Unemployment insurance

If you want to be insured against unemployment in Denmark, you have to take out unemployment insurance with an unemployment insurance fund (A-kasse). These are private organizations that are often linked to specific labor unions. You do not have to be a member of a particular labor union to take out insurance with a particular unemployment insurance fund.

Unemployment benefits from your insurance

In order to receive unemployment benefits, you must:

• have the right to reside and work in Denmark
• have been a member of your unemployment fund for at least one year
• be able to take up work with one day’s notice
• have had a certain minimum income (in total) during the last three years (while being a member of an A-kasse).
  
  

More information on unemployment insurance and benefits on the website of the European Commission

More information on unemployment insurance and benefits on the website of Life in Denmark

You will find a list of unemployment insurance funds (in Danish) here.