Norlys Group A/S

Public limited companyCVR 25482190SilkeborgActive

Norlys Group A/S is a public limited company, based in Silkeborg, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 2000. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 1.7bn. Operations are spread over 5 production units in 5 towns. With 301 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1.5bn−32.5% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 1.7bn−183.7% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 18.5bn−8.6% vs. 2024
Employees301latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 64% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 183.6m.
  • Revenue fell 33% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.5bn.
  • The loss grew: from DKK 594.6m to DKK 1.7bn (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 18.5bn.

Employees

  • 18 more employees than a year earlier: 301 (07/2026) against 283 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Anne Mette Aaby Aaes (director, 07/11/2024) and Søren Nørgaard (board member, 14/05/2025).
  • Stepped down: Christian Greve (board member, 14/05/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
  • 31/12/2024: Merger registered in CVR
  • 31/12/2024: Name changed from Norlys Holding A/S to Norlys Group A/S

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 5bnDKK 0DKK 5bnDKK 10bnDKK 15bnDKK 20bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Norlys Group A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue1,553,7071,498,9291,856,6301,928,9052,214,4841,494,398−32.5%
Gross profit347,043367,186258,378324,065512,490183,583−64.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)−78,840−87,356−237,983−183,317−123,628−112,016+9.4%
Profit before tax−100,599443,1029,597,59073,573−571,049−1,639,900−187.2%
Net profit−91,648477,5209,666,05343,260−594,614−1,687,106−183.7%
Total assets15,475,59818,528,12730,748,26422,633,72423,609,41625,709,372+8.9%
Equity11,873,35313,246,64118,788,77021,172,81820,216,67418,472,283−8.6%
Liabilities3,593,4145,253,66411,935,8221,440,5993,348,4707,202,860+115.1%
Cash and cash equivalents69,05213,0751,95714,8541,0121,868+84.6%
Average number of employees511564–620652254−61%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (310 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Loss for 2 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2024–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.

  • Fewer employees

    The number of employees fell 61% from 652 in 2024 to 254 in 2025.

    How is this calculated?

    The number of employees according to the annual report has fallen by at least 25%, and was at least 10 the year before.

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 Norlys Group A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202506/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/04/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202330/04/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202204/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202122/04/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202023/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

310 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in activities of non-financial head offices based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 183.6mNo. 59 of 276
Better than 79% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 18.5bnNo. 6 of 310
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees301No. 60 of 310
Better than 81% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 31.9m, net profit DKK 3.9m, equity DKK 179.4m, 49 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 2.7mDKK 75.2mDKK 2.1bnDKK 18.8bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 235 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 326of 763
Better than 57%
No. 4of 796
Better than 100%
Same industry and 200–499 employees22 companies in the comparison
No. 8of 21
Better than 65%
No. 1of 22
Better than 100%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 368of 24,791
Better than 99%
No. 14of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 869of 17,786
Better than 95%
No. 35of 18,024
Better than 100%

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

Activities of non-financial head offices
Gross profit
  1. Norlys Group A/SDKK 183.6m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
Net profit
  1. Norlys Group A/S−DKK 1.7bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
Equity
  1. Norlys Group A/SDKK 18.5bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
Employees
  1. Norlys Group A/S301
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. Demant A/S58

