Legal · Arbos Folk
Legal Notice
Service-provider identification (Impressum) and regulatory information for arbosfolk.com.
Last updated: 21 May 2026
This page identifies the legal entity behind arbosfolk.com in accordance with § 5 TMG, § 18 MStV, and Directive 2000/31/EC, and lists the supervisory authorities, dispute-resolution mechanisms, and content responsibility that apply to us. For most visitors the more directly useful documents will be our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
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1.Service Provider
Enkeltmandsvirksomhed (Sole Proprietorship)
Byhøjvænget 17, 8380 Trige, Denmark
Responsible person (Inhaber): Leif Pettersen
Email: legal@arbosfolk.com
General contact: hello@arbosfolk.com
2.Business Registration & VAT
Arbos Folk is registered with the Danish Business Authority (Erhvervsstyrelsen) and operates under Danish law.
- CVR (Danish Business Registry number): 46278895
- VAT Identification Number: DK46278895
- Legal form: Enkeltmandsvirksomhed (Danish sole proprietorship)
Public business-registry details can be verified at datacvr.virk.dk using the CVR number above.
3.Editorially Responsible Person
In accordance with § 18 Abs. 2 MStV (Germany) and equivalent EU media-content regulations, the person editorially responsible for the content published on arbosfolk.com is:
Leif Pettersen
Byhøjvænget 17, 8380 Trige, Denmark
Email: legal@arbosfolk.com
4.Nature of Business
Arbos Folk is a small independent creative house. We design, make, and publish across six branches:
- Crafts — handmade physical goods (ceramics, woodwork, textiles, soaps, candles);
- Imago — curated AI-assisted art prints;
- Sonus — recorded and composed music;
- Games — tabletop and digital games;
- Techne — software products including ARA and HILT;
- Publishing — serialised fiction and chronicles.
Goods and services are typically distributed through third-party platforms (Etsy, Bandcamp, Substack) where each platform acts as merchant of record. See the Terms of Service for details.
5.Regulatory Information
Arbos Folk operates under Danish law and is subject to the relevant EU regulations, including (without limitation):
- General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) — see our Privacy Policy;
- Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy Directive) on cookies and electronic communications;
- Directive 2011/83/EU (Consumer Rights Directive);
- Directive 2000/31/EC (E-Commerce Directive).
The competent supervisory authorities are:
erhvervsstyrelsen.dk
datatilsynet.dk
6.EU Online Dispute Resolution
The European Commission provides an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform that consumers in the EU may use to resolve disputes with online traders out of court:
https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
Arbos Folk is neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute-resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board within the meaning of the Danish Consumer Complaints Act or the German VSBG unless required by mandatory law. We will, however, always engage directly and in good faith with any consumer complaint sent to legal@arbosfolk.com.
7.Intellectual Property
All content on arbosfolk.com is © Arbos Folk and its collaborators, except where otherwise indicated. The names, logos, and devices used on the Site — including Arbos Folk,Arbos Techne, Arbos Crafts, Arbos Imago,Arbos Sonus, Arbos Games, Arbos Publishing, ARA, and HILT — are trademarks of Arbos Folk.
Quotation for purposes of news reporting, commentary, scholarship, or research, with attribution, is welcome. All other reproduction or distribution requires prior written permission.
8.Liability for Content
As a service provider, Arbos Folk is responsible for its own content on the Site according to general law. However, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information, or to investigate circumstances that suggest illegal activity, under Articles 12–15 of Directive 2000/31/EC.
Obligations to remove or block the use of information under general law remain unaffected. Liability in this regard is only possible from the moment of knowledge of a concrete legal infringement. Upon becoming aware of any such infringement, we will remove the content immediately.
9.Liability for External Links
The Site contains links to external websites. We have no control over the content of those external sites and accept no responsibility for it. The respective provider of the linked site is solely responsible for its content. The sites linked to were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking, and no illegal content was identifiable at that time. Continuous content review of the linked sites is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement; if we become aware of any infringement we will remove the link immediately.