Royal Arctic Line A/S

Public limited companyCVR 16545538NuukActive

Royal Arctic Line A/S is a public limited company, based in Nuuk, active in sea and coastal freight water transport, founded in 1992. Net profit rose 53% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 10.9m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 103 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1.1bn−6.7% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 10.9m+53.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 648.4m+1.6% vs. 2024
Employees40latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 53% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 512.4m.
  • Revenue fell 7% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.1bn.
  • Net profit rose 53% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 10.9m.
  • Equity rose 2% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 648.4m.

Employees

  • 8 fewer employees than a year earlier: 40 (12/2024) against 48 (12/2023).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Inooraq Brandt (chair of the board, 13/10/2025), Ole Jens Knud Kreutzmann (board member, 21/05/2026) and Poul Jensen (board member, 21/05/2026) (+3).
  • Stepped down: Eyðun Simonsen (board member, 21/05/2026), Paviaraq Mossin Heilmann (chair of the board, 13/10/2025) and Mariane Ingrid Ezekiassen (deputy board member, 21/05/2026) (+4).

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 500mDKK 600mDKK 700m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Royal Arctic Line A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue916,2211,054,1631,165,7501,190,0951,229,2631,146,884−6.7%
Gross profit942,3771,041,9281,068,3461,060,8891,084,432512,374−52.8%
Operating profit (EBIT)13,54628,059−73,03624,29025,24432,149+27.4%
Profit before tax2,4024,014−96,2064,1576,05214,468+139.1%
Net profit1,5811,977−73,6773,3737,09410,861+53.1%
Total assets1,647,1061,579,5221,590,3541,482,5011,403,1501,335,662−4.8%
Equity681,714685,564637,624632,379638,079648,406+1.6%
Liabilities924,353854,154928,111827,716744,745660,171−11.4%
Cash and cash equivalents257,682176,239147,595148,475127,82682,259−35.6%
Average number of employees757849787742735749+1.9%

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. Gross profit can exceed revenue when the company has other operating income or is a financial company.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (108 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Royal Arctic Line A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202522/05/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/05/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202312/06/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202208/06/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202108/06/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202018/05/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

108 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in sea and coastal freight water transport based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 512.4mNo. 2 of 103
Better than 99% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 648.4mNo. 5 of 108
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees40No. 3 of 108
Better than 98% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 5.1m, net profit DKK 919k, equity DKK 15.4m, 13 employees.

DKK 448kDKK 2.7mDKK 15.8mDKK 93.5mDKK 306.2mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 88 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. 24of 9,892
Better than 100%
No. 83of 9,922
Better than 99%
Same industry and 20–49 employees19 companies in the comparison
No. 1of 19
Better than 100%
No. 1of 19
Better than 100%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 174of 10,152
Better than 98%
No. 298of 10,275
Better than 97%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 281of 17,786
Better than 98%
No. 578of 18,024
Better than 97%

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

Sea and coastal freight water transport
Gross profit
  1. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 512.4m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 554.1m
  3. Torm A/SDKK 388m
Net profit
  1. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 10.9m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 208.9m
  3. Torm A/SDKK 100.3m
Equity
  1. Royal Arctic Line A/SDKK 648.4m
  2. Unifeeder A/SDKK 2.5bn
  3. Torm A/SDKK 1.5bn
Employees
  1. Royal Arctic Line A/S40
  2. Unifeeder A/S146
  3. Torm A/S255

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Formandens Departement100%
Royal Arctic Line A/S

Management

13 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Royal Arctic Line A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Aviâja Lyberth LennertDirector01/01/2019
Jørgen Aqe MøllerDirector15/05/2022
Niels ClemensenCEO27/09/2023

