PostNord’s decision to end service on 30 December comes after fear over ‘increasing digitalisation’ of Danish society

The Danish postal service will deliver its last letter on 30 December, ending a more than 400-year-old tradition.

Announcing the decision earlier this year to stop delivering letters, PostNord, formed in 2009 in a merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services, said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes amid the “increasing digitalisation” of Danish society.

Describing Denmark as “one of the most digitalised countries in the world”, the company said the demand for letters had “fallen drastically” while online shopping continued to increase, prompting the decision to instead focus on parcels.

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[–] 43 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Ahh yes of course, because you can't legally backdoor the mail?

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    Another company (Dao) will deliver mail instead.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    This is really sad ... I still send letters, sometimes it's nice to get a post card or letter in the mail. 😔

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Announcing the decision earlier this year to stop delivering letters, PostNord, formed in 2009 in a merger of the Swedish and Danish postal services, said it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes amid the “increasing digitalisation” of Danish society.

    I thought this was decided when the merger happened in 2009. This has been known in Sweden since right after the merger happened and it completely fucked our old postal service.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    This doesn't sound good, what tf do ya'll do with your Christmas cards

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Christmas cards aren't really a thing in Denmark. Like we don't ever get physical mail. Perhaps one letter once a month or something? Everything goes through our digital mail or email

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I always assumed one day the separate mail and parcel services would become one. In my mind letters would be delivered as a parcel, so driven to your door instead of a service that passes every door.

    Though another comment says in this case another company will be picking up the service.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    I recently had problems with my government ID login that could only be resolved by sending a physical letter.

    This is horrific.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    this makes no sense. you going to deliver a parcel but you can't be bothered to drop some letters at the same time?

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    What about birthday, Christmas and Mother’s Day cards?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    They'll probably just have to be sent as a parcel in stead, using PostNord or one of the International carriers. It already costs about the same to send a parcel (up to 1 kg) as a letter, and service and shipping speed is infinitely better anyway.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Well that's one way to counter spam mail.

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    [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    Well I should hope so! Who’s hanging onto letters more than 400 years past their postmark date?

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Why is this in the Canada sub tho?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 10 months ago

    Because some people in Canada are suggesting that we eliminate the Canadian Postal Service as it is constantly running large deficits and has been on a slope of losing delivery business for many years now.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    the danish part of postnord is the reason the entire cooperation is losing money. let's hope this helps.

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    [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    As someone who sends birthday cards, this would be quite annoying

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    A postal service that doesn't post things as a service? What is the world coming in?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    All I get through post is junk mail.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Coming soon to a post office near you

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