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Metsä Tissue A/S

Public limited companyCVR 50629414København VActive

Metsä Tissue A/S is a public limited company, based in København V, active in wholesale of books, paper and stationery, founded in 1974. Net profit fell 9% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 1.5m. Equity fell to DKK 6.5m in 2025. Gross profit is higher than that of 77% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 11.3m+6.8% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 1.5m−8.6% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 6.5m−34.9% vs. 2024
Employees9latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.3m.
  • Net profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.5m.
  • Equity fell 35% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.5m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 9 (07/2026) against 12 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Terhi Talvikki Ilvonen (chair of the board, 02/04/2025), Carl Johan Lekman (board member, 12/12/2025) and Carl Johan Lekman (director, 12/12/2025) (+2).
  • Stepped down: Juha Tapio Pilli-Sihvola (chair of the board, 02/04/2025), Jani Kristian Sillanpää (board member, 31/05/2025) and Jani Kristian Sillanpää (director, 31/05/2025) (+2).

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 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Metsä Tissue A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit12,31811,89214,60911,59110,56611,286+6.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)2,2362,2352,8262,0391,7531,777+1.4%
Profit before tax2,2262,2442,8762,4392,1641,971−8.9%
Net profit1,7211,7312,2081,8691,6721,529−8.6%
Total assets16,22416,61014,33314,64112,5499,754−22.3%
Equity9,9069,93710,44510,1149,9366,465−34.9%
Liabilities6,3186,6743,8884,5282,6133,290+25.9%
Cash and cash equivalents1111110%
Average number of employees1514141212120%

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.

Download the figures as CSV · free with an account, amounts in whole DKK

DKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (72 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 35% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 9.9m to DKK 6.5m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • 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

6 financial years
Annual reports for Metsä Tissue A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202505/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202426/05/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202315/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202208/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202115/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202031/05/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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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 11.3mNo. 17 of 72
Better than 77% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 6.5mNo. 23 of 72
Better than 69% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees9No. 21 of 72
Better than 72% 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. 3,902of 69,742
Better than 94%
No. 12,043of 69,964
Better than 83%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees57 companies in the comparison
No. 6of 57
Better than 91%
No. 12of 57
Better than 80%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,932of 10,152
Better than 61%
No. 5,658of 10,275
Better than 45%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 8,440of 17,786
Better than 53%
No. 10,474of 18,024
Better than 42%

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. Metsä Tissue A/SDKK 11.3m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 300.4m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 286.8m
Net profit
  1. Metsä Tissue A/SDKK 1.5m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 155m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 26.6m
Equity
  1. Metsä Tissue A/SDKK 6.5m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 165m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 277.2m
Employees
  1. Metsä Tissue A/S9
  2. Essity Denmark A/S132
  3. Daarbak A/S284

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Metsa Tissue AB100%
Metsä Tissue A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Metsä Tissue A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Carl Johan LekmanDirector12/12/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Metsä Tissue A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Marjo Katriina PekkalaDeputy chair09/09/2019
Terhi Talvikki IlvonenChair of the board02/04/2025
Carl Johan LekmanBoard member12/12/2025
Auditor
KPMG P/S
Former management (56)
Former management at Metsä Tissue A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Poul Flemming HansenBoard member12/11/197402/11/1989
Per SchmidtBoard member12/11/197422/05/2001
Asger ThylstrupBoard member12/11/197424/08/1988
Henning RouchmanBoard member12/11/197402/11/1989
Henning RouchmanDirector12/11/197402/11/1989
Max Bjerre HansenBoard member12/11/197415/12/1987
Max Bjerre HansenDirector12/11/197415/12/1987
Preben Lekander PetersenBoard member12/11/197402/11/1989
Egon Benny HolmBoard member12/11/197409/07/2007
Egon Benny HolmDirector12/11/197409/07/2007
John Anders NordlundBoard member12/11/197415/12/1987
Bernt Torgny Erling ErikssonBoard member12/11/197415/12/1987
Rolf Sture Urban FrisingerChair of the board12/11/197424/08/1988
Stig Tommy PerssonChair of the board12/11/197411/07/1989
Elsa Margareta TiveusBoard member12/11/197402/11/1989
Jens Jorgen JohanssonBoard member12/11/197424/06/1991
Christian Hendrik Jaakob van NiftrikChair of the board12/11/197415/06/1990
Matti Juhani JaakolaBoard member12/11/197415/01/1993
Ulf Bjarne Christer AnderssonCEO12/11/197424/06/1991
Per Olof HellstromDeputy chair12/11/197415/05/2000
Juhani SaarelaChair of the board12/11/197425/11/1998
Helge RanvikBoard member12/11/197421/01/1997
Bjorn Olof SjostromBoard member12/11/197428/04/1998
Timo SalovaaraBoard member21/01/199715/05/2000
Paavo Juhani LiestaloBoard member28/04/199825/04/2005
Hannu Ilmari AnttilaBoard member25/11/199822/04/2003
Kari Tuomo Tapini MuttilainenBoard member15/05/200025/04/2005
Mikko Tapani HietanenBoard member15/05/200031/05/2002
Lars Gunnar VarvneChair of the board22/04/200309/07/2007
Jarkko Antero KaplinBoard member16/01/200409/07/2007
Per Olof HellströmDeputy chair25/04/200509/07/2007
Mats KarlssonBoard member25/04/200509/07/2007
Hans JohanssonBoard member25/04/200509/07/2007
Petri Olavi KansiBoard member09/07/200715/05/2008
Jan Magnus Hans William WisaeusChair of the board09/07/200727/05/2011
Svein UlvikBoard member09/07/200727/05/2011
Svein UlvikDirector09/07/200727/05/2011
Per Markus HolmChair of the board27/05/201124/03/2014
Valborg Elisabeth JakobssonDeputy chair27/05/201123/05/2012
Claes Magnus LindkvistBoard member27/05/201123/05/2012
Claes Magnus LindkvistCEO27/05/201123/05/2012
Mark WatkinsBoard member23/05/201209/06/2015
Mark WatkinsDirector23/05/201210/06/2015
Lena Elisabet ErntellDeputy chair23/05/201224/03/2014
Ulrika Maria StakeDeputy chair24/03/201409/06/2015
Mikko Juhani ForsellChair of the board24/03/201421/03/2018
Ulrika Maria StakeBoard member10/06/201509/09/2019
Ulrika Maria StakeDirector10/06/201509/09/2019
Mark WatkinsDeputy chair10/06/201521/03/2018
Juha Tapio Pilli-SihvolaChair of the board21/03/201802/04/2025
Lauri Tapio RomppanenDeputy chair21/03/201821/02/2019
Jani Kristian SillanpääDeputy chair21/02/201908/09/2019
Jani Kristian SillanpääBoard member09/09/201931/05/2025
Jani Kristian SillanpääDirector09/09/201931/05/2025
Johan HolvikBoard member02/06/202512/12/2025
Johan HolvikDirector02/06/202512/12/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med to bestyrelsesmedlemmer, af tre bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, eller af bestyrelsesformanden eller næstformanden hver for sig

