Næstved court publicly serves fine and damages judgment on Morten Holleufer

Retten i Næstved has publicly served a judgment ordering Morten Holleufer to pay 18 daily fines of DKK 500 each and DKK 9,000 in damages to Arnsen Stålproduktion ApS. The notice was published in Statstidende on 14 October 2026 under the section for other legal announcements, because service through e-Boks, by telephone and in person had all failed. The case carries the police number 01LC-76141-24358-20 and the court’s journal number SS 5703/2023.

The announcement is a forkyndelse af domme — a public service of a judgment — issued by the district court in Næstved, the town court covering southern Zealand. The judgment was given in the criminal case recorded as Anklagemyndigheden (the prosecution) against Morten Holleufer, whose personal identification number is printed only in masked form as 140273-xxxx. The judgment itself is attributed to Louise Pansa Lauemøller, while the public-service notice was signed by Christian Ankerstjerne Rønneberg on behalf of Retten i Næstved on 12 October 2026.

What the judgment orders

The operative part of the judgment, as reproduced in the gazette, sets out the following obligations for the convicted person:

• 18 daily fines (dagbøder) of DKK 500 each, a total of DKK 9,000.
• A subsidiary sentence (forvandlingsstraf) of 18 days’ imprisonment if the fine is not paid.
• Payment of DKK 9,000 in damages to Arnsen Stålproduktion ApS within 14 days.
• Procedural interest (procesrente) on the damages running from 25 November 2024.
• Payment of the costs of the case by the defendant.

The structure is the standard Danish one for a fine combined with a civil claim: the fine is owed to the state, while the damages are owed to the private company named as the injured party, and the two amounts happen to be identical at DKK 9,000 each.

Why the court resorted to public service

Public service is a last resort. The gazette states explicitly that it was not possible to serve the judgment on Morten Holleufer through e-Boks, by telephone or in person, and that no alternative address could be found at which service could be carried out. The defendant’s last known address is recorded simply as “unknown”.

That combination — a digital mailbox that is not read, a telephone number that does not lead to the person, and no verifiable physical address — is what triggers publication in Statstidende, where the announcement itself constitutes legally valid service. The effect is that the deadlines in the judgment begin to run from publication rather than from any personal handover.

Where the judgment can be collected

The full extract of the judgment is available for collection at the issuing court:

• Retten i Næstved, Gardehusarvej 5, 4700 Næstved, Denmark.
• Telephone: 99685200.
• Journal number: SS 5703/2023.

The notice is filed under the section Øvrige retslige kundgørelser (other legal announcements), subsection Forkyndelse af domme (service of judgments), in the Statstidende issue of 14 October 2026.

Relevance

For readers, the notice is a reminder that a Danish court judgment can become binding without the convicted person ever being contacted directly: once e-Boks, telephone and personal service have been exhausted, publication in the official gazette completes service. For Arnsen Stålproduktion ApS, the entry is the documented step that starts the 14-day clock on its DKK 9,000 claim, and for anyone dealing with Morten Holleufer it is a public record that an unpaid fine of DKK 9,000, convertible into 18 days’ imprisonment, and an equal damages debt with interest from November 2024 are now outstanding.

Source: Statstidende, 14 October 2026, Øvrige retslige kundgørelser (Forkyndelse af domme) (official reference: S12102026-125).