Board of directors

Board of directors at Royal Arctic Line A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Laust Lindskov VestergaardBoard member09/05/2018
Minannguaq Hilda ZeebBoard member01/05/2019
Barbara Ann AgersnapBoard member15/05/2023
Flemming DrechselBoard member13/05/2024
Jóhanna á BergiBoard member13/05/2024
Inooraq BrandtChair of the board13/10/2025
Ole Jens Knud KreutzmannBoard member21/05/2026
Poul JensenBoard member21/05/2026
Karl Peter Nuka KristensenDeputy board member21/05/2026
Tina Lange OlsenDeputy board member21/05/2026
Auditor
Pricewaterhousecoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab, Grønlands Revision Godkendt Revisionspartnerselskab
Founders
Lauritzen Bulkers A/S, Peter Weitemeyer, Bent Østergaard
Former management (94)
Former management at Royal Arctic Line A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Claus Vang IpsenBoard member30/10/199231/05/1995
Hans Jakob HelmsDeputy board member30/10/199231/05/1995
Peter WeitemeyerChair of the board30/10/199214/12/1994
Carsten HaagensenDeputy board member30/10/199231/05/1995
Christian MerrildDeputy board member30/10/199227/08/1993
Per Leopold MøllerDeputy board member30/10/199231/05/1995
Karsten Stock AndresenDirector30/10/199201/06/2001
Karsten Krower LaursenChair of the board30/10/199231/05/1995
Peter BeckDeputy chair30/10/199221/05/1996
Jørgen Schack StaffeldtDeputy chair30/10/199230/08/1995
Bjarne TvildeBoard member30/10/199231/05/1995
Jan Cilius NielsenDirector30/10/199217/02/1995
Brian Buus PedersenDeputy board member30/10/199221/05/1996
Peter GeestBoard member30/10/199225/03/2000
Jens BoyeDeputy board member30/10/199230/04/1998
Søren Peter JensenDeputy board member30/10/199230/04/1998
Leif Willy SvanbergDeputy board member30/10/199231/05/1995
Jørgen Ancher HøyChair of the board30/10/199226/04/2006
Eigil OhlsenBoard member30/10/199201/01/1996
Henrik Nørkær HansenDeputy chair31/05/199527/05/1999
Stig BendtsenBoard member31/05/199526/04/2006
Søren Hald MøllerDeputy board member31/05/199521/05/1996
Fjord Riisgaard NielsenBoard member31/05/199521/05/1996
Kaj Henning Peter KleistDeputy board member31/05/199527/05/1999
Jørn Skov NielsenDeputy board member31/05/199521/05/1996
John RammerBoard member21/05/199627/04/2005
Svend Junge PedersenBoard member21/05/199627/04/2005
Mette Bente IllemannDeputy board member21/05/199622/05/1997
Johanne-Margrethe Bjerre JørgensenDeputy board member21/05/199628/05/1998
Robert Kelvin Holm KofodDeputy board member21/05/199628/05/1998
Lars MeibomDeputy board member21/05/199628/05/1998
Gorm Ole Kartâva VoldBoard member30/04/199815/12/1999
Pauline Petrine Magdalene SørensenDeputy board member30/04/199828/02/1999
Lars Erik Møller BengtssonDeputy board member30/04/199830/04/2002
Solja I OlavsstovuDeputy board member28/05/199827/05/1999
Ulla Debora LyngeDeputy board member28/05/199827/05/1999
Jørgen Torben Hammeken-HolmDeputy board member28/05/199827/05/1999
Carsten Thorndal PedersenDeputy board member28/05/199827/05/1999
Kristian Frederik LennertBoard member27/05/199906/05/2014
