Denmark’s state-run postal service to stop delivering letters

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>No more mail for Denmark – PostNord will stop delivering letters at the end of 2025&comma; though package distribution will remain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PostNord&comma; a state-run agency that services Denmark and Sweden&comma; announced the change on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About 1&comma;500 mailboxes throughout Denmark will be taken down in the second half of the year&comma; and Danes can seek refunds for stamps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An estimated 1&comma;500 of PostNord’s 4&comma;600 employees will be laid off this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sweden’s letter delivery will not be affected&comma; the agency said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PostNord said the number of letters in Denmark has decreased by 90&percnt; since 2000&comma; and by more than 30&percnt; in 2024 compared with the year before&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The agency blamed an increasingly digital atmosphere in Denmark and worldwide&comma; and 2024 Danish legislation that drove the cost of postage up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have been the Danes’ postal service for 400 years and therefore it is a difficult decision to put a bow on that part of our story&comma;” PostNord Denmark chief executive Kim Pedersen said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Danes have become more and more digital which means that there are very few letters left for us to handle today&comma; and the downturn continues so clearly that the market for letters is no longer profitable&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Pedersen said the heart of PostNord’s business is parcel delivery&comma; which it will focus on in 2026&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pelle Dragsted&comma; a member of the Danish parliament&comma; wrote on X that the cessation of letter delivery will unfairly affect Danes who live in remote areas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Letters can still be sent through private companies&comma; Danish public broadcaster DR reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The state will ensure that infrastructure remains for mail to be delivered to Denmark’s remote areas&comma; including smaller island communities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Pedersen also told DR that people can send their letters as packages through PostNord’s parcel shops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Germany’s Deutsche Post also announced layoffs on Thursday&comma; with plans to cut 8&comma;000 jobs<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc2f029e82">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ecc2f029e82'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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