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Pictura A/S

Public limited companyCVR 18211114RoskildeActive

Pictura A/S is a public limited company, based in Roskilde, active in wholesale of books, paper and stationery, founded in 1999. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 10 of 72 companies in the industry in the database. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 1m. With 49 employees, the company is about 8 times larger than the industry median.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 25.6m−8.7% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 1m+55.3% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 14.7m−6.6% vs. 2024
Employees49latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 9% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 25.6m.
  • The loss got smaller: from DKK 2.3m to DKK 1m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 14.7m.

Employees

  • 2 more employees than a year earlier: 49 (08/2026) against 47 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Karl Johan Olof Westberg (board member, 22/11/2024).
  • Stepped down: Erik Arpi (board member, 22/11/2024) and Frans Charlie Wallin (chair of the board, 04/05/2026).

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 5mDKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Pictura A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit27,12930,61631,41932,65328,06225,611−8.7%
Operating profit (EBIT)3,1525,2413,9254,336−2,768−1,114+59.7%
Profit before tax3,9385,0024,7924,019−3,008−1,340+55.5%
Net profit3,0683,8983,7343,128−2,349−1,049+55.3%
Total assets39,97638,52740,45438,86733,46634,520+3.1%
Equity11,30514,20316,92018,97515,78414,736−6.6%
Liabilities28,28324,32423,40519,65517,68219,784+11.9%
Cash and cash equivalents3,5754,1663,7317,2764264+52.5%
Average number of employees364044444544−2.2%

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 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20mDKK 25mDKK 30mDKK 35m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (72 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.

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 Pictura A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/09/2024 – 31/08/202504/12/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/09/2023 – 31/08/202418/12/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/09/2022 – 31/08/202323/11/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/09/2021 – 31/08/202224/11/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/09/2020 – 31/08/202106/12/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/09/2019 – 31/08/202008/12/2020The 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

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 25.6mNo. 10 of 72
Better than 87% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 14.7mNo. 15 of 72
Better than 80% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees49No. 9 of 72
Better than 89% 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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 1,850of 9,892
Better than 81%
No. 2,277of 9,922
Better than 77%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 2,744of 24,791
Better than 89%
No. 5,325of 24,909
Better than 79%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 4,940of 17,786
Better than 72%
No. 7,299of 18,024
Better than 60%

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. Pictura A/SDKK 25.6m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 300.4m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 286.8m
Net profit
  1. Pictura A/S−DKK 1m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 155m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 26.6m
Equity
  1. Pictura A/SDKK 14.7m
  2. Essity Denmark A/SDKK 165m
  3. Daarbak A/SDKK 277.2m
Employees
  1. Pictura A/S49
  2. Essity Denmark A/S132
  3. Daarbak A/S284

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • P-Holding AB100%
Pictura A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Pictura A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jens MolzenCEO17/11/2022

Board of directors

Board of directors at Pictura A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Magnus Harald ArpiBoard member16/02/1993
Jens MolzenBoard member17/11/2022
Dag FjellheimBoard member17/11/2022
Karl Johan Olof WestbergBoard member22/11/2024
Auditor
Grant Thornton, Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Former management (30)
Former management at Pictura A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Erik ArpiBoard member16/02/199322/11/2024
Jan Urban OlssonBoard member01/05/200031/01/2006
Asger WelanderCEO19/12/200331/01/2006
Henrik VedelCEO01/01/200612/10/2006
Lars Magnus UddgrenCEO12/10/200617/09/2008
Henrik SkafteCEO17/09/200817/11/2022
Lars Magnus UddgrenChair of the board17/09/200821/06/2018
Dag FjellheimChair of the board21/06/201816/11/2022
Frans Charlie WallinChair of the board17/11/202204/05/2026
Bent Holger ChristensenDeputy board member–21/07/1993
Lone MerkelBoard member–03/11/1996
Rolf Carl Richard Kai StenderBoard member–31/12/2000
Rolf Carl Richard Kai StenderDirector–16/02/1993
Niels AlkilBoard member–17/01/1989
Inger Margrethe FougtDeputy board member–04/10/1989
Adele Martha Hilde StenderBoard member–04/10/1989
Curt StenderBoard member–27/05/1994
Allan Brian KristensenBoard member–12/06/1997
Allan Brian KristensenDirector–31/12/1996
Erik ArpiDirector–27/05/1994
Lise MüllertzDeputy board member–21/07/1993
Kurt SøndergaardBoard member–21/07/1993
Ewald BerlinBoard member–21/07/1993
Helle Gertrud Rosa Birthe JørgensenBoard member–27/05/1994
Bjarne PetersenDeputy board member–18/09/1990
Halbert Mortensen HalbergBoard member–18/09/1990
Folmer HalskovBoard member–18/03/1991
Kim BrinkløvBoard member–16/02/1993
Max Jørn EllgaardBoard member–03/11/1996
Frank BøhmBoard member–18/09/1990