Maja HeilmannDeputy board member15/12/199930/04/2002
Karl Poul Kasper Apollo GeislerBoard member25/03/200030/04/2002
Jens AndersenCEO01/01/200131/07/2015
Jakob Pele Emil Andreas ThomsenDeputy board member30/04/200226/04/2006
Jørgen Kjær JensenBoard member30/04/200226/04/2006
Eli Karl Ville MarcussenDeputy board member30/04/200226/04/2006
Gerhardt Amos Kristian PetersenBoard member10/09/200426/04/2006
Bent ØstergaardBoard member27/04/200506/05/2014
Claus Erik NielsenBoard member27/04/200505/05/2011
Allan Idd JensenBoard member27/04/200526/04/2006
Fritz Ploug NielsenBoard member26/04/200614/04/2010
Tage Dorph LennertBoard member26/04/200614/04/2010
Jens Ilingivakeq TrolleDeputy board member26/04/200614/04/2010
Bent MortensenBoard member26/04/200620/12/2006
Mariane Ingrid EzekiassenBoard member26/04/200606/05/2014
Nick Kristian Lynge JohansenDeputy board member26/04/200614/04/2010
Martha Johanne Marie Naja Flavia LabansenChair of the board20/12/200606/05/2014
Jette LarsenBoard member20/12/200620/12/2006
Ole FrieBoard member24/04/200806/05/2014
Søren Nuka OlsvigDeputy board member14/04/201006/05/2014
Gustav Mads SkifteDeputy board member14/04/201006/05/2014
Solvej Ane Marie MøllerDeputy board member14/04/201006/05/2014
Jens Peter Rosing BerthelsenBoard member14/04/201016/05/2022
Tanja NielsenBoard member05/05/201101/05/2019
Erik Jørgen ØstergaardBoard member06/05/201413/05/2024
Amma Vallentin KnudsenBoard member06/05/201401/05/2019
Bolette Helene Heilmann PedersenDeputy board member06/05/201409/05/2018
Hans Johan Ville LukassenDeputy board member06/05/201409/05/2018
Finn Anton Sem LindbergBoard member06/05/201409/05/2018
Aningo Allan Larsen BrobergBoard member06/05/201409/05/2018
Kuno Søren Hannibal FenckerChair of the board06/05/201418/10/2018
Mai -Lill IbsenBoard member06/05/201417/05/2021
Efraim TittussenDeputy board member13/05/201409/05/2018
Verner Sonny Daugård HammekenCEO31/07/201527/09/2023
Søren Nuka OlsvigDeputy board member09/05/201831/12/2020
Amaliánguak' Holm LukassenDeputy board member09/05/201816/05/2022
Eyðun SimonsenBoard member09/05/201821/05/2026
Kristine Karen Lange LyberthDeputy board member09/05/201801/05/2019
Ulrik BlidorfChair of the board18/10/201816/05/2022
Peter ChristoffersenDirector01/01/201915/05/2022
Stefan Dirk BuchBoard member01/05/201917/05/2021
Ann-Britta Albrechtsen OlsvigDeputy board member01/05/201916/05/2022
Heidrun Emilia JONSDOTTIRBoard member07/05/202015/05/2023
Erik Harald Edvard SivertsenBoard member17/05/202113/05/2024
Julia Knudsen OlsenBoard member17/05/202113/05/2024
Niels ClemensenDirector01/01/202226/09/2023
Anders Bay LarsenDirector01/01/202201/06/2024
Ivalu KleistDirector01/01/202231/03/2024
Bebiane Johanne Kristine Boye HansenDirector01/01/202201/06/2024
Paviaraq Mossin HeilmannChair of the board16/05/202213/10/2025
Mariane Ingrid EzekiassenDeputy board member16/05/202221/05/2026
Tina Lange OlsenBoard member16/05/202220/05/2026
Thomas ChristensenDeputy board member16/05/202221/05/2026
Inooraq BrandtBoard member13/05/202412/10/2025
Tommy Ege KristensenBoard member13/10/202530/06/2026

