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Svitzer A/S

Public limited companyCVR 43266012København ØActive

Svitzer A/S is a public limited company, based in København Ø, active in activities of non-financial head offices, founded in 1999. Net profit fell 62% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 720m. Equity fell to DKK 4.9bn in 2025.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 315.8m−23.1% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 720m−62.2% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 4.9bn−37.1% vs. 2024
Employees99latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue fell 23% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 315.8m.
  • Net profit fell 62% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 720m.
  • Equity fell 37% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.9bn.

Employees

  • 1 fewer employees than a year earlier: 99 (07/2026) against 100 (07/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)

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 2bnDKK 4bnDKK 6bnDKK 8bnDKK 10bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Svitzer A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue142,708176,838234,1985,786,000410,731315,764−23.1%
Gross profit−14,864−28,456–––––
Operating profit (EBIT)−14,865−42,537−16,7671,007,000−63,849−24,418+61.8%
Profit before tax1,373,908412,398137,5651,046,0001,815,837671,254−63%
Net profit1,376,354415,321132,260760,0001,904,628720,024−62.2%
Total assets9,879,0329,657,3599,571,07914,378,00012,441,37412,495,943+0.4%
Equity8,977,9559,393,2769,525,5366,379,0007,750,8594,875,974−37.1%
Liabilities901,077264,08345,5437,999,0004,690,5157,619,969+62.5%
Cash and cash equivalents–––318,000189,628197,126+4%
Average number of employees565987–123124+0.8%

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 30m−DKK 20m−DKK 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (310 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 37% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 7.8bn to DKK 4.9bn).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

  • 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 Svitzer A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202516/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202402/06/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202303/03/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202216/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202121/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202007/06/2021The 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.

EquityDKK 4.9bnNo. 21 of 310
Better than 94% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees99No. 91 of 310
Better than 71% 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 18.8bn
Distribution of gross profit for 235 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale).

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 23of 4,466
Better than 100%
Same industry and 50–199 employees71 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 5of 71
Better than 94%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 47of 24,909
Better than 100%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparisonnot stated
No. 107of 18,024
Better than 99%

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. Svitzer A/S−DKK 28.5m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 56.6bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 17.4bn
Net profit
  1. Svitzer A/SDKK 720m
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 16.7bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 1.5bn
Equity
  1. Svitzer A/SDKK 4.9bn
  2. LEGO A/SDKK 49.3bn
  3. Demant A/SDKK 9.9bn
Employees
  1. Svitzer A/S99
  2. LEGO A/S5
  3. Demant A/S58

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Svitzer A/S

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Svitzer A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kasper Friis NilausDirector15/06/2020

Board of directors

Board of directors at Svitzer A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kasper Friis NilausBoard member26/04/2024
Jacob Sune UlrikBoard member26/04/2024
Knud Lind WinklerChair of the board26/04/2024
Former management (61)
Former management at Svitzer A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Lone Fønss SchrøderBoard member01/12/199731/08/2001
Per Henrik Vittrup JensenDeputy board member14/04/199801/05/2002
Torkild Reedtz FunderBoard member14/04/199803/05/2004
Kurth AndersenChair of the board14/04/199803/04/2000
Bjarne HansenChair of the board03/04/200031/08/2001
Lars-Erik BrenøeBoard member08/02/200107/12/2016
Tage Benedikt BundgaardChair of the board31/08/200103/05/2004
Eivind Drachmann KoldingDeputy chair31/08/200130/04/2002
Poul Erik SørensenBoard member01/05/200210/05/2006
Peter Elmstrøm KristensenDeputy board member01/05/200210/05/2006
Jan Otto LarsenDeputy board member01/05/200210/05/2006
Lars SeistrupDirector01/05/200421/03/2007
Jesper Teddy LokCEO01/05/200401/05/2012
Keld Edvard Balle-MortensenChair of the board03/05/200401/12/2004
Vagn Lehd MøllerBoard member03/05/200430/04/2010
Søren SkouBoard member01/12/200426/03/2008
Vagn Jørgen JakobsenDeputy board member10/05/200630/04/2010
Lars Peter MortensenDeputy board member10/05/200630/04/2010
Niels HaugeBoard member10/05/200630/04/2010
Bent Erik CarlsenBoard member26/03/200830/04/2010
Claus Michael Valentin HemmingsenChair of the board26/03/200802/01/2014
William AllenBoard member30/04/201031/10/2012
Trond Ødegård WestlieBoard member30/04/201031/10/2012
Robert Maersk UgglaCEO01/05/201205/09/2016
Carsten Plougmann AndersenBoard member31/10/201231/05/2015
Morten Henrik EngelstoftChair of the board02/01/201415/06/2020
Anne PindborgBoard member07/02/201408/02/2024
Jørn Peter MadsenBoard member31/05/201507/12/2016
Henriette Hallberg ThygesenDirector05/09/201615/06/2020
Henriette Hallberg ThygesenBoard member07/12/201609/12/2019
Pierre Yves Emmanuel DanetBoard member07/12/201625/05/2018
Jesper Ridder OlsenBoard member25/05/201825/10/2018
Morten Bo ChristiansenBoard member25/10/201808/02/2024
Knud Lind WinklerDirector09/12/201926/04/2024
Henriette Hallberg ThygesenChair of the board15/06/202001/02/2023
Patrick Christoph Georg JanyChair of the board01/02/202308/02/2024
Peter Ingvar Anders WikströmDeputy chair01/02/202307/02/2024
Holly Renae LandryBoard member10/03/202314/11/2023
Christine Jeanne BrennetBoard member08/02/202426/04/2024
Morten Henrik EngelstoftChair of the board08/02/202426/04/2024
Robert Maersk UgglaDeputy chair08/02/202426/04/2024
Peter Ingvar Anders WikströmBoard member08/02/202426/04/2024
Torben Vilhelm Brag NielsenChair of the board–12/06/1990
Ulrik Frederik Wittrock BrandtBoard member–14/04/1998
Tommy ThomsenBoard member–23/11/1994
Leif Vilhelm ArnesenDeputy chair–16/05/1991
Troels DillingDeputy chair–17/06/1996
Per Flemming StæhrBoard member–01/12/1997
Anders Arendrup MortensenDeputy board member–14/04/1998
Tage FriisBoard member–14/04/1998
Bruno Gundal RasmussenDeputy board member–07/04/2000
Poul Jørgen Albæk PoulsenDeputy board member–14/04/1998
Jens Neergaard EggertBoard member–30/04/2010
Hans Georg AndersenBoard member–13/07/1993
Esben Abildtrup LauritsenDeputy board member–13/07/1993
Arne JensenBoard member–13/07/1993
Birger Christian JürgensenBoard member–13/07/1993
Keld Edvard Balle-MortensenCEO–01/05/2004
Poul Erik DahlBoard member–13/07/1993
Bent Eigil Hansen AlmChair of the board–14/04/1998
Jørn HansenDirector–17/06/1996

