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Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S

Public limited companyCVR 15016213Esbjerg VActive

Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S is a public limited company, based in Esbjerg V, active in building of ships and floating structures, founded in 1960. Net profit rose 38% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 360.2m. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 1 of 15 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 5 production units.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 4.2bn+4.6% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 360.2m+38.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 1.6bn+6.1% vs. 2024
Employees493latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Revenue rose 5% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 4.2bn.
  • Net profit rose 38% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 360.2m.
  • Equity rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.6bn.

Employees

  • 3 more employees than a year earlier: 493 (08/2026) against 490 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Kristian Jarl Kristensen (board member, 13/03/2025), Kasper Holmstrup (board member, 01/04/2026) and Karoline Amalie Qvirin Kristensen (deputy chair, 11/06/2026).
  • Stepped down: Annette Bjerring Kristensen (board member, 31/12/2024), John Riis Andersen (board member, 12/03/2026) and Karoline Amalie Qvirin Kristensen (board member, 10/06/2026) (+1).
  • New owners registered: Alice og Tage Sørensens Fond Holding A/S (08/05/2026).
  • No longer registered as owner: Alice og Tage Sørensens Fond (08/05/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Building of ships and floating structures (301100)

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 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bnDKK 1.6bn202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue2,582,6422,739,7303,138,6503,532,5894,011,4134,197,656+4.6%
Gross profit1,193,6671,278,3261,453,5021,698,8511,890,9111,879,458−0.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)188,899289,020341,088462,369497,802514,655+3.4%
Profit before tax168,884276,571330,751436,220451,927471,206+4.3%
Net profit130,716205,757249,909333,312260,218360,151+38.4%
Total assets2,382,3272,542,6572,828,3803,000,8663,272,4363,415,323+4.4%
Equity1,078,3341,227,6121,345,0921,465,5091,491,4551,582,749+6.1%
Liabilities1,244,5821,246,2521,393,6821,437,0091,650,0891,646,592−0.2%
Cash and cash equivalents200,011196,850132,20896,177121,491123,312+1.5%
Average number of employees2,9142,8583,0703,2943,5483,745+5.6%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 200mDKK 400mDKK 600mDKK 800mDKK 1bnDKK 1.2bnDKK 1.4bnDKK 1.6bnDKK 1.8bn202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (15 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 Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202517/03/2026The groupPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202418/03/2025The groupPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202311/03/2024The groupPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202210/03/2023The groupPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202116/03/2022The groupPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202012/03/2021The groupPDFXBRL

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

15 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in building of ships and floating structures based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 1.9bnNo. 1 of 15
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 1.6bnNo. 1 of 15
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees493No. 1 of 15
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 10.1m, net profit DKK 804k, equity DKK 6.5m, 28 employees.

DKK 1.9mDKK 10.6mDKK 59.4mDKK 334.2mDKK 1.1bnHere
Distribution of gross profit for 12 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 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 7of 763
Better than 99%
No. 39of 796
Better than 95%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 43of 10,152
Better than 100%
No. 142of 10,275
Better than 99%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 68of 17,786
Better than 100%
No. 280of 18,024
Better than 98%

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

Building of ships and floating structures
Gross profit
  1. Viking Life-saving Equipment A/SDKK 1.9bn
  2. Karstensens Skibsværft A/SDKK 276.3m
  3. HVACON Marine Systems A/SDKK 72.6m
Net profit
  1. Viking Life-saving Equipment A/SDKK 360.2m
  2. Karstensens Skibsværft A/S−DKK 37.6m
  3. HVACON Marine Systems A/SDKK 35.5m
Equity
  1. Viking Life-saving Equipment A/SDKK 1.6bn
  2. Karstensens Skibsværft A/SDKK 164.8m
  3. HVACON Marine Systems A/SDKK 60.5m
Employees
  1. Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S493
  2. Karstensens Skibsværft A/S487
  3. HVACON Marine Systems A/S26

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S

Management

14 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Mira Mi Song NielsenDirector04/03/2024
Henrik HelsinghofCEO01/05/2024

