Membership
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 will find those interdisciplinary A-kasser where it says "anyone" in the column "for whom".
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 2022 |
Pros and Cons | Has an office in these cities |
Members dev. in 2021/ Members as of 01/01/22 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTF A-kasse |
Anyone | 468 | Pros: is cheap, best A-kasse, has few complaints, TrustScore 4,2/5 Cons: no Union |
Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Herning, Kolding and Næstved | +2.2% 149,753 |
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| Ase A-kasse |
Anyone | 514 | Pros: TrustScore 4,4/5, cheap union, high quality in guidance | Copenhagen + meeting places by appointment | -2.3% 139,456 |
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| DFH A-kasse |
Anyone | 486 | Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse with Union, best price trends, and most new members | Esbjerg, Kolding, Herning, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense, Ringsted, Copenhagen and Hillerød. | +10.3% 158,300 |
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| Min A-kasse |
Anyone | 490 | Pros: cheap Cons: no Union |
Aalborg, Aarhus, Fredericia, Næstved, Copenhagen and Odense | -0.9% 89,046 |
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| 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 | -1.2% 221,473 |
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| MA A-kasse |
Anyone | 502 | Pros: Targets long-term higher education, expert in new forms of work |
Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense | +3.2% 80,652 |
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| HK A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
517 | Pros:TrustScore 4,3/5 Cons: has some complaints |
HK has branches throughout the country | -1.9% 185,918 |
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| A-JKS |
Journa- lists |
468 | Pros: has few complaints, good price trends, is cheap Cons: no Union |
Copenhagen and Aarhus | 0% 24,861 |
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| DSA |
Some profes- sions |
451 | Pros: DK's cheapest A-kasse, has few complaints, good extra wage-insurance Cons: no Union |
Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Fredericia | +0.1% 95,946 |
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| BUPL-A |
One professionOne profes- sion |
470 | Pros: is cheap, has few complaints, good price trends | BUPL has branches throughout the country | -0.6% 59,581 |
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| DLF-A |
One professionOne profes- sion |
475 | Cons: bad price trends, has some complaints | 5 byer, bl.a. Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus | -1.1% 71,043 |
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| SL A-kasse |
One professionOne profes- sion |
473 | Pros: good price trends Cons: has many complaints, TrustScore 3,0/5 |
10 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Esbjerg, Odense | -0.2% 36,025 |
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| TL A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
516 | Cons: has many complaints, bad price trends, TrustScore 2,3/5, expensive wage-insurance | 9 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | -3.4% 22,732 |
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| FOA A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
519 | Cons: has some complaints, is expensive, bad price trends, TrustScore 1,7/5 | FOA has branches throughout the country | -1.5% 135,708 |
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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 | -1.3% 68,073 |
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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 Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus | -1.1% 37,088 |
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| NNF A-kasse |
Some profes- sions |
527 | Cons: is expensive, has some complaints, expensive wage-insurance | 13 cities, including Copenhagen, Ringsted, Rønne | +0.5% 16,625 |
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| A-kassen LH |
ManagersMana- gers |
480 | Pros: Targets managers, TrustScore 4,2/5 | Copenhagen + meeting places by appointment in 6 cities | +1.8% 120,769 |
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| Frie |
Anyone | 498 | Pros: Cheap A-kasse with Union, good extra wage-insurance, TrustScore 4,7/5 | Odense + meeting places by appointment | -1.4% 40,016 |
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| Akademikernes A-kasseAkademik. A-kasse |
AcademicsAcade- mics |
467 | Pros: Targets academics, is cheap, good extra wage-insurance | 7 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | +2.9% 277,340 |
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| KRIFA |
Anyone | 505 | Cons: has lost members for the last 5 years | 14 cities, including Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense | -2.1% 157,452 |
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| CA A-kasse |
Busi- ness |
505 | Cons: One of the more expensive A-kasser | Aalborg, Aarhus, Kolding, Odense, Gentofte | +0.1% 67,093 |
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Number of members are from Styrelsen for Arbejdsmarked og Rekruttering's annual estimates of the number of members. Students with free membership are included.