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Swann A/S

Public limited companyCVR 39358492Odense CActive

Swann A/S is a public limited company, based in Odense C, active in book publishing, founded in 2018. Net profit fell 55% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 1.1m. With 19 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 80% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 9.3m−12.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 1.1m−54.9% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 11.3m+11.2% vs. 2024
Employees19latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 13% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.3m.
  • Net profit fell 55% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.1m.
  • Equity rose 11% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 11.3m.

Employees

  • 3 fewer employees than a year earlier: 19 (07/2026) against 22 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Lina Maria Elisabet Knauss (director, 01/01/2026).
  • Stepped down: Julian Gabriel Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard (director, 31/12/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)

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 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Swann A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit14,54616,14011,49810,14810,6249,289−12.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)2,5813,8042,5972,4413,9542,042−48.4%
Profit before tax2,2403,4232,1661,8673,2261,453−55%
Net profit1,7502,6681,6751,4542,5111,133−54.9%
Total assets15,82018,24219,70522,07823,01523,038+0.1%
Equity2,8755,3436,1677,62110,13211,265+11.2%
Liabilities12,60612,25512,24012,90810,6179,743−8.2%
Cash and cash equivalents4,2512,523951,185201558+178.2%
Average number of employees192221191413−7.1%

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 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14mDKK 16m202020212022202320242025
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 Swann A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202527/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202430/04/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202320/06/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202229/06/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202130/06/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202001/07/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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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 9.3mNo. 22 of 104
Better than 80% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 11.3mNo. 27 of 104
Better than 75% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees19No. 15 of 104
Better than 86% 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 fewer than 20 employees69,967 companies in the comparison
No. 5,466of 69,742
Better than 92%
No. 8,395of 69,964
Better than 88%
Same industry and fewer than 20 employees92 companies in the comparison
No. 11of 92
Better than 89%
No. 15of 92
Better than 85%
Companies that are between 5 and 14 years old33,688 companies in the comparison
No. 4,751of 33,588
Better than 86%
No. 3,446of 33,687
Better than 90%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 9,324of 17,786
Better than 48%
No. 8,276of 18,024
Better than 54%

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. Swann A/SDKK 9.3m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 355.7m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 316.1m
Net profit
  1. Swann A/SDKK 1.1m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 40.8m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 13.1m
Equity
  1. Swann A/SDKK 11.3m
  2. Gyldendal A/SDKK 402.9m
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/SDKK 216.2m
Employees
  1. Swann A/S19
  2. Gyldendal A/S427
  3. Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag A/S321

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Lundsgaard A Holding ApS66.67%
  • Door Holding ApS10%
Swann A/S
Subsidiaries and ownership shares

Subsidiaries are shown only if they are in the database.

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Swann A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Lina Maria Elisabet KnaussDirector01/01/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at Swann A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Julian Gabriel Westphal Nøhr LundsgaardBoard member22/02/2018
Oliver Ian Westphal Nøhr LundsgaardBoard member08/03/2022
Annie Ariel LassenChair of the board29/01/2024
Daniel Mikillati Westphal Nøhr LundsgaardBoard member29/01/2024
Founders
Lundsgaard A Holding ApS, Lundsgaard B Holding ApS
Former management (6)
Former management at Swann A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Svend HeegaardBoard member22/02/201807/03/2022
Julian Gabriel Westphal Nøhr LundsgaardDirector22/02/201831/12/2025
Daniel Mikillati Westphal Nøhr LundsgaardChair of the board22/02/201808/03/2022
Arni Haukur JohannessonBoard member03/09/201908/03/2022
Svend HeegaardChair of the board08/03/202229/01/2024
Jeanette Illum-JohansenBoard member08/03/202229/01/2024

Signing rule:   Selskabet tegnes af 1 direktør alene eller af bestyrelsesformanden i forening med et bestyrelsesmedlem

Address and production units

2 active production units

Vestergade 63
5000 Odense C

Odense Municipality · Postcode 5000

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Swann A/SVestergade 63, 2. tv, 5000 Odense C111023376721
Swann Studio BredgadeBredgade 21B, 2, 1260 København K–1032131537

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive forlagsvirksomhed og produktion inden for branchen samt andet dermed efter direktionens skøn beslægtede formål.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

34 registered events
20262 changesaccounts 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Lina Maria Elisabet Knauss appointed director
20253 changesmanagement 1 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Julian Gabriel Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Industry changed to Book publishing (581100)
20245 changesaccounts 1 · management 4
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Annie Ariel Lassen appointed chair of the board
  • Daniel Mikillati Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard appointed board member
  • Jeanette Illum-Johansen stepped down as board member
  • Svend Heegaard stepped down as chair of the board
20231 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20228 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Lundsgaard B Holding ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Jeanette Illum-Johansen appointed board member
  • Svend Heegaard appointed chair of the board
  • Oliver Ian Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard appointed board member
  • Arni Haukur Johannesson stepped down as board member
  • Daniel Mikillati Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Svend Heegaard stepped down as board member
20213 changesaccounts 1 · ownership 2
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Door Holding ApS registered as owner (10%)
  • Oliver Ian Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard is no longer registered as owner
20202 changesownership 1 · address 1
  • Oliver Ian Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard registered as owner (10%)
  • Moved to Vestergade 63, 2. tv, 5000 Odense C
20191 changemanagement 1
  • Arni Haukur Johannesson appointed board member
20189 changesaddress 1 · industry 1 · founded 1 · management 4 · ownership 2
  • Moved to Holmstrupvej 4, st, Holmstrup, 5250 Odense SV
  • Industry changed to Sound recording and music publishing (592000)
  • Registered as Swann A/S
  • Julian Gabriel Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard appointed board member
  • Julian Gabriel Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard appointed director
  • Daniel Mikillati Westphal Nøhr Lundsgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Svend Heegaard appointed board member
  • Lundsgaard B Holding ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • Lundsgaard A Holding ApS registered as owner (66.67%)

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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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