Denmark’s postal provider to ban turning in letters

Denmark’s state-run postal provider, PostNord, is to finish all letter deliveries on the finish of 2025, mentioning a 90% fade in letter volumes for the reason that get started of the century.

The verdict brings to an finish 400 years of the corporate’s letter provider. Denmark’s 1,500 postboxes will begin to disappear from the beginning of June.

Delivery Minister Thomas Danielsen desire to reassure Danes, pronouncing letters may just nonetheless be despatched and gained around the nation. One corporate stated it was once ready to breaking in deliveries.

Postal services and products throughout Europe are grappling with the fade in letter volumes. Germany’s Deutsche Put up stated on Thursday it was once axing 8,000 jobs, in what it known as a “socially responsible manner”.

Deutsche Put up has 187,000 workers and team of workers representatives stated they feared extra cuts had been to return.

Denmark had a common postal provider for 400 years till the tip of 2023, however as virtual mail services and products have taken keep, the virtue of letters has fallen dramatically.

Crowd services and products ship communications by way of a Virtual Put up app or alternative platforms and PostNord Denmark says the letter marketplace is not winning.

Letter numbers have fallen for the reason that get started of the century from 1.4 billion to 110 million utmost presen.

The verdict will have an effect on aged nation maximum. Even if 95% of Danes virtue the Virtual Put up provider, a reported 271,000 nation nonetheless depend on bodily mail.

Danish MP Pelle Dragsted blamed privatisation for the travel and complained the travel would downside nation residing in far off subjects.

PostNord stated about 1,500 of its staff would lose their jobs, out of a team of workers of four,600.

The corporate stated it will transfer its focal point to parcel deliveries and that any postage stamps purchased this presen or in 2024 might be refunded for a restricted duration in 2026.

Prominent govt Kim Pedersen stated Danes had develop into increasingly more virtual and the fade in letter volumes had develop into so pronounced that it had fallen by means of up to 30% within the age presen lonely.

PostNord additionally operates in Sweden. It’s 40% Danish-owned and 60% Swedish-owned.