Danish postal service to stop delivering letters after 90% drop in numbers

PostNord lost its obligation to deliver post to the whole of Denmark last year. Photograph: Francis Dean/Corbis/Getty Images

The Danish postal service has said it will deliver its last letter at the end of this year, instead focusing on packages to respond to changing forms of communication.

PostNord said on Thursday it would cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes, citing the “increasing digitalisation” of society.