verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message jysk a s a great offer for everyone type private industry retail founded 2 april 1979 aarhus central denmark denmark founder lars larsen area served global owner lars larsen number of employees app . 18 500 2014 website www.jysk.com jysk corporately styled jysk danish jys franchises in other countries operate under various names is a danish retail chain selling household goods such as mattresses furniture and interior d cor . jysk is the largest danish retailer operating internationally with 2 300 jysk stores in 41 countries . 1 jysk was founded by lars larsen who opened the first store on silkeborgvej in the danish city aarhus in 1979 . the retail chain is still owned by larsen who is one of denmark s richest people although in some countries the chain operates on a franchise basis . contents 1 history 2 1.1 1979 1989 1.2 1990 1999 1.3 2000 2009 1.4 2010 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history 2 edit jysk in hungary jysk store in slovakia jysk store in sweden jysk in czech republic 1979 1989 edit 1979 on 2 april the world s first jysk senget jslager opens in aarhus denmark where it still operates today . 1980 the company s first advertising supplement is released . 1984 jysk senget jslager opens its first store outside the country d nisches bettenlager in germany . 1984 jysk franchise opens its first store in greenland . 1986 lars larsen becomes partner of himmerland golf & country club . 1986 jysk franchise opens its first store in faroe islands . 1987 jysk expands to iceland and opens a store in k pavogur . 1989 jysk senget jslager becomes main sponsor of the danish disabled athletics association and remains its main sponsor . later jysk also becomes the main sponsor for disabled sports associations in norway and sweden . jysk also supports disabled sports in canada lithuania latvia estonia the faroe islands and iceland . 1990 1999 edit 1992 jysk senget jslager s two year trainee course commences in strandby near the liim fiord in denmark . approximately 200 trainees complete the course every year . 1998 lars larsen celebrates his 50th birthday and his company celebrates the opening of store number 500 . 1999 jysk senget jslager co founds the tropical forest trust which works to secure the tropical rain forests . the trust now has more than 80 members worldwide . 2000 2009 edit 2000 lars larsen becomes the majority shareholder of the internet based furniture company www.bolia.com which now has showrooms in denmark norway sweden germany and china . 2001 the stores in denmark sweden and finland change their name from jysk senget jslager jysk b ddlager and jysk vuodevarasto to jysk . 2001 jysk receives the gift to the earth award from the world wildlife fund for its work with the tropical forest trust which jysk co founded in 1999 . 2004 jysk celebrates its 25th anniversary and lars larsen sends out 2.4 million copies of his autobiography to all danish households . 2006 lars larsen has a street named after him . where 2007 lars larsen receives king frederik ix s honorary award which is presented by his royal highness prince henrik in recognition of lars larsen s valuable contribution to danish export . 2008 jysk nordic opens northern europe s largest warehouse in uldum in mid jutland . the warehouse now has an area of 64 000 m2 . 2008 jysk opens its first stores in the united kingdom . mansfield and lincoln opened in april then blackburn and york opened in the summer . 2009 jysk celebrates its 30th anniversary and launches an interactive story about the history of the company . 2010 edit 2010 jysk is granted a royal warrant of appointment as a purveyor to the queen of denmark . 2010 jysk s staff magazine go jysk wins several awards as staff magazine 2010 in denmark and as the second best staff magazine in europe . 2011 jysk launches its own tv channel on www.jysk.tv . 2011 lars larsen is ranked as the 304th richest person in the world by the american business magazine forbes which calculates lars larsen s assets at 3.6 billion . 2013 jysk has seven uk stores at mansfield lincoln blackburn york bolton swadlincote and coventry . it plans to open an additional store at pontefract in august and two more at bournemouth and grantham in september . when 2014 2015 jysk opens a store in mall taman anggrek and pejaten village in jakarta indonesia . 3 jysk continues to expand in indonesia as the company opens four new stores at margo city depok kuningan city and pluit village in jakarta and aeon mall bsd city in tangerang . 2016 jysk opens its first singapore store at tiong bahru plaza . 4 operations edit map of countries with jysk stores . country opening year number note denmark 1979 100 jysk nordic germany 1984 905 d nisches bettenlager greenland 1984 6 franchise faroe islands 1986 1 franchise iceland 1987 5 franchise norway 1988 82 jysk nordic sweden 1991 134 jysk nordic finland 1995 71 jysk nordic canada 1996 54 franchise latvia 1996 19 franchise poland 2000 187 jysk nordic austria 2000 83 d nisches bettenlager lithuania 2001 10 franchise estonia 2002 8 franchise czech republic 2003 76 jysk nordic ukraine 2004 28 jysk nordic kosovo 2004 6 franchise hungary 2005 72 jysk nordic bulgaria 2005 6 franchise switzerland 2006 45 d nisches bettenlager netherlands 2006 84 jysk nordic slovakia 2006 35 jysk nordic kazakhstan 2006 1 franchise romania 2007 27 jysk nordic france 2007 26 d nisches bettenlager macedonia 2008 1 franchise great britain 2008 14 jysk nordic slovenia 2008 19 jysk nordic croatia 2009 39 jysk nordic italy 2009 36 d nisches bettenlager spain 2009 36 d nisches bettenlager bosnia and herzegovina 2010 17 jysk nordic china 2010 9 jysk nordic serbia 2011 24 jysk nordic armenia 2013 1 franchise indonesia 2014 6 5 franchise albania 2015 2 franchise greece 2015 5 jysk nordic montenegro 2015 2 jysk nordic vietnam 2015 2 franchise singapore 2016 1 jysk nordic malta 2016 1 franchise belgium 2017 1 references edit press releases . retrieved 2 may 2015 . the history of jysk . retrieved 2 may 2015 . peresmian jysk store indonesia foto 5 tribun images . tribunnews.com . retrieved 2 may 2015 . list of tiong bahru plaza s stores . asiamalls management pte ltd. retrieved 21 july 2016 . https jysk.co.id en stores and opening hours external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to jysk . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jysk store & oldid 744139088 categories retail companies of denmarkpurveyors to the court of denmarkcompanies based in aarhuscompanies established in 1979multinational companies headquartered in denmarkdanish brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersvague or ambiguous geographic scope 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