I Denmark unemployment insurance is optional. Which means that you have to make an active choice to join an unemployment insurance fund (in danish A-kasse) if you wish to revice compensation for lost income.

If you are a business owner, full-time or part-time worker between 18 and until 2 years before old age pension age who live in Denmark, you can join one of the danish A-kasse in our list and get unemployment benefits if you lose your job.

However it’s important to know that a set of special rules apply for the unemployment insurance in Denmark.

Join a a-kasse to secure income-related insurance

A-kasse Website Tel +45 Monthly fee

ma akasse

Magistrenes a-kasse

www.ma-kasse.dk +45 70203971 474 DKK

det-faglige-hus

Det Faglige Hus

www.detfagligehus.dk +45 7545 3577 466 DKK

ase

ASE

www.ase.dk +45 7013 7013 from. 467 DKK

ca akassse

CA a-kasse

www.ca.dk +45 3314 9045 474 DKK

krifa-logo

Kristelig Fagbevægelse

www.krifa.dk +45 7227 7227 469-708 DKK

AJKS

AJKS

www.ajks.dk +45 33428001 433-475 DKK

ak

Akademikernes

www.akademikernes.dk +45 3395 0395 408 DKK

FTF-A

FTF-A

www.ftf-a.dk +45 70 13 13 12 426 DKK

bupl akasse

BULPs A-kasse

www.bupl.dk/a-kassen +45 3546 5200 423 DKK

dsa

DSA

www.dsa.dk +45 33 15 10 66 399-874 DKK

lar

Lærernes a-kasse

www.dlfa.dk +45 70100018 312-898 DKK

def_akasse

El-fagets

www.def.dk/A-kasse.aspx +45 33 29 70 00 485 DKK

FOA-akasse

FOAs A-kasse

www.foa.dk/A-kasse +45 46 97 26 26 400-600 DKK

HK-akasse

HK Akasse

www.hk.dk/Akasse +45 7010 6789 463 DKK

hkkf-akasse

HKKFs a-kasse

www.hkkf.dk/A-kassen.aspx +45 86 82 61 88 477 DKK

min-a_kasse

Min Akasse

www.min-a-kasse.dk +45 7012 3782 443 DKK

BFA

BFA

www.bf-a.dk +45 36 38 34 00 658-1133 DKK

fsa

Servicefagenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

www.serviceforbundet.dk/akassen.aspx +45 70 150 400 474 DKK

soc-a-kasse

Socialpædagogernes

www.sl.dk/A-kasse.aspx +45 7248 6000 446 DKK

dansk-metal

Dansk Metal akasse

www.danskmetal.dk/A-kasse.aspx +45 33 63 20 00 472,50 DKK

Teknikernes

Net A-kassen

www.tl.dk/a-kasse +45 33 43 65 00 467 DKK

3fa

3F A-kasse

www.3f.dk/a-kasse +45 70 300 300 488 DKK

dana akasse

Dana

www.dana.dk +45 70 21 75 75 578 DKK

 

To be entitled to unemployment benefits you must:

  • Have been a member of an unemployment insurance fund for at least one year.
  • You must have worked at least 52 weeks within the past three years.

Special rules apply to people from other nordic countries, to people form EU/EEA country/Switzerland and to persons from non-EU/EEA country on work permit.

Make sure you find out which rules apply to you before signing up for a Danish unemployment insurance.

To receive unemployment money (dagpenge) you must also:

  • Be unemployed
  • Register with your local job centre
  • Actively search for a new job
  • Be able and ready to undertake work for 37 hours per week if you are full-time insured and 30 hours per week if you are part-time insured