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Norlys Group A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Gert Vinther JørgensenCEO13/08/2024
Anne Mette Aaby AaesDirector07/11/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Norlys Group A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jens Erik PlatzChair of the board13/08/2024
Gert Vinther JørgensenBoard member25/10/2024
Søren NørgaardBoard member14/05/2025
Founders
Vest Energi amba, Revisionsfirmaet Bendt Stendahl
Former management (82)
Former management at Norlys Group A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erling KristensenBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Olav Tranbjerg MøllerBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Jens Astrup MadsenBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Eva Graakjær LundBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Olav MikkelsenBoard member30/06/200002/06/2010
Bakken HansenBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Kurt ØlandBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Ebbe SeligmannCEO30/06/200001/04/2009
Peter Engberg SchmidtBoard member30/06/200002/06/2010
Torben Kristian OlsenBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Arne Schultz ThygesenBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Peter SørensenBoard member30/06/200002/06/2010
Niels Peder NørregaardBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Knud Jager AndersenBoard member30/06/200025/04/2019
Morten Beck HøyerBoard member30/06/200029/10/2001
Bent BrødbækChief technical officer30/06/200027/08/2001
Bodil GravsholtBoard member30/06/200016/06/2003
Tage Endrup JacobsenBoard member30/06/200002/06/2010
Hans Henrik SønnichsenBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Harald Rattenborg PetersenBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Sven Kliver BorkBoard member27/08/200102/06/2010
Markus NissenBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Børge NørgaardBoard member27/08/200102/06/2010
Erling BjerreBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Henning MøllerBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Sonja Degnbol HansenBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Palle Lorensen BrammingBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Arne Schmidt AndresenBoard member27/08/200116/06/2003
Flemming Sigurd Bay-JensenBoard member27/08/200106/06/2006
Mogens VintherBoard member16/06/200307/10/2019
Ole Riber KjærBoard member16/06/200307/10/2019
Lars MunkBoard member06/06/200602/06/2010
Kresten PhilipsenChair of the board06/06/200602/06/2010
Jørn Christian NielsenDeputy board member06/06/200606/06/2006
Børge Vestergaard NielsenBoard member06/06/200625/04/2014
Jørn Lehmann PetersenBoard member06/06/200602/06/2010
Peter Ernst SchmidtBoard member06/06/200625/04/2014
Torben Benny JessenBoard member06/06/200602/06/2010
Henrik ValløBoard member06/06/200607/10/2019
Jan Vorup NielsenDirector06/06/200615/11/2013
Peter Friis BrodersenBoard member06/06/200602/06/2010
Simone Vedelsø HyldahlDeputy board member06/06/200606/06/2006
Arvid RyttergaardBoard member06/06/200602/06/2010
Lis HolstDirector06/06/200602/06/2010
Inge GillesbergBoard member06/06/200607/10/2019
Jes de Laurent SchrammBoard member06/06/200602/06/2010
Torben Steen JensenBoard member06/06/200606/06/2006
Roar Struck HansenBoard member06/06/200606/06/2006
Niels Ulrich DuedahlCEO01/04/200907/10/2019
Jens Bahne JørgensenChair of the board02/06/201014/03/2017
Carsten Oldenburg JensenBoard member02/06/201025/04/2019
Jens Erik PlatzDeputy chair02/06/201014/03/2017
Torben Haahr PedersenBoard member02/06/201025/04/2019
Jutta Bruun KristiansenBoard member28/04/201125/04/2014
Gert Vinther JørgensenChief financial officer15/11/201312/08/2024
Per MortensenBoard member06/12/201307/10/2019
Oluf Stensgård SørensenBoard member25/04/201425/04/2019
Bent Stubkjær PedersenBoard member25/04/201425/04/2019
Jytte Rabæk SchmidtBoard member25/04/201414/03/2017
Richard de ChurrucaBoard member25/04/201425/04/2019
Karsten FrederiksenBoard member13/05/201601/07/2017
Allan BachBoard member13/05/201625/04/2019
Anders DuerlundBoard member13/05/201608/12/2016
Jens BoelskifteBoard member13/05/201601/07/2017
Kurt Guldhammer JensenBoard member13/05/201601/07/2017
Keld KristensenBoard member13/05/201608/12/2016
Søren NørgaardBoard member13/05/201601/07/2017
Henning KrabbeDeputy chair13/05/201625/04/2019
Keld AhlmannBoard member13/05/201601/07/2017
Martin Kristian ValbirkBoard member13/05/201607/10/2019
Jytte Rabæk SchmidtDeputy chair15/03/201707/10/2019
Jens Erik PlatzChair of the board15/03/201706/10/2019
Frank Schmidt-HansenBoard member27/04/201725/04/2019
Britta Bendix OvesenBoard member25/04/201907/10/2019
Lisbeth Oxholm AndersenBoard member25/04/201907/10/2019
Søren NørgaardBoard member25/04/201907/10/2019
Søren StrømBoard member25/04/201907/10/2019
Christian GreveBoard member07/10/201914/05/2025
Niels Ulrich DuedahlChair of the board07/10/201913/08/2024
Jens Erik PlatzBoard member07/10/201912/08/2024
Jesper Vinter BarslundBoard member07/10/201925/10/2024
Claus Flyger PejstrupBoard member09/09/202225/10/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren i forening med bestyrelsens formand, eller af direktøren i forening med 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer, eller af bestyrelsens formand i forening med 2 bestyrelsesmedlemmer, eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

