To forestall Denmark's postal service letter

Denmark's state-driven postal service, Postnord, all letters on the finish of 2025 to eradicate supply, citing a decline of 90% in letter variations because the starting of the century.

This choice brings this choice to the tip of 400 years of the corporate's letter service. Denmark's 1,500 submit bins will begin disappearing from the start of June.

Transport Minister Thomas Danielsen demanded that the letters can be despatched and obtained, “there is a free market for both letters and parcels”.

Postal companies throughout Europe are scuffling with a decline within the quantity of letter. Germany's Dutha Post mentioned on Thursday that it was rinse at 8,000 jobs, which is named “socially responsible methods”.

The DUSH submit has 187,000 workers and the representatives of the staff said that they feared that there was extra reduce.

Denmark had a common postage service for 400 years by the tip of 2023, however as caught by digital mail companies, the usage of letters has fallen dramatically.

Fifteen hundred staff are dealing with dropping their jobs, out of the workforce of 4,600.

Employee Anders Mikelsen instructed Danish Broadcaster Dr., “This is a super tragic day. Not only for our department, but for 1,500 who faced uncertain future,”

Denmark ranks as one of the vital digital international locations on the earth.

There is an app for nearly the whole lot: some folks use money, and Danes additionally carry licenses and well being playing cards of drivers on their smartphones.

Bank statements, payments and correspondence from native authorities are all despatched electronically.

Public companies ship communication by a digital submit app or different platforms and postnord Denmark says the letter market is not worthwhile.

From the start of the century, letter numbers have elevated from 1.4 billion to 110 million final yr.

The choice will have an effect on aged folks probably the most. Although 95% of danes use digital submit service, a report 271,000 folks nonetheless depend on the bodily mail.

“There are many who are very dependent on the letters being distributed regularly. These include the decisions of hospital appointments, vaccination or home care,” from Marlein Rishoj Cordes,, again case (Daneage) instructed Denmark's TV2.

Postnord has confronted years of economic struggles and losses have been happening final yr.

Danish MP Pelé Dragstead blamed privatization for the transfer and complained that the transfer would hurt folks dwelling in distant areas.

The introduction of a brand new Postal Act in 2024 opened a letter marketplace for competitors from non-public companies and Mail is not exempted from VAT, leading to excessive postage price.

Kim Pederson, managing director of Postnord Denmark, instructed the native media, “When a letter would have a cost of 29 Danish Kron (£ 3.35; $ 4.20),” Kim Pederson instructed the native media, “Kim Pederson, Managing Director of Postnord Denmark.

He said that Danes had become fast digital and the decline in the letter versions had become so clear that it had fallen by 30% alone in the last one year.

The company said that it will switch its focus on parcel delivery and bought any postage stamps in this year or in 2024 Can be returned to a limited period in 2026,

The postnord additionally works in Sweden. It is 40% Danish-owned and 60% Swedish-owned.