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	Online Sign Up/ Read more
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	Sign Up here More about ASE
KRIFA	Anyone	505	Pros: TrustScore 4,3/5, Cheap A-kasse with Union	14 cities, including København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	-0.6% 160,795	Sign Up here More about Krifa..
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	Sign Up here More about DFH..
Min A-kasse	Anyone	490	Pros: best A-kasse Cons: no Union	6 cities, including København, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense	+1.8% 89,887	Sign Up here More about Min-A..
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	Sign Up here More about Frie..
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	Sign Up here More about MA..
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	Sign Up here More about HK..
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	Sign Up here More about BUPL..
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	Sign Up here More about FOA..
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	Sign Up here More about 3F..
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	Sign Up here More about Metal..
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	Sign Up here More about FA-K..
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	Sign Up here More about NNF..
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..