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Denmark’s nationalist postal work PostNord stopped the transportation of postal letters successful the state from Tuesday (December 30, 2025), according to the agency.
This uncommon determination makes Denmark astir apt the archetypal state successful the satellite to halt postal service. The measurement of letters has decreased by implicit 90% since the twelvemonth 2000 successful the country, PostNord said successful a connection published successful March 2025.
The bureau is besides readying to upgrade itself by improving its parcel services, considering a immense hike successful online buying successful the country.
According to the statement, the past time to nonstop basal posts specified arsenic letters, concern letters, nonstop mail, and mag message was connected December 18. The bureau besides stopped receiving speedy mails by December 29, 2025.
International postal transportation has besides been stopped from December 31.
“We’ve made definite that each postal labels purchased successful 2024 — oregon to beryllium purchased successful 2025 — tin beryllium refunded for a constricted clip successful 2026 if you don’t usage them successful 2025,” the bureau said.
Roughly 1,500 mailboxes passim Denmark were taken down, and an estimated 1,500 of PostNord’s 4,600 employees were decided to beryllium laid off.
“We person been the Danes’ postal work for 400 years and truthful it is simply a hard determination to enactment a bow connected that portion of our story,” PostNord Denmark main enforcement Kim Pedersen said successful a quality release. “The Danes person go much and much integer which means that determination are precise fewer letters near for america to grip today, and the downturn continues truthful intelligibly that the marketplace for letters is nary longer profitable.”
The agency, that delivers station successful Sweden arsenic well, said Sweden’s missive transportation volition not beryllium affected.
