad KhanBoard member16/07/201502/09/2015
Vivek KumarBoard member16/07/201528/09/2015
Sacha OshryChair of the board16/07/201502/09/2015
Dorit Brink ClausenChair of the board02/09/201528/09/2015
Flemming BreinholtBoard member02/09/201531/03/2020
Dorit Brink ClausenBoard member29/09/201517/12/2019
Vivek KumarChair of the board29/09/201518/12/2019
Flemming Laustsen BachBoard member12/04/201630/11/2020
Anne Luise Gramkov de KortBoard member01/11/201601/01/2023
Dorit Brink ClausenChair of the board18/12/201931/03/2020
Bettina Immergut WagnerBoard member18/12/201901/04/2020
Dorit Brink ClausenBoard member01/04/202028/02/2022
Niels Carøe Munk HansenDirector01/04/202031/03/2023
Flemming BreinholtChair of the board01/04/202007/05/2021
Lars Jonas OlinBoard member28/02/202230/06/2023
Alexandra Victoria ÅquistDirector31/03/202304/05/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsesformanden og en direktør i forening eller af bestyrelsesformanden og et bestyrelsesmedlem i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Sankt Petri Passage 5
1165 København K

København Municipality · Postcode 1165

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
KARNOV GROUP DENMARK A/SSankt Petri Passage 5, st, 1165 København K1841002892678

Purpose

Selskabets formål er forlags-, informationsvirksomhed, handel og andre i forbindelse hermed stående aktiviteter

