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Languagewire A/S

Public limited companyCVR 25567846FrederiksbergActive

Languagewire A/S is a public limited company, based in Frederiksberg, active in translation and interpretation activities, founded in 2000. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 4 of 53 companies in the industry in the database. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 13m. With 36 employees, the company is about 9 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 55.6m−16.5% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 13m−61% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 58.5m−7.6% vs. 2024
Employees36latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 20% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 28.6m.
  • Revenue fell 17% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 55.6m.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 8.1m to DKK 13m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 58.5m.

Employees

  • 6 fewer employees than a year earlier: 36 (08/2026) against 42 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • Stepped down: Gert Sylvest (board member, 30/06/2025), Martin Janson (board member, 13/04/2026) and Richard James Thompson (board member, 11/06/2025).

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 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Languagewire A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue255,015not statednot stated512,49166,65855,646−16.5%
Gross profit81,08496,94474,978275,80335,83028,647−20%
Operating profit (EBIT)17,01318,92413,851−14,964−5,752−10,873−89%
Profit before tax5,10915,45412,342−37,740−9,266−14,876−60.5%
Net profit3,54916,74615,302−36,682−8,054−12,963−61%
Total assets468,688346,876360,899982,134125,266116,677−6.9%
Equity14,17829,67041,349509,54863,30458,500−7.6%
Liabilities441,382301,474306,187386,88551,75750,003−3.4%
Cash and cash equivalents–2,855014,6972,4831,979−20.3%
Average number of employees4152–401422397−5.9%

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. Revenue is not stated for 2021, 2022: 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 300m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (53 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Loss for 3 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2023–2025.

    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 Languagewire A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202506/05/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202404/07/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202310/04/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202225/04/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202129/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202021/04/2021The 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

53 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in translation and interpretation activities based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 28.6mNo. 4 of 53
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 58.5mNo. 2 of 53
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees36No. 1 of 53
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 2.9m, net profit DKK 102k, equity DKK 702k, 4 employees.

DKK 125kDKK 614kDKK 3mDKK 14.9mDKK 43.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 51 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 1,465of 9,892
Better than 85%
No. 604of 9,922
Better than 94%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 2,464of 24,791
Better than 90%
No. 2,065of 24,909
Better than 92%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 4,539of 17,786
Better than 74%
No. 3,250of 18,024
Better than 82%

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

Translation and interpretation activities
Gross profit
  1. Languagewire A/SDKK 28.6m
  2. Tolkdanmark ApSDKK 73.4m
  3. Semantix A/SDKK 66.2m
Net profit
  1. Languagewire A/S−DKK 13m
  2. Tolkdanmark ApSDKK 11.9m
  3. Semantix A/SDKK 27.3m
Equity
  1. Languagewire A/SDKK 58.5m
  2. Tolkdanmark ApSDKK 29.4m
  3. Semantix A/SDKK 95m
Employees
  1. Languagewire A/S36
  2. Tolkdanmark ApS643
  3. Semantix A/S44

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • BidCo af 11. august 2021 ApS100%
Languagewire A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Languagewire A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Søren Bech JustesenCEO12/06/2020

Board of directors

Board of directors at Languagewire A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jens Albert HarsaaeChair of the board05/07/2017
Oliver Krogh HallinBoard member19/10/2021
Johan Erik DahlforsBoard member19/10/2021
Sofia Malena TollBoard member26/10/2023
Zuzanna Marta Zygadlo-StenbergBoard member26/10/2023
Founders
Dansk Bilsalg ApS
Former management (27)
Former management at Languagewire A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Henrik Wilsbech LottrupBoard member03/08/200019/10/2021
Thor Stein AngeloBoard member03/08/200006/08/2012
Thor Stein AngeloDirector03/08/200001/03/2005
Anders PhilipsenBoard member03/08/200025/09/2007
Anders PhilipsenCEO30/01/200219/03/2007
Henrik Wilsbech LottrupCEO19/03/200712/06/2020
Ole Kjær LottrupBoard member09/08/200722/04/2008
Jakob Wedel ChristensenBoard member22/04/200816/08/2008
Fredrik Angelo LindqvistBoard member25/02/200917/08/2011
Kim WienckenChair of the board17/08/201129/01/2015
Peter FredgaardBoard member17/08/201105/02/2014
Adam Reippurt ViethBoard member17/08/201112/04/2013
Klaus Randel NyengaardBoard member12/04/201329/01/2015
Jørgen Bo JohansenBoard member05/02/201410/10/2016
Lars OlesenChair of the board29/01/201509/04/2015
Henrik TheilbjørnChair of the board09/04/201505/07/2017
Jakob Wedel ChristensenBoard member18/06/201505/07/2017
Gert SylvestBoard member18/06/201505/07/2017
Rasmus Philip Buhl LokvigDeputy chair05/07/201719/10/2021
Jens Jørgen Hahn-PetersenBoard member05/07/201719/10/2021
Gert SylvestBoard member05/09/201730/06/2025
Jørgen Vilhelm Løvenørn BardenflethBoard member05/09/201716/03/2020
Carsten Nygaard KnudsenBoard member05/09/201719/10/2021
Merete SøbyBoard member16/03/202019/10/2021
Kirsten Maria HaitzBoard member16/03/202019/10/2021
Martin JansonBoard member19/10/202113/04/2026
Richard James ThompsonBoard member22/03/202211/06/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 3 bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening eller af Johan Erik Dahlfors i forening med et andet bestyrelsesmedlem.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Nitivej 10
2000 Frederiksberg