Board of directors

Board of directors at Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Torben Bjerre-MadsenBoard member17/02/1960
Jens LindholmChair of the board15/03/2010
Knud-Erik LaustenBoard member06/03/2012
Søren LangelundBoard member18/03/2016
Søren HansenBoard member12/03/2020
Jesper Toft MathiasenBoard member09/03/2023
Sinne NielsenDeputy board member07/03/2024
Lisa Anine Damgaard HenriksenDeputy board member07/03/2024
Christian Kromann AndersenDeputy board member07/03/2024
Kristian Jarl KristensenBoard member13/03/2025
Kasper HolmstrupBoard member01/04/2026
Karoline Amalie Qvirin KristensenDeputy chair11/06/2026
Former management (47)
Former management at Viking Life-saving Equipment A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Annette Bjerring KristensenBoard member17/02/196031/12/2024
John Riis AndersenBoard member17/02/196012/03/2026
Søren Peter SørensenBoard member17/02/196015/03/2010
Tage SørensenChair of the board17/02/196015/03/2010
Emma Marie ThomsenBoard member17/02/196029/03/2004
Oscar Christian Ib WallentinBoard member17/02/196004/05/1988
Jens Oluf Bjerre-MadsenBoard member17/02/196016/06/2005
Jens Oluf Bjerre-MadsenDirector17/02/196004/11/1992
Frede Haubjerg SørensenBoard member17/02/196011/04/1995
Inger Marie RadoorBoard member17/02/196004/05/1988
Henrik Anthonius MortensenBoard member17/02/196004/05/1988
Annegreth HansenDeputy board member17/02/196004/05/1988
Mona MelsenDeputy board member17/02/196004/05/1988
Solveig HygomBoard member17/02/196017/03/2000
John Jensen BruunDeputy board member17/02/196011/06/1998
Keld SørensenDeputy board member17/02/196014/05/1993
Lisbeth SørensenDeputy board member17/02/196014/05/1993
Jesper Schønning KristensenBoard member17/02/196031/05/1998
Kaj AnkersenDeputy board member17/02/196017/03/2000
Torben Carl Christian PerminBoard member17/02/196018/05/1990
Katty TørnæsDirector17/02/196017/03/2000
Solveig HygomDirector01/09/199617/12/1996
Kjeld AmannCEO17/03/200015/03/2010
Brian JacobsenDirector17/03/200002/02/2001
Peter Boje ChristensenBoard member17/03/200018/03/2016
Claus OmannDirector04/01/200229/06/2007
Diana Lindeberg HenningsenBoard member29/03/200411/03/2008
Kristoffer Jarl KristensenBoard member16/06/200510/03/2022
Gert LillebækDirector06/07/200605/07/2024
Gudrun Betzer LarsenDeputy board member11/03/200806/03/2012
Anne-Maria Korsgaard HansenDeputy board member11/03/200806/03/2012
John FranchDeputy board member11/03/200806/03/2012
Rie Toft ChristiansenBoard member11/03/200812/03/2020
Allan Eggers ØstergaardDirector06/06/200801/09/2020
Kjeld AmannBoard member15/03/201011/03/2014
Henrik Uhd ChristensenCEO15/03/201017/01/2024
Lone Skeem KummerfeldtDeputy board member06/03/201211/03/2014
Maj-Britt Pia Scholz AndersenDeputy board member11/03/201412/03/2020
Karoline Amalie Qvirin KristensenBoard member11/03/201410/06/2026
Hans Jørgen VognsenDeputy board member11/03/201418/03/2016
Søren LangelundDeputy board member11/03/201417/03/2016
Carsten HøxbroDeputy board member18/03/201612/03/2020
Jeppe Loli SørensenDeputy board member18/03/201603/10/2016
Elvis GuticDeputy board member12/03/202023/02/2023
Tina IsenDeputy board member12/03/202031/12/2020
Anders Nørgaard LauridsenDeputy board member12/03/202007/03/2024
Vagn PedersenDirector02/01/202408/08/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af den administrerende direktør og et andet medlem af direktionen i forening, af bestyrelsesformanden og et medlem af direktionen i forening eller af et flertal af bestyrelsesmedlemmerne i forening

