The state-run postal service provider PostNord in Denmark will end letter deliveries at the end of 2025. Letter posting volumes have declined 90% since 2000 – letter numbers declining from 1.4 billion to 110 million letters annually. These declines have been mirrored across Europe.
Denmark is one of the most “digitised” companies in Europe, thus avoiding the need to post banking statements and local authority communications, with 95% of the population using the Digital Post service. Yet older people are still reliant on physical, postal mail, which will be increasingly more expensive as the numbers have declined.
Denmark’s state-owned postal provider will concentrate on the delivery of parcels, leaving the letter post to private operators following the Postal Act in 2024.
It is clearly evident that the Royal Mail proposed changes are vital to ensure we have a reliable and affordable universal postal service across the country.