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af selskabets direktører hver for sig eller tre medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Lykkegårdsvej 9
4000 Roskilde

Roskilde Municipality · Postcode 4000

Other companies at the address (1)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
PICTURA A/SLykkegårdsvej 9, 4000 Roskilde491002992201

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation og handel

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

60 registered events
20261 changemanagement 1
  • Frans Charlie Wallin stepped down as chair of the board
20251 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20243 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Karl Johan Olof Westberg appointed board member
  • Erik Arpi stepped down as board member
20233 changesaccounts 1 · address 2
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Moved to Lykkegårdsvej 9, 4000 Roskilde
  • Moved to Lykkegårdsvej 9, 4000 Roskilde
20227 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Frans Charlie Wallin appointed chair of the board
  • Dag Fjellheim appointed board member
  • Jens Molzen appointed ceo
  • Jens Molzen appointed board member
  • Henrik Skafte stepped down as ceo
  • Dag Fjellheim stepped down as chair of the board
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20201 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20191 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Lykkegårdsvej 9, 4000 Roskilde
20183 changesaddress 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Marielundvej 48D, 2730 Herlev
  • Dag Fjellheim appointed chair of the board
  • Lars Magnus Uddgren stepped down as chair of the board
20171 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20101 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Marielundvej 48D, 2730 Herlev
20091 changename 1
  • Name changed from STENDERS PICTURA A/S to PICTURA A/S
20083 changesmanagement 3
  • Lars Magnus Uddgren appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Skafte appointed ceo
  • Lars Magnus Uddgren stepped down as ceo
20065 changesmanagement 5
  • Lars Magnus Uddgren appointed ceo
  • Henrik Vedel stepped down as ceo
  • Asger Welander stepped down as ceo
  • Jan Urban Olsson stepped down as board member
  • Henrik Vedel appointed ceo
20032 changesmanagement 1 · name 1
  • Asger Welander appointed ceo
  • Name changed from A/S CARL STENDER. KUNSTFORLAG to STENDERS PICTURA A/S
20002 changesmanagement 2
  • Rolf Carl Richard Kai Stender stepped down as board member
  • Jan Urban Olsson appointed board member
19992 changesownership 1 · founded 1
  • P-Holding AB registered as owner (100%)
  • Registered as A/S CARL STENDER. KUNSTFORLAG
19971 changemanagement 1
  • Allan Brian Kristensen stepped down as board member
19963 changesmanagement 3
  • Allan Brian Kristensen stepped down as director
  • Max Jørn Ellgaard stepped down as board member
  • Lone Merkel stepped down as board member
19943 changesmanagement 3
  • Erik Arpi stepped down as director
  • Curt Stender stepped down as board member
  • Helle Gertrud Rosa Birthe Jørgensen stepped down as board member
19938 changesmanagement 8
  • Ewald Berlin stepped down as board member
  • Kurt Søndergaard stepped down as board member
  • Lise Müllertz stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bent Holger Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Magnus Harald Arpi appointed board member
  • Erik Arpi appointed board member
  • Kim Brinkløv stepped down as board member
  • Rolf Carl Richard Kai Stender stepped down as director
19911 changemanagement 1
  • Folmer Halskov stepped down as board member
19903 changesmanagement 3
  • Frank Bøhm stepped down as board member
  • Halbert Mortensen Halberg stepped down as board member
  • Bjarne Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
19893 changesmanagement 3
  • Inger Margrethe Fougt stepped down as deputy board member
  • Adele Martha Hilde Stender stepped down as board member
  • Niels Alkil stepped down as 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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