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør i forening med bestyrelsesformanden, eller af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem eller af den samlede bestyrelse.

Address and production units

20 active production units

Aqqusinersuaq 52
3900 Nuuk

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Aarhus Havn Royal Arctic LineMultivej 16, 2, 8000 Aarhus C11025546071
ROYAL ARCTIC LINE A/S AalborgAnkeret 5A, 2, 9220 Aalborg Øst11024722305
Aasiaat HavnNiels Egedesvej 9, 3950 Aasiaat–1008059078
Ilulissat HavnQuikasik, 3952 Ilulissat–1008059094
Maniitsoq HavnPuulukilivik, 3912 Maniitsoq–1008059043
Nanortalik HavnKakilisagsiorfik, 3922 Nanortalik–1008059000
Narsaq HavnAdolf Egedesvej, 3921 Narsaq–1008059027
Nuuk HavnAqqusinersuaq 52, 3900 Nuuk–1008058993
Paamiut HavnAasivinngivit, 3940 Paamiut–1008059035
Qaqortoq HavnTorvet, 3920 Qaqortoq–1008059019
Qasigiannguit HavnQuilik, 3951 Qasigiannguit–1008059086
ROYAL ARCTIC LINE A/SQeqertanut 46, 3905 Nuussuaq–1023201697
ROYAL ARCTIC LINE A/S aalborg 2Ankeret 5A, 2, 9220 Aalborg Øst–1024722313
Royal Arctic HavneserviceAqqusinersuaq 52, 3900 Nuuk–1008058985
Royal Arctic Line A/SAqqusinersuaq 52, 3900 Nuuk–1007239919

Showing 15 of 20 units (sorted by employees).

Purpose

Selskabets formål er i henhold til koncession fra GrønlandsSelvstyre, at drive rederivirksomhed med transport til og fra Grønland og i Grønland kystlang besejling samt landtransport, drift af terminaler og pakhuse og dermed beslægtet servicevirksomhed overalt. Selskabet kan uden for koncessionen desuden drive anden transportvirksomhed og de med beslægtet virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

