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Ordbogen A/S

Public limited companyCVR 26404037Odense MActive

Ordbogen A/S is a public limited company, based in Odense M, active in book publishing, founded in 2001. Net profit fell 48% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 6.4m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 104 companies in the industry in the database. With 59 employees, the company is about 20 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 71.3m−8.3% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 6.4m−48.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 32m−23.8% vs. 2024
Employees59latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 8% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 71.3m.
  • Net profit fell 48% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 6.4m.
  • Equity fell 24% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 32m.

Employees

  • 24 fewer employees than a year earlier: 59 (08/2026) against 83 (08/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 11/08/2025: 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 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Ordbogen A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit47,36452,72964,80673,70277,70071,284−8.3%
Operating profit (EBIT)12,02010,00314,59515,99016,9888,793−48.2%
Profit before tax11,9629,88513,64114,38515,7518,200−47.9%
Net profit9,1578,88511,09411,38812,3556,392−48.3%
Total assets98,34498,045129,459127,377126,484110,548−12.6%
Equity29,64728,53529,64836,23642,04332,035−23.8%
Liabilities56,04856,79285,49676,65268,76564,755−5.8%
Cash and cash equivalents14,52711,4302,1632,5012,3261,271−45.4%
Average number of employees667573637071+1.4%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40mDKK 50mDKK 60mDKK 70mDKK 80m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (104 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

6 financial years
Annual reports for Ordbogen A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202526/05/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202420/05/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202320/06/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202216/04/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202105/05/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202029/06/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
02040608009/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/2608/26
Employees

Position in the industry

104 companies in the database

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

Gross profitDKK 71.3mNo. 3 of 104
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 32mNo. 8 of 104
Better than 93% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees59No. 4 of 104
Better than 97% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.6m, net profit DKK 91,836, equity DKK 1.4m, 3 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 772kDKK 6mDKK 46.1mDKK 179.9mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 97 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. 1,132of 4,412
Better than 74%
No. 1,674of 4,466
Better than 63%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 1,003of 24,791
Better than 96%
No. 3,229of 24,909
Better than 87%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 2,126of 17,786
Better than 88%
No. 4,744of 18,024
Better than 74%

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

Book publishing
Gross profit
  1. Ordbogen A/SDKK 71.3m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. Ordbogen A/SDKK 6.4m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. Ordbogen A/SDKK 32m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
  1. Ordbogen A/S59
  2. Gyldendal A/S427
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Seed ApS90%
  • P. Revsbech Holding ApS10%
Ordbogen A/S

Management

7 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Ordbogen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Peter RevsbechCEO01/05/2009
Michael Houlberg WaltherDirector01/05/2009

Board of directors

Board of directors at Ordbogen A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Bjarni Lichtenberg NorddahlChair of the board01/05/2009
Michael Houlberg WaltherBoard member01/05/2009
Anna Kromann AagaardBoard member01/12/2017
Lars Kristian SkaarupBoard member28/09/2021
Mogens Henrik FromBoard member01/04/2023
Founders
Michael Houlberg Walther, Jacob Ziirsen Hatt, Bjarni Lichtenberg Norddahl, Thomas Viisholm Thomsen
Former management (13)
Former management at Ordbogen A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Jacob Ziirsen HattChair of the board19/12/200122/05/2007
Bjarni Lichtenberg NorddahlCEO19/12/200101/05/2009
Thomas Viisholm ThomsenBoard member19/12/200113/02/2002
Jens Sand GottliebBoard member29/06/200901/07/2012
Bettina Kjæp SepstrupBoard member08/02/201331/12/2014
Søren SundahlBoard member31/12/201401/12/2017
Peter NørlundBoard member01/06/201730/04/2019
Frank Ramos SantanaDeputy board member01/06/201701/05/2019
Michael Evan GoodsiteBoard member01/12/201716/09/2021
Peter NørlundDeputy board member01/05/201901/04/2022
Kasper Kofoed FiskerBoard member01/05/201901/04/2022
Malte Gynther BorgesBoard member01/04/202231/03/2023
Michael HansenDeputy board member01/04/202208/10/2024

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsesformanden og et andet bestyrelsesmedlem i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Billedskærervej 8
5230 Odense M

Odense Municipality · Postcode 5230

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ORDBOGEN A/SBilledskærervej 8, 5230 Odense M591008871058

Purpose

Selskabets formål er udvikling, drift og salg af internetbaserede tjenesteydelser og hermed beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

58 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesmerger 1 · accounts 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20242 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1
  • Michael Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20234 changesaccounts 1 · address 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Moved to Billedskærervej 8, 5230 Odense M
  • Mogens Henrik From appointed board member
  • Malte Gynther Borges stepped down as board member
20225 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Malte Gynther Borges appointed board member
  • Michael Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Kasper Kofoed Fisker stepped down as board member
  • Peter Nørlund stepped down as deputy board member
20216 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1 · ownership 3
  • Lars Kristian Skaarup appointed board member
  • Michael Evan Goodsite stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • SEED ApS registered as owner (90%)
  • P. Revsbech Holding ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • SEED ApS is no longer registered as owner
20194 changesmanagement 4
  • Kasper Kofoed Fisker appointed board member
  • Peter Nørlund appointed deputy board member
  • Frank Ramos Santana stepped down as deputy board member
  • Peter Nørlund stepped down as board member
20175 changesmanagement 5
  • Anna Kromann Aagaard appointed board member
  • Michael Evan Goodsite appointed board member
  • Søren Sundahl stepped down as board member
  • Frank Ramos Santana appointed deputy board member
  • Peter Nørlund appointed board member
20142 changesmanagement 2
  • Søren Sundahl appointed board member
  • Bettina Kjæp Sepstrup stepped down as board member
20132 changesownership 1 · management 1
  • SEED ApS registered as owner (100%)
  • Bettina Kjæp Sepstrup appointed board member
20121 changemanagement 1
  • Jens Sand Gottlieb stepped down as board member
20111 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)
20098 changesname 1 · capital 1 · management 6
  • Name changed from ORDBOGEN ApS to ORDBOGEN A/S
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
  • Jens Sand Gottlieb appointed board member
  • Peter Revsbech appointed ceo
  • Bjarni Lichtenberg Norddahl appointed chair of the board
  • Michael Houlberg Walther appointed board member
  • Michael Houlberg Walther appointed director
  • Bjarni Lichtenberg Norddahl stepped down as ceo
20083 changesstatus 2 · industry 1
  • Status changed to active
  • Status changed to opløst efter erklæring
  • Industry changed to Anden it-servicevirksomhed (620900)
20072 changesaddress 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Billedskærervej 8, 5230 Odense M
  • Jacob Ziirsen Hatt stepped down as chair of the board
20062 changesname 1 · address 1
  • Name changed from COOL SYSTEMS ApS to ORDBOGEN ApS
  • Moved to Nørregade 77-79, 5000 Odense C
20031 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Udvikling af kundespecifikt software og konsulentbistand i forbindelse med software (722200)
20023 changesaddress 1 · management 1 · industry 1
  • Moved to Højgårdsvej 32, Taulov, 7000 Fredericia
  • Thomas Viisholm Thomsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities (722000)
20014 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as COOL SYSTEMS ApS
  • Jacob Ziirsen Hatt appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Viisholm Thomsen appointed board member
  • Bjarni Lichtenberg Norddahl appointed ceo

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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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