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening, af et medlem af bestyrelsen i forening med et medlem af direktionen eller af to medlemmer af direktionen i forening.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Sundkrogsgade 17
2100 København Ø

København Municipality · Postcode 2100

Other companies at the address (2)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Svitzer A/SSundkrogsgade 17, 2100 København Ø1001028647553
EM. Z. SVITZER A/S Frederikshavn TrosseføreriBløden 4, 9900 Frederikshavn131003011864

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive bjærgnings-, dykker-, bugserings-, udpumpnings-, sprængnings- og lignende virksomhed, herunder assistance ved udnyttelse af råstoffer i havbunden og nedlægning af kabler etc. med selskabets egne eller dertil fragtede skibe, fartøjer og andet materiel, at deltage i andre foretagender med lignende formål ved at erhverve sig andel i dem eller indgå overenskomster om fælles virksomhed, samt at påtage sig forretninger, der efter bestyrelsens skøn direkte eller indirekte måtte flyde af eller stå i forbindelse med ovennævnte virksomhed

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

128 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20252 changesaccounts 1 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
202421 changesmanagement 16 · ownership 2 · address 2 · accounts 1
  • Kasper Friis Nilaus appointed board member
  • Jacob Sune Ulrik appointed board member
  • Knud Lind Winkler appointed chair of the board
  • Robert Maersk Uggla stepped down as deputy chair
  • Peter Ingvar Anders Wikström stepped down as board member
  • Morten Henrik Engelstoft stepped down as chair of the board
  • Christine Jeanne Brennet stepped down as board member
  • Knud Lind Winkler stepped down as director
  • Svitzer Group A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Moved to Sundkrogsgade 17, 2100 København Ø
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Moved to Sundkrogsgade 17, 2100 København Ø
  • Robert Maersk Uggla appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Ingvar Anders Wikström appointed board member
  • Morten Henrik Engelstoft appointed chair of the board
  • Christine Jeanne Brennet appointed board member
  • Patrick Christoph Georg Jany stepped down as chair of the board
  • Morten Bo Christiansen stepped down as board member
  • Anne Pindborg stepped down as board member
  • Peter Ingvar Anders Wikström stepped down as deputy chair
20236 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Holly Renae Landry stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Holly Renae Landry appointed board member
  • Patrick Christoph Georg Jany appointed chair of the board
  • Peter Ingvar Anders Wikström appointed deputy chair
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen stepped down as chair of the board
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20206 changesaddress 2 · management 4
  • Moved to Esplanaden 50, 1263 København K
  • Moved to Amaliegade 44, 1256 København K
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen appointed chair of the board
  • Kasper Friis Nilaus appointed director
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen stepped down as director
  • Morten Henrik Engelstoft stepped down as chair of the board
20194 changesmanagement 2 · address 2
  • Knud Lind Winkler appointed director
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Sundkaj 153, 2150 Nordhavn
  • Moved to Sundkaj 9, 2150 Nordhavn
20184 changesmanagement 4
  • Morten Bo Christiansen appointed board member
  • Jesper Ridder Olsen stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Ridder Olsen appointed board member
  • Pierre Yves Emmanuel Danet stepped down as board member
20166 changesmanagement 6
  • Pierre Yves Emmanuel Danet appointed board member
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen appointed board member
  • Jørn Peter Madsen stepped down as board member
  • Lars-Erik Brenøe stepped down as board member
  • Henriette Hallberg Thygesen appointed director
  • Robert Maersk Uggla stepped down as ceo
20152 changesmanagement 2
  • Jørn Peter Madsen appointed board member
  • Carsten Plougmann Andersen stepped down as board member
20143 changesmanagement 3
  • Anne Pindborg appointed board member
  • Morten Henrik Engelstoft appointed chair of the board
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen stepped down as chair of the board
20131 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Sundkaj 9, 2150 Nordhavn
20125 changesmanagement 5
