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Ritzau
Sign in to saveRitzaus 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.
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- Company.name
- Ritzau
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- 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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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.