One country just shut down a service people depended on for generations

Sending and receiving a missive is present a happening of the past successful 1 country. 

PostNord, Denmark's state-run postal service, officially ended each missive deliveries astatine the commencement of the caller year, citing a much than 90% diminution successful measurement from 2000 to 2024.

The Nordic federation is believed to beryllium the lone state successful the satellite to discontinue its missive deliveries, though bundle organisation is ongoing.

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"Although this is simply a hard decision, it is an important measurement toward a beardown PostNord for the future, truthful we tin proceed our travel towards becoming the Danes' preferred parcel courier — and which volition assistance guarantee adjacent amended products successful the parcel market," PostNord said successful a connection connected its website.

PostNord said it volition power its absorption to parcel deliveries and that immoderate stamps purchased successful 2024 oregon 2025 tin beryllium refunded for a constricted clip successful 2026.

Denmark's state-run postal work has discontinued missive deliveries, effectual this year. (iStock)

"We person been the Danes' postal work for 400 years, and truthful it is simply a hard determination to enactment a bow connected that portion of our story," PostNord Denmark Chief Executive Kim Pedersen said successful a quality merchandise announcing the company's plans.

He added that the "market for letters is nary longer profitable."

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The determination apt impacts aged residents the most, according to Marlene Rishoj Cordes with Aeldre Sagen (DaneAge).

Although PostNord said the "vast majority" of Danes usage the integer station service, galore aged residents are "very dependent" connected letters being delivered regularly, Cordes told Denmark's TV2.

Elderly residents are the astir impacted by the extremity of missive deliveries. (iStock)

"These see infirmary appointments, vaccinations oregon decisions regarding location care," she said.

PostNord said it started removing the 1,500 mailboxes located passim the state implicit the summer.

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"Look intimately astatine the representation here. Soon it volition beryllium a rarity," 1 Danish pistillate wrote connected X past year, alongside a representation of 1 of the now-defunct mailboxes.

PostNord removed the 1,500 mailboxes located passim Denmark. (Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"Now successful 5 years, I volition beryllium capable to explicate to a 5-year-old what a mailbox was successful the aged days."

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Letters successful Denmark tin inactive beryllium sent via backstage couriers.

PostNord, which is 40% Danish-owned, besides operates successful Sweden, according to the BBC.

PostNord is focused connected bundle deliveries successful Denmark for 2026 and beyond. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Sweden's missive transportation was not impacted.

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Denmark whitethorn beryllium the archetypal state to extremity state-run missive delivery, but it's apt not the last. 

Postal services successful different countries are besides struggling, including the United States and Canada, according to The Economist.

Marvin Ryder, an subordinate prof astatine the DeGroote School of Business astatine McMaster University successful Canada, said helium thinks it's inevitable that missive deliveries volition travel to an end.

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"I deliberation Denmark is simply a canary successful the ember mine," helium told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 

"I conscionable deliberation successful Canada that's a aboriginal astatine slightest 10 years down the road."