Address and production units

1 active production units

Gammel Kongevej 35
1610 København V

København Municipality · Postcode 1610

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
METSÄ TISSUE A/SGammel Kongevej 35, 1610 København V91003095507

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive handel og agentvirksomhed med papir og anden efter bestyrelsens bestemmelse dermed beslægtet virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

135 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
202511 changesmanagement 10 · accounts 1
  • Carl Johan Lekman appointed board member
  • Carl Johan Lekman appointed director
  • Johan Holvik stepped down as director
  • Johan Holvik stepped down as board member
  • Johan Holvik appointed director
  • Johan Holvik appointed board member
  • Jani Kristian Sillanpää stepped down as board member
  • Jani Kristian Sillanpää stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Terhi Talvikki Ilvonen appointed chair of the board
  • Juha Tapio Pilli-Sihvola stepped down as chair of the board
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20222 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1
  • Moved to Gammel Kongevej 35, 1610 København V
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20199 changesaddress 1 · management 8
  • Moved to Ørestads Boulevard 73, 4, 2300 København S
  • Jani Kristian Sillanpää appointed board member
  • Marjo Katriina Pekkala appointed deputy chair
  • Jani Kristian Sillanpää appointed director
  • Ulrika Maria Stake stepped down as director
  • Ulrika Maria Stake stepped down as board member
  • Jani Kristian Sillanpää stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jani Kristian Sillanpää appointed deputy chair
  • Lauri Tapio Romppanen stepped down as deputy chair
20185 changesaddress 1 · management 4
  • Moved to Ørestads Boulevard 108, 5, 2300 København S
  • Lauri Tapio Romppanen appointed deputy chair
  • Juha Tapio Pilli-Sihvola appointed chair of the board
  • Mark Watkins stepped down as deputy chair
  • Mikko Juhani Forsell stepped down as chair of the board
20161 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Ørestads Boulevard 108, 5, 2300 København S
20156 changesmanagement 6
  • Ulrika Maria Stake appointed director
  • Mark Watkins appointed deputy chair
  • Ulrika Maria Stake appointed board member
  • Mark Watkins stepped down as director
  • Ulrika Maria Stake stepped down as deputy chair
  • Mark Watkins stepped down as board member
20144 changesmanagement 4
  • Mikko Juhani Forsell appointed chair of the board
  • Ulrika Maria Stake appointed deputy chair
  • Lena Elisabet Erntell stepped down as deputy chair
  • Per Markus Holm stepped down as chair of the board
20128 changesaddress 1 · management 6 · industry 1
  • Moved to Ørestads Boulevard 73, 2300 København S
  • Mark Watkins appointed director
  • Lena Elisabet Erntell appointed deputy chair
  • Mark Watkins appointed board member
  • Valborg Elisabeth Jakobsson stepped down as deputy chair
  • Claes Magnus Lindkvist stepped down as ceo
  • Claes Magnus Lindkvist stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Wholesale of books, paper and stationery (464920)
20117 changesmanagement 7
  • Valborg Elisabeth Jakobsson appointed deputy chair
  • Claes Magnus Lindkvist appointed ceo
  • Claes Magnus Lindkvist appointed board member
  • Per Markus Holm appointed chair of the board
  • Jan Magnus Hans William Wisaeus stepped down as chair of the board
  • Svein Ulvik stepped down as director
  • Svein Ulvik stepped down as board member
20081 changemanagement 1
  • Petri Olavi Kansi stepped down as board member
200711 changesmanagement 11
  • Jan Magnus Hans William Wisaeus appointed chair of the board
  • Svein Ulvik appointed director
  • Svein Ulvik appointed board member
  • Petri Olavi Kansi appointed board member
  • Per Olof Hellström stepped down as deputy chair
  • Mats Karlsson stepped down as board member
  • Hans Johansson stepped down as board member
  • Jarkko Antero Kaplin stepped down as board member
  • Lars Gunnar Varvne stepped down as chair of the board
  • Egon Benny Holm stepped down as director