Address and production units

5 active production units

Sædding Ringvej 13
6710 Esbjerg V

Esbjerg Municipality · Postcode 6710

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/SSædding Ringvej 13, 6710 Esbjerg V4801002965104
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/SHestehaven 19, Hjallese, 5260 Odense S131023692682
VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/SHåndværkervej 65, 6710 Esbjerg V–1030317447
VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/SHåndværkervej 4, 6710 Esbjerg V–1030317536
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/SSnedkervej 7, 6710 Esbjerg V–1022921157

Purpose

Dets formål er at drive fabrikations-, service og handelsvirksomhed, samt have interesser i virksomheder med sådanne formål. Selskabet producerer, installerer, inspicerer, vedligeholder og handler i alt fra livreddende-, sikkerheds- og brandbekæmpelsesudstyr til løftegrej. Der tilbydes endvidere træning og uddannelse i brugen af livreddende-, sikkerheds-, brandbekæmpelses- og løfteudstyr samt udstedelse af dertilhørende inspektionscertifikater.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

138 registered events
20267 changesmanagement 4 · ownership 2 · accounts 1
  • Karoline Amalie Qvirin Kristensen appointed deputy chair
  • Karoline Amalie Qvirin Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Alice og Tage Sørensens Fond Holding A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • ALICE OG TAGE SØRENSENS FOND is no longer registered as owner
  • Kasper Holmstrup appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • John Riis Andersen stepped down as board member
20254 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1 · industry 1
  • Vagn Pedersen stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Kristian Jarl Kristensen appointed board member
  • Industry changed to Building of ships and floating structures (301100)
202411 changesmanagement 10 · accounts 1
  • Annette Bjerring Kristensen stepped down as board member
  • Gert Lillebæk stepped down as director
  • Henrik Helsinghof appointed ceo
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Sinne Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Christian Kromann Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Lisa Anine Damgaard Henriksen appointed deputy board member
  • Anders Nørgaard Lauridsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Mira Mi Song Nielsen appointed director
  • Henrik Uhd Christensen stepped down as ceo
  • Vagn Pedersen appointed director
20234 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · merger 1
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Jesper Toft Mathiasen appointed board member
  • Elvis Gutic stepped down as deputy board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20223 changesaccounts 1 · capital 1 · management 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Share capital changed from 248,832,000 DKK to 497,664,000 DKK
  • Kristoffer Jarl Kristensen stepped down as board member
20212 changesmerger 1 · accounts 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Annual report for 2020 published
202010 changesmanagement 9 · ownership 1
  • Tina Isen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Søren Peter Sørensen is no longer registered as owner
  • Allan Eggers Østergaard stepped down as director
  • Tina Isen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Hansen appointed board member
  • Anders Nørgaard Lauridsen appointed deputy board member
  • Elvis Gutic appointed deputy board member
  • Carsten Høxbro stepped down as deputy board member
  • Maj-Britt Pia Scholz Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Rie Toft Christiansen stepped down as board member
20191 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20171 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Sædding Ringvej 13, 6710 Esbjerg V
20168 changesmanagement 7 · ownership 1
  • Jeppe Loli Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Tage Sørensen is no longer registered as owner
  • Carsten Høxbro appointed deputy board member
  • Jeppe Loli Sørensen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Langelund appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Vognsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Peter Boje Christensen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Langelund stepped down as deputy board member
20151 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 124,416,000 DKK to 248,832,000 DKK
20147 changesownership 1 · management 6
  • ALICE OG TAGE SØRENSENS FOND registered as owner (5%)
  • Karoline Amalie Qvirin Kristensen appointed board member
  • Hans Jørgen Vognsen appointed deputy board member
  • Maj-Britt Pia Scholz Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Langelund appointed deputy board member
  • Lone Skeem Kummerfeldt stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kjeld Amann stepped down as board member