Frederiksberg Municipality · Postcode 2000

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
LANGUAGEWIRE A/SNitivej 10, 1, 2000 Frederiksberg361007855385

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive virksomhed inden for oversættelses- og kommunikationsindustrien og anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

87 registered events
20262 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Martin Janson stepped down as board member
20253 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Gert Sylvest stepped down as board member
  • Richard James Thompson stepped down as board member
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20236 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 2 · merger 1 · accounts 1
  • Sofia Malena Toll appointed board member
  • Zuzanna Marta Zygadlo-Stenberg appointed board member
  • BidCo af 11. august 2021 ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Languagewire Holding A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20222 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Richard James Thompson appointed board member
202110 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Martin Janson appointed board member
  • Johan Erik Dahlfors appointed board member
  • Oliver Krogh Hallin appointed board member
  • Merete Søby stepped down as board member
  • Kirsten Maria Haitz stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Nygaard Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Jørgen Hahn-Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Rasmus Philip Buhl Lokvig stepped down as deputy chair
  • Henrik Wilsbech Lottrup stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20205 changesmanagement 5
  • Søren Bech Justesen appointed ceo
  • Henrik Wilsbech Lottrup stepped down as ceo
  • Merete Søby appointed board member
  • Kirsten Maria Haitz appointed board member
  • Jørgen Vilhelm Løvenørn Bardenfleth stepped down as board member
20191 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
201713 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 4
  • Carsten Nygaard Knudsen appointed board member
  • Gert Sylvest appointed board member
  • Jørgen Vilhelm Løvenørn Bardenfleth appointed board member
  • Jens Jørgen Hahn-Petersen appointed board member
  • Jens Albert Harsaae appointed chair of the board
  • Rasmus Philip Buhl Lokvig appointed deputy chair
  • Jakob Wedel Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Gert Sylvest stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Theilbjørn stepped down as chair of the board
  • Languagewire Holding A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • LW Invest ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • TOKARA Ventures ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Lottrup & Co A/S is no longer registered as owner
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Jørgen Bo Johansen stepped down as board member
20158 changesownership 1 · management 7
  • LW Invest ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • Jakob Wedel Christensen appointed board member
  • Gert Sylvest appointed board member
  • Henrik Theilbjørn appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Olesen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lars Olesen appointed chair of the board
  • Klaus Randel Nyengaard stepped down as board member
  • Kim Wiencken stepped down as chair of the board
20142 changesmanagement 2
  • Jørgen Bo Johansen appointed board member
  • Peter Fredgaard stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 2 · ownership 2
  • Klaus Randel Nyengaard appointed board member
  • Adam Reippurt Vieth stepped down as board member
  • TOKARA Ventures ApS registered as owner (50%)
  • Lottrup & Co A/S registered as owner (33.33%)
20122 changesmanagement 1 · address 1
  • Thor Stein Angelo stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Nitivej 10, 1, 2000 Frederiksberg
20114 changesmanagement 4
  • Kim Wiencken appointed chair of the board
  • Adam Reippurt Vieth appointed board member
  • Peter Fredgaard appointed board member
  • Fredrik Angelo Lindqvist stepped down as board member
20101 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20091 changemanagement 1
  • Fredrik Angelo Lindqvist appointed board member
20084 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1
  • Jakob Wedel Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Jakob Wedel Christensen appointed board member
  • Ole Kjær Lottrup stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Translation and interpretation activities (743000)
20074 changesmanagement 4
  • Anders Philipsen stepped down as board member
  • Ole Kjær Lottrup appointed board member
  • Henrik Wilsbech Lottrup appointed ceo
  • Anders Philipsen stepped down as ceo
20053 changesmanagement 1 · name 1 · capital 1
  • Thor Stein Angelo stepped down as director
  • Name changed from LANGUAGEWIRE ApS to LANGUAGEWIRE A/S
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
20032 changesaddress 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Ny Vestergade 7B, 1471 København K
  • Industry changed to Tolkning og oversættelse (748520)
20022 changesname 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from WORLDLANGUAGEFORUM ApS to LANGUAGEWIRE ApS
  • Anders Philipsen appointed ceo
20011 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Købmagergade 53, 3, 1150 København K
20005 changesfounded 1 · management 4
  • Registered as WORLDLANGUAGEFORUM ApS
  • Henrik Wilsbech Lottrup appointed board member
  • Anders Philipsen appointed board member
  • Thor Stein Angelo appointed director
  • Thor Stein Angelo appointed 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 24/10/2026.

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