Deutsche Post has 187,000 employees and staff representatives said they feared more cuts were to come.
Denmark had a universal postal service for 400 years until the end of 2023, but as digital mail services have taken hold, the use of letters has fallen dramatically.
PostNord says it will switch its focus to parcel deliveries and that any postage stamps bought this year or in 2024 can be refunded for a limited period in 2026, external.
Fifteen hundred workers face losing their jobs, out of a workforce of 4,600.
“It’s a super sad day. Not just for our department, but for the 1,500 who face an uncertain future,” employee Anders Raun Mikkelsen told Danish broadcaster DR.
Denmark ranks as one of the world’s most digitalised countries.
There’s an app for almost everything: few people use cash, and Danes even carry drivers’ licences and health cards on their smartphones.
Bank statements, bills, and correspondence from local authorities are all sent electronically.
Public services send communications via a Digital Post app or other platforms and PostNord Denmark says the letter market is no longer profitable.
Letter numbers have fallen since the start of the century from 1.4 billion to 110 million last year.
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