  • Egon Benny Holm stepped down as board member
20055 changesmanagement 5
  • Per Olof Hellström appointed deputy chair
  • Mats Karlsson appointed board member
  • Hans Johansson appointed board member
  • Kari Tuomo Tapini Muttilainen stepped down as board member
  • Paavo Juhani Liestalo stepped down as board member
20041 changemanagement 1
  • Jarkko Antero Kaplin appointed board member
20032 changesmanagement 2
  • Lars Gunnar Varvne appointed chair of the board
  • Hannu Ilmari Anttila stepped down as board member
20021 changemanagement 1
  • Mikko Tapani Hietanen stepped down as board member
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Per Schmidt stepped down as board member
20004 changesmanagement 4
  • Kari Tuomo Tapini Muttilainen appointed board member
  • Mikko Tapani Hietanen appointed board member
  • Timo Salovaara stepped down as board member
  • Per Olof Hellstrom stepped down as deputy chair
19984 changesmanagement 4
  • Hannu Ilmari Anttila appointed board member
  • Juhani Saarela stepped down as chair of the board
  • Paavo Juhani Liestalo appointed board member
  • Bjorn Olof Sjostrom stepped down as board member
19973 changesname 1 · management 2
  • Name changed from METSA-SERLA TISSUE A/S to METSÄ TISSUE A/S
  • Timo Salovaara appointed board member
  • Helge Ranvik stepped down as board member
19962 changescapital 1 · name 1
  • Share capital changed from 300,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
  • Name changed from SERLA-DAN A/S to METSA-SERLA TISSUE A/S
19931 changemanagement 1
  • Matti Juhani Jaakola stepped down as board member
19912 changesmanagement 2
  • Ulf Bjarne Christer Andersson stepped down as ceo
  • Jens Jorgen Johansson stepped down as board member
19901 changemanagement 1
  • Christian Hendrik Jaakob van Niftrik stepped down as chair of the board
19897 changesname 1 · management 6
  • Name changed from HOLMEN HYGIENE A/S to SERLA-DAN A/S
  • Poul Flemming Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Elsa Margareta Tiveus stepped down as board member
  • Preben Lekander Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Henning Rouchman stepped down as director
  • Henning Rouchman stepped down as board member
  • Stig Tommy Persson stepped down as chair of the board
19883 changesownership 1 · management 2
  • Metsa Tissue AB registered as owner (100%)
  • Rolf Sture Urban Frisinger stepped down as chair of the board
  • Asger Thylstrup stepped down as board member
19875 changesname 1 · management 4
  • Name changed from MODO KONSUMENTPRODUKTER A/S to HOLMEN HYGIENE A/S
  • Bernt Torgny Erling Eriksson stepped down as board member
  • John Anders Nordlund stepped down as board member
  • Max Bjerre Hansen stepped down as director
  • Max Bjerre Hansen stepped down as board member
197424 changesfounded 1 · management 23
  • Registered as MODO KONSUMENTPRODUKTER A/S
  • Ulf Bjarne Christer Andersson appointed ceo
  • Matti Juhani Jaakola appointed board member
  • Christian Hendrik Jaakob van Niftrik appointed chair of the board
  • Poul Flemming Hansen appointed board member
  • Elsa Margareta Tiveus appointed board member
  • Stig Tommy Persson appointed chair of the board
  • Rolf Sture Urban Frisinger appointed chair of the board
  • Bernt Torgny Erling Eriksson appointed board member
  • John Anders Nordlund appointed board member
  • Egon Benny Holm appointed director
  • Egon Benny Holm appointed board member
  • Preben Lekander Petersen appointed board member
  • Max Bjerre Hansen appointed director
  • Max Bjerre Hansen appointed board member
  • Henning Rouchman appointed director
  • Henning Rouchman appointed board member
  • Jens Jorgen Johansson appointed board member
  • Asger Thylstrup appointed board member
  • Per Schmidt appointed board member
  • Bjorn Olof Sjostrom appointed board member
  • Helge Ranvik appointed board member
  • Juhani Saarela appointed chair of the board
  • Per Olof Hellstrom appointed deputy chair

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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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