Today’s big topic: The mastermind behind the Velkommen scandal boasts about his cars and his luxury life in Dubai
The businessman Magnus Kjøller plays many roles in the Velkommen scandal, where angry electricity customers are still waiting for answers. He lives in Dubai, loves expensive food and has repeatedly spoken in the media about his love of sports cars.
What’s happening?
Multimillionaire Magnus Kjøller stepped out of the spotlight after moving from Aalborg to Dubai, but for a few years in the 2010s, the 42-year-old businessman was among Denmark’s most high-profile, flamboyant, and controversial entrepreneurs.
Now he is making headlines again. As Politiken has reported in recent weeks, Magnus Kjøller has emerged as the man behind the Velkommen scandal, which has seen the corporate group hit by massive debt and heavy criticism.
The drama continues Friday, when the much-maligned power and electricity companies may – or may not – be pushed into bankruptcy in the Maritime and Commercial Court, as angry electricity customers wait to learn where their money has gone.
At the same time, lawyers are still trying to untangle Magnus Kjøller’s many roles in the Velkommen mess.
He is, for one, the largest creditor, which gives him a powerful voice in court. He is also a former co-owner and a current business partner. And finally, he is the money behind a controversial resale of more than 50,000 customers to the struggling power company Energidrift. If this were a soccer match, Kjøller would be the striker, the defender, the opponent, and the referee all at once.
Why it matters!
This is not the first time Magnus Kjøller has been linked to subscription traps, deception, and fraud. The businessman once dubbed »the Subscription King« by Børsen has left a trail of lawsuits, fines, and disappointed customers in his wake.
The scandals have made Magnus Kjøller rich. He has spent the money on real estate, sports cars, and Michelin-starred restaurants. It’s about enjoying the good life while you can, as Kjøller himself told Jyllands-Posten in 2012.
To understand who Magnus Kjøller is, and how he made his fortune, Politiken’s Sebastian Stryhn Kjeldtoft traces his story.
Still curious? Read the full article here.
In other news
– Student refused to accept that getting into a prestigious program should be so expensive. Now he is helping others get in
Karl Elliot Tolstrup, a 29-year-old architecture student has received just under 270,000 kroner from the Danish Arts Foundation for the project, ’The New Foundation’. His primary ambition is to help young people who dream of studying architecture but can’t spend large sums on preparatory courses. He himself spent 10,000 kroner on a course before applying. At the time, it was a lot of money for him.
Now the first partcipants in the program have taken the admission tests, and for Annabell Bendiks Hansen, the program was a huge help. Read the full article here.
– Missing 15-year-old girl found alive in Hungary
After more than two days missing, a 15-year-old girl from Hedensted has been found at a location in Hungary. Southeast Jutland Police said so in a press release on Thursday evening. »We are very relieved that the missing girl has been found alive. Our focus now is on getting her safely back to Denmark«, said Christian Skyt, deputy chief inspector with Southeast Jutland Police, in the statement. Southeast Jutland Police are now investigating whether a criminal offense was committed in connection with the girl’s disappearance.
– Tourists on bicycles have become such a big problem that mayors are convening a roundtable meeting
Not all tourists on Copenhagen’s bike lanes are familiar with the hand signal for stopping or with other informal or formal rules of the road for cyclists. That can create uncertainty on the bike lanes. Now, however, Copenhagen’s mayors want to put an end to the insecurity in traffic caused by tourists cycling around. That is why two of the municipality’s mayors are convening a so-called roundtable meeting. The Employment, Integration and Business Administration of the City of Copenhagen said so in a press release.
A 2025 survey showsthat eight out of 10 cyclists in Copenhagen say that tourists on bicycles pose a traffic-safety problem.
The first good donut in Copenhagen?
Here’s someone who isn’t just chasing an internet trend but taking the craft seriously.
What kind of place is this?
Sebastian Michalewski, a former waiter who has worked at several Michelin-starred restaurants, including Koan in Copenhagen and Alain Ducasse in Paris, recently opened Toja on Jagtvej, and the donuts he makes by hand sell out every day. Gone, just like that. I can see why.
What to order?
Well, that part is easy, because there’s only one thing on the menu.
Not the ring-shaped kind with a hole in the middle, but donuts inspired by Polish pączki. You could also call them Berliners: fist-sized, airy, deep-fried yeast buns with a flowing filling at the center.
Four of them – Michalewski makes three to four different varieties daily – cost 140 kroner, and you can’t eat that many on your own. I wouldn’t recommend trying.
The best was the one filled with apple compote. It was rolled in sugar that crackled between my teeth, while the crushed apples were just tart enough that the sweet coating and buttery dough didn’t tip the whole thing into cloying territory. A donut in balance.
Read the rest of David Dyrholm’s review and find out how many hearts he gives them here.
This newsletter features stories originally published in Danish. AI was used to shorten and translate the articles into English, after which a member of the editorial staff reviewed and refined the content.