Danish Companies in Portugal

34 stores with Lisbon tech hub (2025).

Diabetes and obesity care pharmaceuticals.

Wind turbine leader in renewable energy.

Shipping and port operations.

Footwear manufacturing since 1984.

Freight forwarding and supply chain.

Natural casings in Porto since 1991.

Technical textiles since 2000.

Facility management and cleaning.

Ostomy and wound care products.

Jewelry with 38 points of sale. Flagship stores in Porto and Lisbon.

Owns Unicer — Portugal's largest brewery (Super Bock).

Europe's largest dairy cooperative. Distributes in Portugal.

Protective coatings for maritime, infrastructure and energy sectors.

World's largest pump manufacturer. Bombas Grundfos Portugal in Paço de Arcos since 1989.

Heating, cooling and climate control solutions. Lisbon office on Av. 5 de Outubro.

Stone wool insulation for thermal, acoustic and fire protection.

Online vehicle remarketing platform. Lisbon subsidiary since 2008.

Valves, hydrants and accessories for water and gas distribution.

World-leading skylights and roof windows manufacturer. Portuguese headquarters in Porto Salvo, Greater Lisbon area.

Danish hearing healthcare group. Operates Audika hearing care clinics across Portugal.

Danish spend management platform. Lisbon is Pleo's second-largest office outside Denmark with 70+ employees on Avenida da Liberdade.

Danish pharmaceutical company specialising in neuroscience. Operates Lundbeck Portugal Lda for sales and distribution of brain health treatments.

Danish global dermatology specialist. Maintains commercial operations in Portugal for its skin care and thrombosis product lines.

Danish online trading and investment platform. Serves the Portuguese market with access to 71,000+ financial instruments; partnered with Portuguese securities dealers since 2001.

Scandinavian Airlines. Full-service carrier connecting Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Oslo to Lisbon, Porto, Faro, and Madeira year-round.

Danish variety store chain with design-led affordable products. Operates multiple stores across Portugal in Lisbon, Porto, and major shopping centres.

Danish infrastructure investment firm leading the €2.8B MadoquaPower2X green hydrogen and ammonia project in Sines. Phase 1: 500MW electrolyser producing 51,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.

Danish audio and hearing technology group. Jabra professional headsets and conferencing equipment widely used by Portuguese enterprises and contact centres.

Danish industrial biotech leader formed from the merger of Chr. Hansen and Novozymes (2024). Supplies food cultures, enzymes, and biosolutions to Portuguese food and agriculture industries.

World’s largest toy company. Operates LEGO Unipessoal Lda from Largo de São Carlos nº3, Lisbon, with a LEGO Certified Store at Centro Colombo.

Danish luxury audio and television manufacturer. Operates branded stores in Portugal at Amoreiras Shopping Centre and Cascais, plus El Corte Inglés Lisbon.

Professional cleaning equipment manufacturer. Nilfisk LDA operates showrooms and service in Leça da Palmeira (Porto) and São João da Talha (Lisbon).

Leading Nordic engineering consultancy. Operates a Lisbon office providing infrastructure, energy, and environmental consulting across Portugal and the Iberian market.

Danish fashion group operating Jack & Jones, Vero Moda, and Only brands in Portugal. Present since 2016 with 29+ stores nationwide, targeting 50 stores by 2027. First northern Portugal store opened in Vila Nova de Gaia (2025).

Danish emergency services and healthcare group operating in 26 countries. Provides ambulance, emergency response, and safety training services in the Portuguese market.

Danish pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement company. Operates Portuguese subsidiary in Algés (Lisbon area) since 2004, distributing health products including Bio-branded supplements across Portuguese pharmacies.

Danish premium furniture and interior design brand. Operates stores in Lisbon (Estrada da Luz), Porto, Faro, and Viseu, bringing Scandinavian design to the Portuguese market.

Danish renewable energy developer. Acquired 11 solar projects totalling 55 MW in the Aveiro district, with construction underway on the Avança (15 MW) and Esqueira (5 MW) parks. Also developing the Vale da Missa 10 MW project in Alentejo.

Danish solar investment company. Operates the Ínsua solar park near Serpa in Alentejo — a 48.5 MWp facility and the company’s largest globally, generating enough electricity for 35,000 households.

