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 /month 2023	Pros and Cons	Has an office in these cities	Members dev. in 2023/ Members as of 01/07/23	Sign Up online/ Read more
A-kassen Frie	Anyone	498	Pros: cheap Union, TrustScore 4.8/5	Odense + meeting places by appointment	-1.5% 37,842	(ad link) Sign Up online about Frie
FTF A-kasse	Anyone	472	Pros: cheap, has few complaints, TrustScore 4.3/5 Cons: no Union	Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Herning, Kolding and Næstved	2.5% 139,353	(ad link) Sign Up online about FTFa
Ase A-kasse	Anyone	514	Pros: TrustScore 4.5/5, cheap union, high quality in guidance. Free Union the first 6 months (seen 16/08).	Copenhagen + meeting places by appointment	0.3% 135,098	(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 6 months (seen 16/08).	Esbjerg, Kolding, Herning, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Ringsted, Copenhagen and Hillerød.	3.3% 176,953	(ad link) Sign Up online about DFH
Min A-kasse	Anyone	490	Pros: cheap, TrustScore 4.5/5 Cons: no Union	Aalborg, Aarhus, Fredericia, Næstved, Copenhagen and Odense	0.0% 81,987	(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	0.0% 208,101	Find out more about 3F A-kasse
MA A-kasse	Anyone	502	Cons: has more complaints than average, no union	Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense	3.6% 69,977	(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	-0.2% 166,826	Find out more about HK A-kasse
ajks	Journa- lists	468	Pros: good price trend, cheap Cons: no Union	Copenhagen and Aarhus	0.5% 23,244	Find out more about AJKS
DSA	Some profes- sions	457	Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse, has few complaints Cons: no Union, gets criticism for case handling and guidance	Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Fredericia	2.0% 91,506	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	1.8% 55,462	Find out more about BUPL A-kasse
Lærer	One professionOne profes- sion	475		5 cities, including Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus	1.2% 68,672	Find out more about Lærer A-kasse
SL A-kasse	One professionOne profes- sion	473		10 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense	0.6% 33,071	Find out more about SL A-kasse
Teknikernes A-kasse	Some profes- sions	520	Cons: is expensive	9 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	-0.8% 20,387	Find out more about TL A-kasse
FOA A-kasse	Some profes- sions	519	Cons: is expensive	FOA has branches throughout the country	-0.4% 129,810	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	-0.5% 61,925	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	-0.5% 32,528	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	-2.9% 15,351	Find out more about NNF A-kasse
Lederne A-kasse	ManagersMana- gers	482		Copenhagen + meeting places by appointment in 6 cities	0.8% 123,791	(ad link) Sign Up online about Lederne
Akademiker	AcademicsAcade- mics	467		7 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	3.7% 252,978	(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	-2.0% 148,516	Find out more about Krifa
CA A-kasse	Business academicsBusi- ness acade- mics	505		Aalborg, Aarhus, Kolding, Odense, Gentofte	2.3% 57,484	(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 not included.