124 registered events
202610 changesmanagement 9 · accounts 1
  • Tommy Ege Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Ole Jens Knud Kreutzmann appointed board member
  • Poul Jensen appointed board member
  • Karl Peter Nuka Kristensen appointed deputy board member
  • Tina Lange Olsen appointed deputy board member
  • Mariane Ingrid Ezekiassen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Thomas Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Eyðun Simonsen stepped down as board member
  • Tina Lange Olsen stepped down as board member
20255 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
  • Tommy Ege Kristensen appointed board member
  • Inooraq Brandt appointed chair of the board
  • Paviaraq Mossin Heilmann stepped down as chair of the board
  • Inooraq Brandt stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2024 published
202410 changesaccounts 1 · management 9
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Anders Bay Larsen stepped down as director
  • Bebiane Johanne Kristine Boye Hansen stepped down as director
  • Jóhanna á Bergi appointed board member
  • Inooraq Brandt appointed board member
  • Flemming Drechsel appointed board member
  • Julia Knudsen Olsen stepped down as board member
  • Erik Harald Edvard Sivertsen stepped down as board member
  • Erik Jørgen Østergaard stepped down as board member
  • Ivalu Kleist stepped down as director
20236 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Niels Clemensen appointed ceo
  • Verner Sonny Daugård Hammeken stepped down as ceo
  • Niels Clemensen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Barbara Ann Agersnap appointed board member
  • Heidrun Emilia JONSDOTTIR stepped down as board member
202216 changesaddress 1 · accounts 1 · management 14
  • Moved to Aqqusinersuaq 52, 3900 Nuuk
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Mariane Ingrid Ezekiassen appointed deputy board member
  • Paviaraq Mossin Heilmann appointed chair of the board
  • Thomas Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Tina Lange Olsen appointed board member
  • Ann-Britta Albrechtsen Olsvig stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ulrik Blidorf stepped down as chair of the board
  • Amaliánguak' Holm Lukassen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jens Peter Rosing Berthelsen stepped down as board member
  • Jørgen Aqe Møller appointed director
  • Peter Christoffersen stepped down as director
  • Anders Bay Larsen appointed director
  • Niels Clemensen appointed director
  • Bebiane Johanne Kristine Boye Hansen appointed director
  • Ivalu Kleist appointed director
20215 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Julia Knudsen Olsen appointed board member
  • Erik Harald Edvard Sivertsen appointed board member
  • Stefan Dirk Buch stepped down as board member
  • Mai -Lill Ibsen stepped down as board member
20202 changesmanagement 2
  • Søren Nuka Olsvig stepped down as deputy board member
  • Heidrun Emilia JONSDOTTIR appointed board member
20199 changesaddress 1 · management 8
  • Moved to Qeqertanut 46, 3905 Nuussuaq
  • Minannguaq Hilda Zeeb appointed board member
  • Ann-Britta Albrechtsen Olsvig appointed deputy board member
  • Stefan Dirk Buch appointed board member
  • Kristine Karen Lange Lyberth stepped down as deputy board member
  • Amma Vallentin Knudsen stepped down as board member
  • Tanja Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Peter Christoffersen appointed director
  • Aviâja Lyberth Lennert appointed director
201812 changesmanagement 12
  • Ulrik Blidorf appointed chair of the board
  • Kuno Søren Hannibal Fencker stepped down as chair of the board
  • Amaliánguak' Holm Lukassen appointed deputy board member
  • Laust Lindskov Vestergaard appointed board member
  • Kristine Karen Lange Lyberth appointed deputy board member
  • Eyðun Simonsen appointed board member
  • Søren Nuka Olsvig appointed deputy board member
  • Efraim Tittussen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Aningo Allan Larsen Broberg stepped down as board member
  • Finn Anton Sem Lindberg stepped down as board member
  • Hans Johan Ville Lukassen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bolette Helene Heilmann Pedersen stepped down as deputy board member
20171 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20161 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20151 changemanagement 1
  • Verner Sonny Daugård Hammeken appointed ceo
201416 changesmanagement 16
  • Efraim Tittussen appointed deputy board member
  • Mai -Lill Ibsen appointed board member
  • Kuno Søren Hannibal Fencker appointed chair of the board
  • Aningo Allan Larsen Broberg appointed board member
  • Finn Anton Sem Lindberg appointed board member
  • Hans Johan Ville Lukassen appointed deputy board member
  • Bolette Helene Heilmann Pedersen appointed deputy board member
  • Amma Vallentin Knudsen appointed board member
  • Erik Jørgen Østergaard appointed board member
  • Søren Nuka Olsvig stepped down as deputy board member
  • Solvej Ane Marie Møller stepped down as deputy board member
  • Gustav Mads Skifte stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ole Frie stepped down as board member
  • Martha Johanne Marie Naja Flavia Labansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Mariane Ingrid Ezekiassen stepped down as board member
  • Bent Østergaard stepped down as board member
20121 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20111 changemanagement 1
  • Tanja Nielsen appointed board member
20108 changesmanagement 8
  • Søren Nuka Olsvig appointed deputy board member
  • Jens Peter Rosing Berthelsen appointed board member
  • Solvej Ane Marie Møller appointed deputy board member
  • Gustav Mads Skifte appointed deputy board member
  • Fritz Ploug Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Tage Dorph Lennert stepped down as board member
  • Jens Ilingivakeq Trolle stepped down as deputy board member
  • Nick Kristian Lynge Johansen stepped down as deputy board member
20081 changemanagement 1
  • Ole Frie appointed board member
200612 changesmanagement 11 · merger 1
  • Martha Johanne Marie Naja Flavia Labansen appointed chair of the board
  • Jette Larsen appointed board member
  • Jette Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Bent Mortensen stepped down as board member
  • Mariane Ingrid Ezekiassen appointed board member
  • Fritz Ploug Nielsen appointed board member
  • Tage Dorph Lennert appointed board member
  • Jens Ilingivakeq Trolle appointed deputy board member
  • Bent Mortensen appointed board member
  • Nick Kristian Lynge Johansen appointed deputy board member
  • Allan Idd Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20052 changesmanagement 2
  • Bent Østergaard appointed board member
  • Allan Idd Jensen appointed board member
19931 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 120,000,000 DKK
19924 changesfounded 1 · ownership 3
  • Registered as ROYAL ARCTIC LINE A/S
  • Namminersorlutik Oqartussat registered as owner (100%)
  • Namminersorlutik Oqartussat is no longer registered as owner
  • Formandens Departement registered as owner (100%)

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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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