From the first of January, Postnord will further raise the price of a domestic stamp. In January 2016, a stamp cost SEK 7, and from the turn of the year, a regular domestic stamp will cost SEK 18.
Postnord themselves say that the mission to provide the universal postal service in Sweden has been fully financed by postage revenue from all the letters that are sent.
“We have not received a single kroner in government support for the postal service in Sweden, and with falling letter volumes, the revenue that finances the mission is also decreasing,” writes Postnord’s press officer. Henrik Ishihara in another email News24.
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Several upset about the price increase
Now many are upset and believe that the increase is far too much. There are also those who believe that letter sending will die out, because of the increased sum.
A submitter in Folkbladet expresses his dissatisfaction with the decision and writes, among other things, that it is an “unprecedented shock increase”.
An increase of over 100 percent
The submitter also writes that the new increase means that prices have “increased by 275 percent since 2016”.
However, this is not something that Postnord’s press officer Henrik Ishihara agrees with.
“It is certainly a large price increase, but far from the submission writer’s claim of 275 percent,” he writes to Nyheter24.
According to Nyheter24’s calculations, if you count on the fact that postage cost SEK 6.50 in 2016 and will cost SEK 18 in 2018, it is a percentage increase of 176 percent.
The submitter i Folkbladet also wonders why package revenue cannot go to the letter business.
“It seems that Postnord as a company is more interested in breaking records in executive salaries (the CEO gets almost a million – a month) than in delivering letters,” writes the submitter.
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Balls over the issue to the government office
Postnord’s press officer Henrik Ishihara does not want to answer that accusation.
“Regarding the salary setting for PostNord’s Group CEO, it is a matter for the owners to comment on. I therefore refer the matter to the government offices in Sweden and Denmark.”, writes Henrik Ishihara in an email to Nyheter24.