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Ritzaus Bureau A/S, or Ritzau for short, sometimes stylized as /ritzau/, is a Danish news agency founded by Erik Ritzau in 1866. It collaborates with three other Scandinavian news agencies to provide Nordic News, an English-language Scandinavian news service. It is based in Copenhagen and Lars Vesterløkke is editor-in-chief and CEO of the company.

Key facts

Company.name
Ritzau
Company.logo
Ritzau logo 2011.svg
Company.type
Aktieselskab
Company.location_city
Store Kongensgade 14 DK 1264 Copenhagen K
Company.area_served
worldwide
Company.industry
News media
Company.products
Wire service

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Official website

Ritzaus Bureau - En verden af nyheder - Ritzaus Bureau A/S

Hurtig, troværdig, Ritzau. Først på dagsordenen og altid opdateret. Med Ritzau ved hånden bliver du bedst på dagen. Ritzau - En verden af nyheder.

ritzau.dk

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Ritzaus Bureau A/S, or Ritzau for short, sometimes stylized as /ritzau/, is a Danish news agency founded by Erik Ritzau in 1866. It collaborates with three other Scandinavian news agencies to provide Nordic News, an English-language Scandinavian news service. It is based in Copenhagen and Lars Vesterløkke is editor-in-chief and CEO of the company.

==History== thumb|left|150px|Erik Ritzau thumb|200px|Ritzaus Bureau thumb|150px|Ritzau logo used before 2011 Ritzaus Bureau was founded by Erik Nicolai Ritzau in Copenhagen on 1 February 1866 under the name Nordisk Centralbureau for Telegrammer. The agency received international news by telegram from Wolffs Bureau (now Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DPA) in Berlin.

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