- On 6 August 2018, JYSK’s founder and owner, Lars Larsen, will turn 70. To celebrate our founder’s round birthday, here you can learn a little more about the man who opened the world’s first JYSK store in 1979.
VIDEO: Happy 70th birthday to Lars Larsen
- JYSK colleagues from around the world wish our founder happy birthday – in their own language.
Oskar digitises golden moments from VHS tapes
- For the new JYSK Museum in Denmark, around 100 old VHS tapes have to be digitised. That is part of Oskar Fisker Nielsen’s job.
Birthday cakes from around the world
- To celebrate our founder Lars Larsen’s 70th birthday on 6 August, JYSK colleagues around the world enjoyed cakes.
- A look at the most popular stories in the different languages and some key numbers from the financial year at GOJYSK.com.
- JYSK is not only Purveyor to The Royal Danish Court. The founder of JYSK, Lars Larsen, also has a special relation to The Royal House and The Queen.
40 years of JYSK become a museum
- April marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s first ever JYSK store. This will be celebrated with the official opening of JYSK Museum on Friday 8 March at 2pm, when Lars Larsen’s wife, Kris, will cut the ribbon for the museum.
JYSK Nordic and Dänisches Bettenlager join forces
- The family owning Lars Larsen Group has after careful consideration decided to merge JYSK Nordic, which operates 1,287 stores in 20 countries, and Dänisches Bettenlager, which operates 1,283 stores in 7 countries, into one business unit.
JYSK celebrates 40th anniversary with opening in Ireland
- 2 April 2019 it is 40 years since the first JYSK store opened in Aarhus. Since then expansion has been a cornerstone in JYSK, and therefore the anniversary is celebrated with the opening of the company’s first store in Ireland.