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 or if you are already a member of an A-kasse, you can always switch A-kasse to an interdisciplinary A-kasse.

In the table below you will find those interdisciplinary A-kasser where it says "anyone" in the column "for whom", or you can read our article about the interdisciplinary A-kasser.

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.

Tabel: A-kasser in Denmark 2023

A-kasse	For whom	Price per month 2023	Pros and Cons	Has an office in these cities	Members dev. in 2022/ Members as of 01/01/23	Sign Up online/ Read more
FTF A-kasse	Anyone	472	Pros: cheap, has few complaints, TrustScore 4.2/5 Cons: no Union	Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Herning, Kolding and Næstved	+0.9% 151,139	(ad link) Sign Up online about FTFa
Ase A-kasse	Anyone	514	Pros: TrustScore 4.6/5, cheap union, high quality in guidance. Free Union the first 6 months (seen 17/03).	Copenhagen + meeting places by appointment	-2.6% 135,888	(ad link) Sign Up online about ASE
DFH A-kasse	Anyone	485	Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse with Union, best price trend, and most new members. Free Union the first 3 months (seen 17/03).	Esbjerg, Kolding, Herning, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Ringsted, Copenhagen and Hillerød.	+10.2% 174,383	(ad link) Sign Up online about DFH
Min A-kasse	Anyone	490	Pros: cheap, TrustScore 4.4/5 Cons: no Union	Aalborg, Aarhus, Fredericia, Næstved, Copenhagen and Odense	-2.3% 86,981	(ad link) Sign Up online about Min A-kasse
3F A-kasse	Some profes- sions	524	Pros: Strong Union (if you buy Union together with A-kasse) Cons: is expensive	3F has branches throughout the country	-2.1% 216,891	(ad link) Sign Up online about 3F A-kasse
MA A-kasse	Anyone	502	Cons: has more complaints than average, no union	Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense	+5.1% 84,752	(ad link) Sign Up online about MA A-kasse
HK A-kasse	Some profes- sions	517	Pros: TrustScore 4.3/5 Cons: has more complaints than average, is expensive	HK has branches throughout the country	-2.4% 181,508	Find out more about HK A-kasse
A-JKS	Journa- lists	468	Pros: good price trend, cheap Cons: no Union	Copenhagen and Aarhus	-1.1% 24,578	Find out more about AJKS
DSA	Some profes- sions	451	Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse, has few complaints Cons: no Union, gets criticism for case handling and guidance	Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Fredericia	-0.7% 95,251	Find out more about DSA A-kasse
BUPL-A	One professionOne profes- sion	470	Pros: cheap, has few complaints Cons: gets criticism for case handling	BUPL has branches throughout the country	-1.4% 58,763	Find out more about BUPL A-kasse
Lærer	One professionOne profes- sion	475		5 cities, including Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus	-0.9% 70,408	Find out more about Lærer A-kasse
SL A-kasse	One professionOne profes- sion	473		10 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense	-1.4% 35,519	Find out more about SL A-kasse
TL A-kasse	Some profes- sions	516	Cons: is expensive	9 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	-3.9% 21,843	Find out more about TL A-kasse
FOA A-kasse	Some profes- sions	519	Cons: is expensive	FOA has branches throughout the country	-2.2% 132,782	Find out more about FOA A-kasse
METAL-A	Some profes- sions	522	Cons: is expensive, has more complaints than average	METAL has branches throughout the country	-1.8% 66,876	Find out more about Metal A-kasse
Din Faglige A-kasse	Some profes- sions	525	Pros: has few complaints Cons: is expensive	12 cities, including Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus	-4.4% 35,474	Find out more about FAK
NNF A-kasse	Some profes- sions	532	Cons: poor price trend, is expensive, has many complaints	13 cities, including Copenhagen, Ringsted, Rønne	-2.3% 16,248	Find out more about NNF A-kasse
Lederne A-kasse	ManagersMana- gers	482		Copenhagen + meeting places by appointment in 6 cities	+1.8% 122,941	(ad link) Sign Up online about Lederne
A-kassen Frie	Anyone	498	Cons: has more complaints than average	Odense + meeting places by appointment	-2.8% 38,888	(ad link) Sign Up online about Frie
Akademiker	AcademicsAcade- mics	467		7 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	+2.1% 283,035	(ad link) Sign Up online about AKA A-kasse
Krifa A-kasse	Anyone	507	Cons: has lost members in the last 5 years, is expensive	14 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	-1.8% 154,647	Find out more about Krifa
CA A-kasse	Business academicsBusi- ness acade- mics	505		Aalborg, Aarhus, Kolding, Odense, Gentofte	-2.0% 65,737	(ad link) Sign Up online about CA A-kasse

Number of members are from Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering's annual estimates of the number of members. Students with free membership are included.