5 active production units

Tietgensvej 4
8600 Silkeborg

Silkeborg Municipality · Postcode 8600

Other companies at the address (2)

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Norlys Group A/STietgensvej 4, 8600 Silkeborg1411025803562
Norlys Group A/SSlet Parkvej 5, 8310 Tranbjerg J481025803570
Norlys Group A/SEdison Park 1, 6715 Esbjerg N321007760155
Norlys Group A/SGasværksvej 25, 9000 Aalborg261031240057
Norlys Group A/SØrestads Boulevard 45, 2300 København S261030890716

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at eje kapitalandele i andre virksomheder samt at levere serviceydelser til andre selskaber, herunder navnlig koncernforbundne selskaber, samt al virksomhed, som efter bestyrelsens vurdering har forbindelse dermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

147 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20254 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Søren Nørgaard appointed board member
  • Christian Greve stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
202412 changesname 1 · merger 1 · management 9 · accounts 1
  • Name changed from Norlys Holding A/S to Norlys Group A/S
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Anne Mette Aaby Aaes appointed director
  • Gert Vinther Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Claus Flyger Pejstrup stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Vinter Barslund stepped down as board member
  • Jens Erik Platz appointed chair of the board
  • Gert Vinther Jørgensen appointed ceo
  • Niels Ulrich Duedahl stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Erik Platz stepped down as board member
  • Gert Vinther Jørgensen stepped down as chief financial officer
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20233 changescapital 1 · accounts 1 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 99,000,000 DKK to 100,000,000 DKK
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
20222 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Claus Flyger Pejstrup appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20203 changesname 1 · address 1 · merger 1
  • Name changed from SYD ENERGI HOLDING A/S to Norlys Holding A/S
  • Moved to Tietgensvej 4, 8600 Silkeborg
  • Merger registered in CVR
201931 changesmanagement 29 · ownership 2
  • Niels Ulrich Duedahl appointed chair of the board
  • Christian Greve appointed board member
  • Jesper Vinter Barslund appointed board member
  • Jens Erik Platz appointed board member
  • Britta Bendix Ovesen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Strøm stepped down as board member
  • Søren Nørgaard stepped down as board member
  • Lisbeth Oxholm Andersen stepped down as board member
  • Jytte Rabæk Schmidt stepped down as deputy chair
  • Martin Kristian Valbirk stepped down as board member
  • Per Mortensen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Ulrich Duedahl stepped down as ceo
  • Henrik Vallø stepped down as board member
  • Inge Gillesberg stepped down as board member
  • Ole Riber Kjær stepped down as board member
  • Mogens Vinther stepped down as board member
  • Jens Erik Platz stepped down as chair of the board
  • Norlys a.m.b.a. registered as owner (100%)
  • Andelsselskabet af 5. november is no longer registered as owner
  • Britta Bendix Ovesen appointed board member
  • Søren Strøm appointed board member
  • Søren Nørgaard appointed board member
  • Lisbeth Oxholm Andersen appointed board member
  • Frank Schmidt-Hansen stepped down as board member
  • Henning Krabbe stepped down as deputy chair
  • Allan Bach stepped down as board member
  • Richard de Churruca stepped down as board member
  • Oluf Stensgård Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Bent Stubkjær Pedersen stepped down as board member
  • Carsten Oldenburg Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Torben Haahr Pedersen stepped down as board member
201712 changesmerger 1 · management 11
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Keld Ahlmann stepped down as board member
  • Søren Nørgaard stepped down as board member
  • Kurt Guldhammer Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Boelskifte stepped down as board member
  • Karsten Frederiksen stepped down as board member
  • Frank Schmidt-Hansen appointed board member
  • Jens Erik Platz appointed chair of the board
  • Jytte Rabæk Schmidt appointed deputy chair
  • Jytte Rabæk Schmidt stepped down as board member
  • Jens Bahne Jørgensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jens Erik Platz stepped down as deputy chair