20127 changesownership 1 · address 1 · management 5
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S registered as owner (66.67%)
  • Moved to Sædding Ringvej 13, 6710 Esbjerg V
  • Knud-Erik Lausten appointed board member
  • Lone Skeem Kummerfeldt appointed deputy board member
  • Anne-Maria Korsgaard Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Gudrun Betzer Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • John Franch stepped down as deputy board member
20106 changesmanagement 6
  • Kjeld Amann appointed board member
  • Jens Lindholm appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Uhd Christensen appointed ceo
  • Kjeld Amann stepped down as ceo
  • Tage Sørensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Søren Peter Sørensen stepped down as board member
20088 changesmanagement 6 · industry 2
  • Allan Eggers Østergaard appointed director
  • Anne-Maria Korsgaard Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Gudrun Betzer Larsen appointed deputy board member
  • John Franch appointed deputy board member
  • Rie Toft Christiansen appointed board member
  • Diana Lindeberg Henningsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Building of ships and floating structures (301100)
  • Industry changed to Building of pleasure and sporting boats (301200)
20072 changesmanagement 1 · capital 1
  • Claus Omann stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 41,472,000 DKK to 124,416,000 DKK
20061 changemanagement 1
  • Gert Lillebæk appointed director
20052 changesmanagement 2
  • Kristoffer Jarl Kristensen appointed board member
  • Jens Oluf Bjerre-Madsen stepped down as board member
20043 changesaddress 1 · management 2
  • Moved to Sædding Ringvej 13-17, 6710 Esbjerg V
  • Diana Lindeberg Henningsen appointed board member
  • Emma Marie Thomsen stepped down as board member
20022 changesownership 1 · management 1
  • Tage Sørensen registered as owner (10%)
  • Claus Omann appointed director
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Brian Jacobsen stepped down as director
20008 changesaddress 1 · merger 1 · management 6
  • Moved to Sædding Ringvej 17, 6710 Esbjerg V
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Kjeld Amann appointed ceo
  • Peter Boje Christensen appointed board member
  • Brian Jacobsen appointed director
  • Solveig Hygom stepped down as board member
  • Katty Tørnæs stepped down as director
  • Kaj Ankersen stepped down as deputy board member
19982 changesmanagement 2
  • John Jensen Bruun stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jesper Schønning Kristensen stepped down as board member
19972 changesownership 1 · capital 1
  • Søren Peter Sørensen registered as owner (5%)
  • Share capital changed from 13,824,000 DKK to 41,472,000 DKK
19962 changesmanagement 2
  • Solveig Hygom stepped down as director
  • Solveig Hygom appointed director
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Frede Haubjerg Sørensen stepped down as board member
19932 changesname 1 · management 1
  • Name changed from A/S NORDISK GUMMIBÅDSFABRIK to VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/S
  • Lisbeth Sørensen stepped down as deputy board member
19921 changemanagement 1
  • Jens Oluf Bjerre-Madsen stepped down as director
19901 changemanagement 1
  • Torben Carl Christian Permin stepped down as board member
19891 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 6,912,000 DKK to 13,824,000 DKK
19885 changesmanagement 5
  • Mona Melsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Annegreth Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Henrik Anthonius Mortensen stepped down as board member
  • Inger Marie Radoor stepped down as board member
  • Oscar Christian Ib Wallentin stepped down as board member
196022 changesfounded 1 · management 21
  • Registered as A/S NORDISK GUMMIBÅDSFABRIK
  • John Jensen Bruun appointed deputy board member
  • Torben Bjerre-Madsen appointed board member
  • Solveig Hygom appointed board member
  • Mona Melsen appointed deputy board member
  • Annegreth Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Henrik Anthonius Mortensen appointed board member
  • Inger Marie Radoor appointed board member
  • Frede Haubjerg Sørensen appointed board member
  • Jens Oluf Bjerre-Madsen appointed director
  • Jens Oluf Bjerre-Madsen appointed board member
  • Oscar Christian Ib Wallentin appointed board member
  • Emma Marie Thomsen appointed board member
  • Tage Sørensen appointed chair of the board
  • Søren Peter Sørensen appointed board member
  • Annette Bjerring Kristensen appointed board member
  • John Riis Andersen appointed board member
  • Katty Tørnæs appointed director
  • Torben Carl Christian Permin appointed board member
  • Kaj Ankersen appointed deputy board member
  • Jesper Schønning Kristensen appointed board member
  • Lisbeth Sørensen appointed deputy 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 23/10/2026.

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