World’s largest offshore wind developer. Evaluating Portugal’s 10 GW floating offshore wind programme as part of its European expansion, with Portuguese Atlantic waters offering some of Europe’s strongest wind resources.

Danish engineering, environmental, and economics consultancy. Provides infrastructure advisory and transport planning services across the Iberian Peninsula through its Southern European operations.

Danish catalysis and clean technology company. Supplies SOEC electrolyser technology for green hydrogen production, relevant to Portugal’s national hydrogen strategy and major projects at Sines including MadoquaPower2X.

Danish power cable manufacturer. Operates a factory in Esposende (northern Portugal) through the 2018 acquisition of SolidAl for around €192M, producing medium-voltage cables and accessories for European grid operators and renewable energy projects.

Danish shipping and logistics operator. Runs DFDS Logistics Portugal, with a dedicated office in Maia (Porto metropolitan area), providing road freight, contract logistics and ferry-linked European distribution services to Portuguese industrial exporters.

Danish-Swedish legal and tax information group. Operates Karnov Portugal, providing legal databases, analytical tools and professional education to Portuguese law firms, in-house counsel and tax advisors.

Danish wind turbine manufacturer. Supplies turbines to multiple onshore Portuguese wind projects, including the 45 MW Saeta Penamacor wind farm and the 31.5 MW Hyperion Nortada project, and operates a service organisation supporting installed capacity across Iberia.

Danish sports betting media group (owner of Action Network, HLTV.org and bettingexpert). Operates a Lisbon office hosting product, engineering and content teams that serve Better Collective’s European sports media brands.

Danish hearing aid manufacturer (part of WS Audiology). Operates in Portugal through Widex — Reabilitação Auditiva, Lda, running a network of hearing centres across the country including a new centre in Moscavide serving the Lisbon metropolitan area.

Danish tech and consultancy firm specialising in process intelligence, AI-driven analytics and enterprise process improvement. Opened an Innovation Tech Hub in Porto in 2025 to develop data science and digital transformation solutions.

Danish anti-food-waste marketplace app active in Portugal since 2019. Over 2 million Portuguese users and 4,000+ partner establishments including restaurants, supermarkets and bakeries selling surplus food at a discount.

Danish cable manufacturer (Copenhagen-listed) supplying high-voltage and medium-voltage cables for Portugal’s renewable energy grid buildout including offshore wind interconnectors. Active in critical Portuguese grid infrastructure projects.

Danish offshore wind developer and project management specialist. Leads development of the Nortada floating offshore wind project off Portugal’s Atlantic coast, one of the largest floating wind pipelines in Iberia.

Danish variety-discount retail chain. Entered Portugal in 2022 and has expanded across the country, selling everyday personal care, household and beauty products at below-mass-market pricing to a wide Portuguese consumer base.

Danish dredging and marine contracting group. Active in Portuguese port, coastal and land-reclamation dredging projects through a local branch structure in place since 2007, supporting Portuguese port authorities and infrastructure programmes.

Danish seafood trading group (frozen and value-added seafood). Operates a Portuguese office active since 1992, sourcing and distributing frozen and processed seafood for the Iberian retail and foodservice channels.

Danish-founded marine electronics service group (31 offices in 11 countries). Operates a dedicated Portuguese service depot in Lisbon offering surveys, installation, repair and parts replacement for ECDIS, GMDSS, GPS, radar and integrated bridge systems — with on-call coverage extending to Leixões, Aveiro, Setúbal and Sines.

Danish renewable energy developer (Vejen, Southern Denmark) with a dedicated Lisbon office active since 2017. Acquired and finalised the ‘Benfica’ PV asset — among the first subsidy-free projects in Portugal — and reached ready-to-build stage in 2025 on the Avanca (15 MWac) and Esqueira (5 MWac) clusters. Hosts the group’s Solar Competence Center for international PV development.

Danish architecture firm (Copenhagen). Lead architect on the 178,000 sqm Fuse Valley development in Leça do Balio, Matosinhos — an “urban fashion village” anchored by the new Farfetch headquarters and developed by Castro Group. Project encompasses 24 buildings including 62,800 sqm of offices, a hotel and amenities; under construction.