NEWS FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY
Growth is not just a success story. When a company grows faster than you can keep up, doubt, pressure and major decisions also follow. And when crises strike, it can be difficult to bear the responsibility alone.
Farmers know their land and know where it makes sense to restore nature. If they are fairly compensated, it can benefit both agriculture and nature, according to farmers on Bornholm.
Discarding wood has to stop, according to the Icelander Högni Stéfan, who with his company Arctic Plank has proved that the possibilities are numerous when it comes to recycling wood waste. Now he wants to repeat his sustainable success on Bornholm.
The municipality's forward-looking efforts to attract investments should include a fast track for investors and startups, and politicians should also think long-term, believes Daniel Barslund, director at Ocean Prawns, who is himself investing heavily on the island.
Bornholm should be branded as the perfect place for people with ideas for green technology start-ups, according to the director behind Sensemakers, who has himself been pleased to start his business adventure on Bornholm.
Bornholm as a brand has been an important contributing factor to the explosive growth gin distillery Wild Distillery has experienced since coming to market in 2019. That is according to owner and gin producer Henrik Nerst, who in 2025 relocated his business and wild visions to larger premises and surroundings in Lobbæk.
There is something good in the pipeline in Tejn, where quality beer is brewed – and much more. For the harbour town has reinvented itself after the decline of the fishing industry, and new businesses have blossomed.
The furniture factory in Nexø is a real success story. Once, the business incubator was threatened with closure. Now, every square metre is utilised. Yet new initiatives are still popping up in the creative growth house.
