Unemployment insurance funds in Denmark
Information about A-kasse and Dagpenge
In Denmark there are 22 Unemployment Insurance Funds.
Danish unemployment insurance funds (in Danish: A-kasse) are private non-profit institutions that are supported by the state.
You need to be a member of an A-kasse to be eligible for Unemployment benefits ("Dagpenge"). However it is not enough to be a member, also other requirements apply.
Of the 22 A-kasser some only take members from certain occupations/within certain professions.
Some others are in principle open for anyone, but target specific groups of employees, examples are "CA A-kasse" (individuals with business-related higher education) and AJKS (journalists).
The rest are interdisciplinary and accept any employees or self-employed as members. This means that no matter your profession you can apply for membership with these A-kasser.
In the table below you find these interdisciplinary A-kasser by filtering the column "For whom". If the A-kasse accepts "anyone" as member it is an interdisciplinary A-kasse.
If you want to quickly find the cheapest A-kasse, you can find a list sorted by price here. However please be aware that the cheapest A-kasser are only for those working within specific professions or having specific educations.
Are you in doubt about which A-kasse suits your job/education best, then you can have a look at our list over the typical members in the different A-kasser.
A-kasse | For whom | Price per month 2021 |
Pros and Cons |
Has an office in | Members dev. in 2020/ Members as of Jan 1, 2021 |
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FTF A-kasse |
Anyone | 468 | Pros: is cheap, good extra wage-insurance, has few complaints, TrustScore 4,3/5 Cons: no Union |
København, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg + 3 (see map) | +3.6% 146,584 |
Sign Up here More about FTFa.. |
Ase A-kasse | Anyone | 514 | Pros: TrustScore 4,2/5, cheap union | København + meeting places by appointment | -0.7% 142,724 |
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KRIFA |
Anyone | 505 | Pros: TrustScore 4,3/5, Cheap A-kasse with Union | 14 cities, including København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | -0.6% 160,795 |
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DFH A-kasse |
Anyone | 487 | Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse with Union, best price trends, and most new members | 9 cities, including Esbjerg, Aarhus, Brøndby | +9.2% 143,542 |
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Min A-kasse |
Anyone | 490 | Pros: best A-kasse Cons: no Union |
6 cities, including København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | +1.8% 89,887 |
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Frie |
Anyone | 498 | Pros: Cheap A-kasse with Union, good extra wage-insurance, TrustScore 4,8/5 | Odense + meeting places by appointment | +0.4% 40,580 |
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MA A-kasse |
Anyone | 502 | Pros: Targets high educated, good extra wage-insurance Cons: has many complaints |
København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense (see map) | +9.4% 78,160 |
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HK A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
514 | Cons: has some complaints, TrustScore 2,8/5 | HK has branches throughout the country | -0.8% 189,423 |
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A-JKS |
Journa- lists |
468 | Pros: has few complaints, good price trends, is cheap Cons: no Union |
København and Aarhus | +1.4% 24,859 |
Sign Up here More about AJKS.. |
DSA |
Some profes- sions |
451 | Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse, has few complaints, good extra wage-insurance Cons: no Union |
København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Fredericia | +1.2% 95,853 |
Sign Up here More about DSA.. |
BUPL-A |
One professionOne profes- sion |
458 | Pros: is cheap, has few complaints, good price trends | BUPL has branches throughout the country | +0.8% 59,947 |
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DLF-A |
One professionOne profes- sion |
475 | Cons: bad price trends, has some complaints | 5 byer, bl.a. København, Aalborg, Aarhus | -1.0% 71,812 |
Sign Up here More about DLF-A.. |
SL A-kasse |
One professionOne profes- sion |
473 | Pros: good price trends Cons: has many complaints, TrustScore 3,4/5 |
10 cities, including København, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense | +0.6% 36,101 |
Sign Up here More about SL.. |
TL A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
514 | Cons: has many complaints, bad price trends, TrustScore 3,3/5, expensive wage-insurance | 9 cities, including København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | -2.8% 23,529 |
Sign Up here More about TL.. |
FOA A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
519 | Cons: has some complaints, is expensive, bad price trends, TrustScore 2,2/5 | FOA has branches throughout the country | -1.1% 137,825 |
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AKA |
Some edu. |
467 | Pros: Targets academics, is cheap, good extra wage-insurance | 7 cities, including København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | +5.6% 269,510 |
Sign Up here More about AKA.. |
3F A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
524 | Pros: Strong Union (if you buy Union together with A-kasse) Cons: is expensive, expensive wage-insurance, TrustScore 1,7/5 |
3F has branches throughout the country | -0.5% 224,216 |
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METAL-A |
Some profes- sions |
522 | Pros: has few complaints Cons: is expensive, bad price trends, expensive wage-insurance |
METAL has branches throughout the country | -0.1% 68,935 |
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Din faglige A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
521 | Pros: fewest complaints of all A-kasser Cons: An expensive A-kasse |
12 cities, including København, Aalborg, Aarhus | +3.0% 37,519 |
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NNF A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
522 | Cons: is expensive, has some complaints, expensive wage-insurance | 13 cities, including København, Ringsted, Rønne | +3.7% 16,539 |
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A-kassen LH |
ManagersMana- gers |
480 | Pros: Targets managers, TrustScore 4,3/5 | København + meeting places by appointment in 6 cities | +2.4% 118,624 |
Call LH More about LH.. |
CA A-kasse |
Busi- ness |
505 | Cons: One of the more expensive A-kasser | Aalborg, Aarhus, Kolding, Odense, Gentofte | +3.0% 67,016 |
Sign Up here More about CA.. |
Number of members are from Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering's annual estimates of the number of members. Students with free membership are included.