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Glossary

Dandex pages use English labels. These are the Danish terms the registry (CVR) records behind them, and what each one means.

Company status

The status CVR records for a company. Dandex groups them as active, dissolving (bankruptcy or liquidation in progress) and dissolved.

NormalActive
The company is registered and operating. CVR uses Normal and Aktiv for the same state.
AktivActive
The company is registered and operating.
FremtidRegistered, starts later
The company is registered with a start date that has not arrived yet.
Under konkursUnder bankruptcy
The bankruptcy court has declared the company bankrupt, and a trustee is winding up its estate.
Under tvangsopløsningUnder compulsory dissolution
The Danish Business Authority has asked the bankruptcy court to dissolve the company, usually because an annual report, an auditor or a management is missing.
Under frivillig likvidationUnder voluntary liquidation
The owners have decided to close the company, and a liquidator is settling its debts before it is dissolved.
Under reassumeringUnder reassumption
A company that was dissolved is being reinstated in the register.
Under rekonstruktionUnder restructuring
The company is in court-supervised restructuring, an attempt to keep the business going instead of a bankruptcy.
OphørtCeased
The business has ceased. CVR uses this mostly for sole proprietorships and other forms that close without a formal dissolution.
Opløst efter konkursDissolved after bankruptcy
The company was dissolved when its bankruptcy estate was closed.
Opløst efter erklæringDissolved by declaration
The owners declared that every debt was paid, and the company was dissolved without a liquidation.
TvangsopløstCompulsorily dissolved
The bankruptcy court dissolved the company at the request of the Danish Business Authority.
Opløst efter frivillig likvidationDissolved after voluntary liquidation
The company was dissolved when its voluntary liquidation was completed.
Opløst efter fusionDissolved after merger
The company merged into another company and no longer exists on its own.
SlettetDeleted from the register
The registration was removed from CVR.
Opløst efter spaltningDissolved after demerger
The company was divided between one or more other companies and no longer exists.
Opløst efter grænseoverskridende fusionDissolved after cross-border merger
The company merged into a company in another country and left the Danish register.
Opløst efter grænseoverskridende hjemstedsflytningDissolved after cross-border transfer of seat
The company moved its registered office to another country and left the Danish register.
OpløstDissolved
The company has been dissolved. CVR records no specific reason.
Uden retsvirkningRegistration without legal effect
CVR records the registration as having no legal effect, so the company is treated as never having existed.

Roles

The bodies and registers a person or company can belong to. On a person row the page names the role of one member, such as Partner for Interessenter.

DirektionExecutive board
The management that runs the company day to day. Its members are the registered directors (direktører), usually led by a chief executive.
BestyrelseBoard of directors
The board elected by the owners to oversee the company and appoint its executive board. Required for an A/S, optional for an ApS.
TilsynsrådSupervisory board
The supervisory body of a company with a two-tier structure. It appoints and oversees the executive board, and the company has no board of directors.
StyrelseGoverning board
The board of some associations, cooperatives and foundations. It has the role a board of directors has in a company.
RepræsentantskabBoard of representatives
An elected body in cooperatives, associations and some financial companies. It represents the members and usually elects the board.
StiftereFounders
The persons or companies that founded the company. CVR records them at incorporation and never updates the record.
Fuldt ansvarlige deltagereGeneral partners
Participants who are personally liable for all of the company’s debts. CVR registers them for partnerships and sole proprietorships, usually under the name Interessenter.
InteressenterPartners
The partners of a partnership. Each is personally liable for all of its debts; the company page names them by the company’s form.
KomplementarerGeneral partners
The partners of a K/S or P/S who are personally liable for its debts and manage it. Often a company set up for the purpose.
KommanditisterLimited partners
The partners of a K/S or P/S whose liability is limited to what they have invested.
Legale ejereLegal owners
The registered owners of shares in the company: holders of at least 5% of the capital or votes, recorded in share bands. CVR keeps them in the owner register (EJERREGISTER).
Reelle ejereBeneficial owners
The persons who ultimately own or control the company, directly or through other companies. The CVR data feed Dandex reads does not carry them.
RevisionAuditor
The audit firm or auditor registered to audit the company’s annual report.
LikvidatorLiquidator
The person appointed to wind up a company in liquidation. The liquidator takes over from the management, settles the debts and dissolves the company.
FilialbestyrerBranch manager
The person who manages the Danish branch (filial) of a foreign company.
TegningsberettigedeAuthorised signatories
Persons registered as entitled to sign for the company and bind it. Most companies state who may sign as a rule (tegningsregel) instead.

Change types

The kinds of change the Dandex change feed reports, found by comparing successive registry snapshots.

Ny virksomhedNew company
A newly founded company, reported when Dandex first sees it within 30 days of its founding date.
Virksomhed ophørtCompany dissolved
The company has ceased or been dissolved, dated on the day it ended.
AdresseændringAddress change
The company registered a new address.
BrancheændringIndustry change
The company’s main industry code (branchekode) changed.
Ændring af virksomhedsformLegal form change
The company changed its legal form, for example from ApS to A/S.
DirektørskifteDirector change
A person joined or left the executive board (direktion).
Ændring i bestyrelseBoard change
A person joined or left the board of directors (bestyrelse).
EjerskifteOwnership change
A registered owner or beneficial owner was added or removed.
Ændring i ansatteHeadcount change
The registry’s employee count for the company changed.
StatusændringStatus change
The company’s registry status changed, for example to under bankruptcy, without it being dissolved.
KapitalændringShare capital change
The company’s registered share capital changed.
FormålsændringPurpose change
The company changed its registered purpose (formål), the statement of what it does.
RevisorændringAuditor change
An auditor was registered or removed.
BinavneændringSecondary name change
A secondary name (binavn), another name the company trades under, was added or removed.

Legal forms

The legal forms a Danish company can take. Pages show the abbreviation, with its meaning on hover.

EnkeltmandsvirksomhedSole proprietorship
A business owned by one person, who is personally liable for its debts. It has no share capital.
PMVPersonligt ejet mindre virksomhedPersonally owned small business
A small business owned and run by one person. CVR registers it as a form of its own, apart from the enkeltmandsvirksomhed.
I/SInteressentskabGeneral partnership
A partnership in which every partner is personally liable for all of its debts.
K/SKommanditselskabLimited partnership
A partnership with at least one general partner, who is fully liable, and limited partners, who risk only what they invested.
A/SAktieselskabPublic limited company
A company owned by shareholders, with limited liability. It must have a board of directors or a supervisory board, and it may offer shares to the public.
P/SPartnerselskabPartnership limited by shares
A limited partnership whose limited partners hold shares, with a general partner that is fully liable.
ApSAnpartsselskabPrivate limited company
The most common Danish company form: owned by shareholders, with limited liability and a lower minimum capital than an A/S.
IVSIværksætterselskabEntrepreneurial company
A private limited company that could be founded with almost no capital. The form was abolished in 2021, and remaining IVS companies were converted or dissolved.
Erhvervsdrivende fondCommercial foundation
A foundation that runs a business or owns companies, with no owners. Its board must follow the purpose in its charter.
A.m.b.a.Andelsselskab med begrænset ansvarCooperative with limited liability
A cooperative owned by its members, who usually share in the result in proportion to their trade with it. Liability is limited.
S.m.b.a.Selskab med begrænset ansvarCompany with limited liability
A company with limited liability that is neither an ApS nor an A/S.
F.m.b.a.Forening med begrænset ansvarAssociation with limited liability
An association with limited liability, run for its members.
SESocietas EuropaeaEuropean public company
A public limited company formed under EU law, which can move its registered office between EU countries.