Danish postal service authorities will last deliver the letter on December 31, 2025 and permanently end the delivery of the letter with more than 400 years of history from the next day.
The Danish and Swedish postal services, the same Scandinavian members, merged into PostNord in 2009, and PostNord announced earlier this year its plan to end the delivery of the letter.
Denmark’s “digitalization due to the increase” was the reason. The end of the service will cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red post boxes.
Postnord noted that Denmark has seen a dramatic drop in demand for letters as “one of the most digitized countries in the world,” while online shopping continues to grow.
Accordingly, the focus is on parcel delivery.
Meanwhile, the decommissioned postboxes were popularly sold at an auction earlier this month. It took only three hours to sell 1000 units. In good condition, the price was 2000 Danish kroner.
In Sweden, Postnord, which continues to deliver letters, refunds Danish stamps that have become unusable, the Guardian reported.
Danes can still send letters through delivery company Dao next year. Dao, which still delivers letters, plans to increase the number of letters delivered from about 30 million a year in 2025 to 80 million next year.
Denmark has established and operated a letter delivery system since 1624. However, over the past 25 years, the number of letters requiring delivery has decreased by more than 90%.
JENNIFER KIM
US ASIA JOURNAL
