The Copenhagen Post under new ownership

The Copenhagen Post, founded in 1998 and for several years published by Ejvind Sandal, has gone through some tough times in recent years.

Among the reasons why are the challenges that media all over the world face, but under new ownership, new energy, ideas and editorial concepts have grown already.

The media did a survey in late March among its online users. The results of that confirm what previous studies have shown, but it also highlights the needs for relevant news about Danish society, information and guides about where to go and what to do when the office is closed, and interviews with expats about the challenges they face professionally and privately.

By Uffe Jørgensen Odde Editor-In-Chief uffe@cphpost.dk

“The results from our own survey, the studies we’ve read, and the talks we’ve had with both expats and Danish companies, tell us that there is a great potential for a media like The Copenhagen Post,“ said Skeel. He continues:

“Our ambition is to transform The Copenhagen Post from a free print media to a digital subscription media. We will still publish a paper, but our main focus will be online, serving relevant newsletters that help our users in their daily life.”

Relevant Newsletters

The Copenhagen Post will therefore provide a daily newsletter containing the news Danes are talking about, articles about expat life, the Danish society and business life, and inspiration about where to go, what to do and how to connect.

“Our purpose is to make both private and professional life easier for expats and foreign citizens. We believe that independent reporting and guides can make a difference,“ contends Skeel.

The CEO furthermore states that from now on The Copenhagen Post will look into how expats enrich Danish society and put a spotlight on role models who stand out in business and on the cultural scene. The media wants to address the challenges expats face in Denmark – and point out the solutions that will make both private and professional life easier. In the future pipeline there are more products on the way:

“But for now we focus on delivering a relevant, independent and useful product,“ Skeel concluded.

He encourages all expats and foreign citizens to go to cphpost.dk and sign up for the daily newsletter. 

The date 26 July 1999 was a significant one for The Copenhagen Post. In a way it should have marked the last copy of the English-language newspaper to hit the streets – exactly 17 months after its launch.

But it instead unveiled its saviour: a giant of a man with an equally huge vision. Ejvind Sandal saw potential in the newspaper where others didn’t.

Close To 25 Years

On page two of the July 26 issue, the then 56-year-old Danish lawyer