201612 changesmanagement 12
  • Keld Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Anders Duerlund stepped down as board member
  • Keld Kristensen appointed board member
  • Martin Kristian Valbirk appointed board member
  • Keld Ahlmann appointed board member
  • Henning Krabbe appointed deputy chair
  • Søren Nørgaard appointed board member
  • Kurt Guldhammer Jensen appointed board member
  • Jens Boelskifte appointed board member
  • Anders Duerlund appointed board member
  • Allan Bach appointed board member
  • Karsten Frederiksen appointed board member
20147 changesmanagement 7
  • Jytte Rabæk Schmidt appointed board member
  • Richard de Churruca appointed board member
  • Oluf Stensgård Sørensen appointed board member
  • Bent Stubkjær Pedersen appointed board member
  • Jutta Bruun Kristiansen stepped down as board member
  • Børge Vestergaard Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Ernst Schmidt stepped down as board member
20134 changesmanagement 3 · address 1
  • Per Mortensen appointed board member
  • Gert Vinther Jørgensen appointed chief financial officer
  • Jan Vorup Nielsen stepped down as director
  • Moved to Edison Park 1, 6715 Esbjerg N
20111 changemanagement 1
  • Jutta Bruun Kristiansen appointed board member
201015 changescapital 2 · ownership 1 · management 12
  • Share capital changed from 95,000,000 DKK to 99,000,000 DKK
  • Andelsselskabet af 5. november registered as owner (100%)
  • Jens Bahne Jørgensen appointed chair of the board
  • Carsten Oldenburg Jensen appointed board member
  • Jens Erik Platz appointed deputy chair
  • Torben Haahr Pedersen appointed board member
  • Lis Holst stepped down as director
  • Lars Munk stepped down as board member
  • Kresten Philipsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Jørn Lehmann Petersen stepped down as board member
  • Torben Benny Jessen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Friis Brodersen stepped down as board member
  • Arvid Ryttergaard stepped down as board member
  • Jes de Laurent Schramm stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 90,000,000 DKK to 95,000,000 DKK
20092 changescapital 1 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 85,000,000 DKK to 90,000,000 DKK
  • Niels Ulrich Duedahl appointed ceo
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20071 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 75,000,000 DKK to 85,000,000 DKK
200622 changesmerger 1 · management 21
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Lis Holst appointed director
  • Lars Munk appointed board member
  • Kresten Philipsen appointed chair of the board
  • Jørn Christian Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Jørn Christian Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Børge Vestergaard Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jørn Lehmann Petersen appointed board member
  • Peter Ernst Schmidt appointed board member
  • Torben Benny Jessen appointed board member
  • Henrik Vallø appointed board member
  • Jan Vorup Nielsen appointed director
  • Peter Friis Brodersen appointed board member
  • Simone Vedelsø Hyldahl appointed deputy board member
  • Simone Vedelsø Hyldahl stepped down as deputy board member
  • Arvid Ryttergaard appointed board member
  • Inge Gillesberg appointed board member
  • Jes de Laurent Schramm appointed board member
  • Torben Steen Jensen appointed board member
  • Torben Steen Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Roar Struck Hansen appointed board member
  • Roar Struck Hansen stepped down as board member
20041 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20037 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 4 · industry 1
  • Name changed from SYDVEST ENERGI HOLDING A/S to SYD ENERGI HOLDING A/S
  • Share capital changed from 50,000,000 DKK to 75,000,000 DKK
  • Ole Riber Kjær appointed board member
  • Mogens Vinther appointed board member
  • Henning Møller stepped down as board member
  • Erling Bjerre stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
20014 changesname 1 · management 2 · merger 1
  • Name changed from VEST ENERGI HOLDING A/S to SYDVEST ENERGI HOLDING A/S
  • Henning Møller appointed board member
  • Erling Bjerre appointed board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20001 changefounded 1
  • Registered as VEST ENERGI HOLDING A/S

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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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