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

144 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Rikke Birkegaard Stær appointed ceo
  • Alexandra Victoria Åquist stepped down as director
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Other publishing activities, except software publishing (581900)
20242 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Nicolas Bjerrum Feer appointed board member
20236 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Per Magnus Hansson appointed board member
  • Lars Jonas Olin stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Alexandra Victoria Åquist appointed director
  • Niels Carøe Munk Hansen stepped down as director
  • Anne Luise Gramkov de Kort stepped down as board member
20223 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Lars Jonas Olin appointed board member
  • Dorit Brink Clausen stepped down as board member
20213 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Björn Anders Pontus Bodelsson appointed chair of the board
  • Flemming Breinholt stepped down as chair of the board
202011 changesmanagement 10 · accounts 1
  • Emil Rasmus Riemenschneider appointed board member
  • Flemming Laustsen Bach stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2019 published
  • Niels Carøe Munk Hansen appointed director
  • Charlotte Arup appointed board member
  • Flemming Breinholt appointed chair of the board
  • Dorit Brink Clausen appointed board member
  • Bettina Immergut Wagner stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Breinholt stepped down as ceo
  • Dorit Brink Clausen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Breinholt stepped down as board member
20195 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Bettina Immergut Wagner appointed board member
  • Dorit Brink Clausen appointed chair of the board
  • Vivek Kumar stepped down as chair of the board
  • Dorit Brink Clausen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2018 published
20184 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2017 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Karnov Group Holdco DK ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • KARNOV GROUP HOLDING DENMARK A/S is no longer registered as owner
20164 changesmanagement 4
  • Anne Luise Gramkov de Kort appointed board member
  • Flemming Laustsen Bach appointed board member
  • Anette Birksø Jammeh stepped down as board member
  • Ditte Skinderholm Anthonisen stepped down as board member
201514 changesmanagement 14
  • Vivek Kumar appointed chair of the board
  • Dorit Brink Clausen appointed board member
  • Dorit Brink Clausen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Vivek Kumar stepped down as board member
  • Flemming Breinholt appointed board member
  • Dorit Brink Clausen appointed chair of the board
  • Sacha Oshry stepped down as chair of the board
  • Javed Ahmad Khan stepped down as board member
  • Vivek Kumar appointed board member
  • Sacha Oshry appointed chair of the board
  • Javed Ahmad Khan appointed board member
  • Jeffrey Davis Montgomery stepped down as chair of the board
  • Francois-René Emile Stoessel stepped down as board member
  • Morten Skjønnemand stepped down as board member
20149 changesmanagement 9
  • Jeffrey Davis Montgomery appointed chair of the board
  • Stefan Franssen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Breinholt appointed ceo
  • Dorit Brink Clausen stepped down as ceo
  • Francois-René Emile Stoessel appointed board member
  • Dorit Brink Clausen appointed ceo
  • Tobias Rudolph Hartmann stepped down as board member
  • Jeffrey Davis Montgomery stepped down as board member
  • Tobias Rudolf Hartmann stepped down as ceo
20131 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Sankt Petri Passage 5, st, 1165 København K
201210 changesmanagement 10
  • Tobias Rudolph Hartmann appointed board member
  • Neil Ronald Story stepped down as director
  • Jeffrey Davis Montgomery appointed board member
  • Sebastian Sipp stepped down as board member
  • Anette Birksø Jammeh appointed board member
  • Ditte Skinderholm Anthonisen appointed board member
  • Marlene Guldbrandsen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Lyneborg stepped down as board member
  • Tobias Rudolf Hartmann appointed ceo
  • Neil Ronald Story appointed director
201112 changesmanagement 9 · name 2 · ownership 1
  • Jeffrey Davis Montgomery stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from K-MEDIA PUBLISHING DENMARK A/S to KARNOV GROUP DENMARK A/S
  • Name changed from THOMSON REUTERS PROFESSIONAL A/S to K-MEDIA PUBLISHING DENMARK A/S
  • Morten Skjønnemand appointed board member
  • Sebastian Sipp appointed board member
  • Stefan Franssen appointed chair of the board
  • Jeffrey Davis Montgomery appointed board member
  • Neil Ronald Story stepped down as board member
  • Agner Nørgaard Mark stepped down as board member
  • Mikael Foged Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Kim Ketelsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • KARNOV GROUP HOLDING DENMARK A/S registered as owner (100%)
200814 changesmanagement 11 · name 1 · merger 1 · industry 1
  • Neil Ronald Story appointed board member
  • Jørgen Barslund stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Barslund stepped down as ceo
  • Name changed from FORLAGET THOMSON A/S to THOMSON REUTERS PROFESSIONAL A/S
  • Jørgen Barslund appointed board member
  • Jørgen Barslund appointed ceo
  • Thomas Bro Hegelund stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Bro Hegelund stepped down as ceo
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Marlene Guldbrandsen appointed board member
  • Betina Lykke Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Lyneborg appointed board member
  • Thomas Bernt Bentsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Publishing of newspapers (581200)
20075 changesmerger 1 · management 4
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Thomas Bernt Bentsen appointed board member
  • Jens Christian Theil Johansen stepped down as board member
  • Betina Lykke Nielsen appointed board member
  • Eva Charlotte Haastrup stepped down as board member
20054 changescapital 1 · merger 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 10,000,000 DKK to 10,001,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Jens Christian Theil Johansen appointed board member
  • Henrik Eli Lindman Hansen stepped down as board member
20014 changesmanagement 4
  • Peter Brandt stepped down as deputy board member
  • Agner Nørgaard Mark appointed board member
  • Mikael Foged Hansen appointed board member
  • Kristen Sadolin Bager stepped down as board member
200010 changesname 1 · management 9
  • Name changed from ITID A/S to FORLAGET THOMSON A/S
  • Thomas Bro Hegelund appointed board member
  • Michael Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Thomas Bro Hegelund appointed ceo
  • Henrik Eli Lindman Hansen appointed board member
  • Tina Vågenes Møller stepped down as board member
  • Michael Christensen appointed board member
  • Tina Vågenes Møller appointed board member
  • Peter Andreas Harteg stepped down as board member
  • Peter Kim Ketelsen appointed chair of the board
19998 changesmanagement 8
  • Peter Andreas Harteg appointed board member
  • Poula Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Søren Lauritzen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Brandt appointed deputy board member
  • Poula Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Lauritzen appointed board member
  • Eva Charlotte Haastrup appointed board member
  • Charlotte Helene Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Jens Stampe stepped down as board member
19933 changescapital 2 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 6,000,000 DKK to 10,000,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 5,000,000 DKK to 6,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from THOMSON COMMUNICATIONS (SCANDINAVIA) A/S to ITID A/S
19911 changemanagement 1
  • Kristen Sadolin Bager appointed board member
19872 changesname 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from A/S PSE NR. 2024 to THOMSON COMMUNICATIONS (SCANDINAVIA) A/S
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 5,000,000 DKK
19863 changesfounded 1 · management 2
  • Registered as A/S PSE NR. 2024
  • Jens Stampe appointed board member
  • Charlotte Helene Nielsen appointed deputy 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 23/10/2026.

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