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PostNord will remove 1,500 postboxes and cut 1,500 jobs as letter volumes have dropped over 90% since 2000, shifting focus to parcel delivery handled by courier Dao.
- In a decision announced earlier this year, PostNord revealed it was ending door-to-door letter delivery in Denmark, with the last letters due on the 30th December 2025.
- PostNord said the shift came as Denmark's letter volumes fell by over 90 percent since 2000 amid rising digitalisation.
- As part of the cutover, about 1,500 red postboxes will be removed and over 1,500 jobs cut, with domestic letter handling moving to Dao shops or online for home collection.
- Under Danish law, a postal option must remain, so the government would appoint another provider if Dao stopped services, and a Danish Ministry of Transport source called the change 'sentimental' with no 'practical difference' for Residents of Denmark.
- Looking ahead, PostNord will focus on parcel services while Dao scales letter volumes from about 30 million in 2025 to an estimated 80 million next year.
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Denmark's Postal Service Is About to Stop Delivering Physical Letters After 400 Years
As the volume of letters plummets, PostNord, the government-owned postal service of Denmark and Sweden, will stop transporting letters in Denmark on December 30, though it will continue distributing packages
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