Earnings before interest, taxes and one - time items rose 20 % to 4.13 billion kroner ($ 652 million), beating estimates of 3.82 billion kroner Sales rose 2 % on a basis that excludes currency and acquisition effects, compared with analysts projections for growth of 3.2 % Debt reduced by 14 % to 21.9 billion kroner Carlsberg reduced its full - year forecast for gains from currency shifts to 50 million
kroner from 300 million kroner.
The government on Thursday revealed plans to withdraw 121 billion
kroner ($ 15 billion)
from the $ 890 billion fund next year as part of an oil - fed spending bonanza that's filling a budget hole that's almost 8 percent of gross domestic product.