COPENHAGEN, Denmark– Say goodbye to mail for Denmark: PostNord will certainly quit supplying letters to the Nordic country at the end of 2025, though plan circulation will certainly continue to be.
PostNord, a state-run firm that solutions Denmark and Sweden, introduced the modification Thursday. About 1,500 mail boxes throughout Denmark will certainly be removed in the 2nd fifty percent of the year, and Danes can look for reimbursements for stamps. An approximated 1,500 of PostNord’s 4,600 staff members will certainly be given up this year.
Sweden’s letter distribution will certainly not be impacted, the firm claimed.
PostNord claimed the variety of letters in Denmark has actually reduced by 90% considering that 2000, and by greater than 30% in 2024 compared to the year prior to. The firm criticized a progressively electronic environment in Denmark and worldwide, and 2024 Danish regulations that drove the expense of shipping up.
” We have actually been the Danes’ post office for 400 years and as a result it is a challenging choice to place a bow on that particular component of our tale,” PostNord Denmark president Kim Pedersen claimed in a press release. “The Danes have actually ended up being increasingly more electronic which suggests that there are really couple of letters left for us to manage today, and the slump proceeds so plainly that the marketplace for letters is no more lucrative.”
Pedersen claimed the heart of PostNord’s service is parcel distribution, which it will certainly concentrate on in 2026.
Pelle Dragsted, a participant of the Danish parliament, composed on social system X that the cessation of letter distribution will unjustly influence Danes that stay in remote locations.
Letters can still be sent out via personal business, Danish public broadcaster DR reported. The state will certainly make sure that facilities stays for mail to be provided to Denmark’s remote locations, consisting of smaller sized island areas.
Pedersen additionally informed DR that individuals can send their letters as bundles via PostNord’s parcel stores.
Germany’s Deutsche Post additionally introduced discharges on Thursday, with strategies to reduce 8,000 tasks
