Svane Shipping A/S

Public limited companyCVR 54638116KoldingActive

Svane Shipping A/S is a public limited company, based in Kolding, active in brokerage activities in freight transport, founded in 1975. Net profit rose 69% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 13.3m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 3 of 49 companies in the industry in the database. Profit has grown three years in a row.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 35.6m−1.2% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 13.3m+69.1% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 62.2m+10% vs. 2024
Employees40latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 1% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 35.6m.
  • Net profit rose 69% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 13.3m.
  • Equity rose 10% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 62.2m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 40 (07/2026) against 43 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 26/02/2025: Merger registered in CVR
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Brokerage activities in freight transport (523100)

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 40mDKK 50mDKK 60m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Svane Shipping A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit33,86927,48431,42828,22636,00935,577−1.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)8,3993,7737,4204,0187,86910,143+28.9%
Profit before tax9,7657,3278,3311,7319,41915,481+64.4%
Net profit7,9736,3346,7588927,87013,307+69.1%
Total assets104,288102,53298,68694,99193,44697,740+4.6%
Equity59,51955,53057,35652,38156,56262,199+10%
Liabilities44,76947,00241,33042,61036,88535,541−3.6%
Cash and cash equivalents1,0812,8059,61811,31217,97129,257+62.8%
Average number of employees2726–262728+3.7%

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 (51 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 Svane Shipping A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202523/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202427/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202321/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202213/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202103/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202029/06/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

51 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in brokerage activities in freight transport based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 35.6mNo. 3 of 49
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 62.2mNo. 4 of 51
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees40No. 4 of 51
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.9m, net profit DKK 791k, equity DKK 2.3m, 4 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 551kDKK 3mDKK 16.8mDKK 52.3mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 44 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. 941of 9,892
Better than 90%
No. 577of 9,922
Better than 94%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 1,900of 10,152
Better than 81%
No. 1,749of 10,275
Better than 83%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 3,869of 17,786
Better than 78%
No. 3,105of 18,024
Better than 83%

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

Brokerage activities in freight transport
Gross profit
  1. Svane Shipping A/SDKK 35.6m
  2. Arrow Tankers P/SDKK 92.3m
  3. Deugro Danmark A/SDKK 60.6m
Net profit
  1. Svane Shipping A/SDKK 13.3m
  2. Arrow Tankers P/SDKK 42.3m
  3. Deugro Danmark A/SDKK 3.4m
Equity
  1. Svane Shipping A/SDKK 62.2m
  2. Arrow Tankers P/SDKK 15.7m
  3. Deugro Danmark A/SDKK 15.4m
Employees
  1. Svane Shipping A/S40
  2. Arrow Tankers P/S14
  3. Deugro Danmark A/S52

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Svane Shipping A/S

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

6 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Svane Shipping A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jesper HanssonDirector25/04/2007

Board of directors

Board of directors at Svane Shipping A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jesper HanssonBoard member25/08/2009
Svend Erik HanssonChair of the board22/05/2014
Eskil BielefeldtBoard member09/05/2019
Morten Høgsberg NielsenBoard member09/05/2019
Karsten Blume SchmidtBoard member01/06/2020
Former management (7)
Former management at Svane Shipping A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Svend Erik HanssonDirector26/11/197522/05/2014
Anne Mette ClausenBoard member26/11/197521/06/2001
Karlo Mathias SvaneBoard member26/11/197530/04/1993
Erik Vestergaard SvarrerBoard member21/06/200122/05/2014
Erik Bo OverbyBoard member21/06/200128/04/2015
Inger HanssonBoard member25/08/200922/05/2014
Inger HanssonBoard member14/04/201609/05/2019

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af direktøren eller bestyrelsesformanden alene eller den samlede bestyrelse

Address and production units

12 active production units

Nordkajen 2
6000 Kolding

Kolding Municipality · Postcode 6000

Other companies at the address (2)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
SVANE SHIPPING A/SNordkajen 2, 6000 Kolding391002022113
Lager Gl. Skartved 4Nordkajen 2, 6000 Kolding01016462787
Brandsøvej 12, affaldsstationBrandsøvej 12, 6000 Kolding–1032759870
Brandsøvej 2, Hal 3-4Brandsøvej 2, 6000 Kolding–1020754342
Caspar Müllers Gade 34, hal 53Caspar Müllers Gade 34, 6000 Kolding–1032760062
Dokvej 16, hal 104Dokvej 16, 6000 Kolding–1032759889
Dokvej 8, 6000 KoldingDokvej 8, 6000 Kolding–1019683423
Hal 110-114Nordkajen 19, 6000 Kolding–1024719290
Lager DalbygaardDalbyvej 86, Dalby, 6000 Kolding–1021872349
Nordkajen 9-11, hal 114Nordkajen 9, 6000 Kolding–1032760089
Sdr. Havnegade 78-80, hal 13Sdr. Havnegade 78, 6000 Kolding–1032759536
Svane Shipping A/SCaspar Müllers Gade 20-22, 6000 Kolding–1020356142

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive skibsekspedition, rederidrift, befragtning, spedition, toldklarering, linie- og anden agenturvirksomhed og handel samt udlejning af fast ejendom.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

38 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20253 changesaccounts 1 · merger 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Industry changed to Brokerage activities in freight transport (523100)
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20201 changemanagement 1
  • Karsten Blume Schmidt appointed board member
20193 changesmanagement 3
  • Eskil Bielefeldt appointed board member
  • Morten Høgsberg Nielsen appointed board member
  • Inger Hansson stepped down as board member
20181 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20161 changemanagement 1
  • Inger Hansson appointed board member
20151 changemanagement 1
  • Erik Bo Overby stepped down as board member
20146 changesownership 2 · management 4
  • S.E. HANSSON HOLDING ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • J. HANSSON HOLDING ApS registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Svend Erik Hansson appointed chair of the board
  • Inger Hansson stepped down as board member
  • Erik Vestergaard Svarrer stepped down as board member
  • Svend Erik Hansson stepped down as director
20092 changesmanagement 2
  • Jesper Hansson appointed board member
  • Inger Hansson appointed board member
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Skibsmæglere (522910)
20072 changesmanagement 1 · name 1
  • Jesper Hansson appointed director
  • Name changed from SVANE & GJØRDING A/S to SVANE SHIPPING A/S
20014 changesmerger 1 · management 3
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Erik Bo Overby appointed board member
  • Erik Vestergaard Svarrer appointed board member
  • Anne Mette Clausen stepped down as board member
19991 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Nordkajen 2, 6000 Kolding
19981 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
19931 changemanagement 1
  • Karlo Mathias Svane stepped down as board member
19871 changename 1
  • Name changed from SVANE OG GJØRDING A/S to SVANE & GJØRDING A/S
19754 changesfounded 1 · management 3
  • Registered as SVANE OG GJØRDING A/S
  • Anne Mette Clausen appointed board member
  • Karlo Mathias Svane appointed board member
  • Svend Erik Hansson appointed director

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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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