  • Carsten Plougmann Andersen appointed board member
  • William Allen stepped down as board member
  • Trond Ødegård Westlie stepped down as board member
  • Robert Maersk Uggla appointed ceo
  • Jesper Teddy Lok stepped down as ceo
20108 changesmanagement 8
  • William Allen appointed board member
  • Trond Ødegård Westlie appointed board member
  • Bent Erik Carlsen stepped down as board member
  • Niels Hauge stepped down as board member
  • Vagn Jørgen Jakobsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Lars Peter Mortensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Vagn Lehd Møller stepped down as board member
  • Jens Neergaard Eggert stepped down as board member
20084 changesmanagement 3 · industry 1
  • Bent Erik Carlsen appointed board member
  • Claus Michael Valentin Hemmingsen appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Skou stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Activities of non-financial head offices (701010)
20073 changesname 1 · management 1 · capital 1
  • Name changed from SVITZERWIJSMULLER A/S to SVITZER A/S
  • Lars Seistrup stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 420,000,000 DKK to 420,952,500 DKK
20067 changesmanagement 6 · industry 1
  • Niels Hauge appointed board member
  • Vagn Jørgen Jakobsen appointed deputy board member
  • Lars Peter Mortensen appointed deputy board member
  • Jan Otto Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Peter Elmstrøm Kristensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Poul Erik Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Ikke-finansielle holdingselskaber (741500)
20051 changename 1
  • Name changed from AKTIESELSKABET EM. Z. SVITZER to SVITZERWIJSMULLER A/S
20049 changesmanagement 8 · ownership 1
  • Søren Skou appointed board member
  • Keld Edvard Balle-Mortensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Vagn Lehd Møller appointed board member
  • Keld Edvard Balle-Mortensen appointed chair of the board
  • Tage Benedikt Bundgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Torkild Reedtz Funder stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Teddy Lok appointed ceo
  • Lars Seistrup appointed director
  • A.P. MØLLER - MÆRSK A/S registered as owner (100%)
20031 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 70,000,000 DKK to 420,000,000 DKK
20025 changesmanagement 5
  • Jan Otto Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • Peter Elmstrøm Kristensen appointed deputy board member
  • Poul Erik Sørensen appointed board member
  • Per Henrik Vittrup Jensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Eivind Drachmann Kolding stepped down as deputy chair
20016 changesmanagement 5 · capital 1
  • Eivind Drachmann Kolding appointed deputy chair
  • Tage Benedikt Bundgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Bjarne Hansen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Lone Fønss Schrøder stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 20,000,000 DKK to 70,000,000 DKK
  • Lars-Erik Brenøe appointed board member
20003 changesmanagement 3
  • Bruno Gundal Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bjarne Hansen appointed chair of the board
  • Kurth Andersen stepped down as chair of the board
19992 changesfounded 1 · capital 1
  • Registered as AKTIESELSKABET EM. Z. SVITZER
  • Share capital changed from 10,000,000 DKK to 20,000,000 DKK
19988 changesmanagement 8
  • Kurth Andersen appointed chair of the board
  • Torkild Reedtz Funder appointed board member
  • Per Henrik Vittrup Jensen appointed deputy board member
  • Bent Eigil Hansen Alm stepped down as chair of the board
  • Ulrik Frederik Wittrock Brandt stepped down as board member
  • Anders Arendrup Mortensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Tage Friis stepped down as board member
  • Poul Jørgen Albæk Poulsen stepped down as deputy board member
19972 changesmanagement 2
  • Lone Fønss Schrøder appointed board member
  • Per Flemming Stæhr stepped down as board member
19962 changesmanagement 2
  • Jørn Hansen stepped down as director
  • Troels Dilling stepped down as deputy chair
19941 changemanagement 1
  • Tommy Thomsen stepped down as board member
19931 changemanagement 1
  • Hans Georg Andersen stepped down as board member
19911 changemanagement 1
  • Leif Vilhelm Arnesen stepped down as deputy chair
19901 changemanagement 1
  • Torben Vilhelm Brag Nielsen stepped down as chair of the board

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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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