Hi,

to meet the income-requirement you need to have earned DKK 273,504 kr. within the last 3 years.

However its only possible to count a maximum amount/salary of DKK 22,792 per month.

This also means that you always need at least 12 months with income to be able to meet the income-requirement.

12 x 22,792 = 273,504.

The only way to avoid the need of 12 months with income, is if you can combine finished higher education with income from work. 1 month of education is equivalent to DKK 22,792 when determing if the income-requirement is met.

Let us know if you have further questions.

Best regards,
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hi,

the 24 months timeframe will be 24 months before the 1. in the month where you start to get paid unemployment benefits (“dagpenge”).

You will have to register as graduate at latest 2 weeks after graduation to secure your graduate rights.

If you also at the same time apply to get dagpenge paid out, your 24 months timeframe will be from 1. june 2023 until 1. june 2025.

So your working hours from Germany in June and July 2023 will be included when the A-kasse calculate whether you meet the 600 hours requirement.

However remember that your working hours (in Denmark and Germany) can only be included if it was carried out on ordinary pay and working conditions. This means, for example, that your salary must not be too low. If your hourly wage was below DKK 142,15 in 2025, you must expect that the A-kasse will take a closer look at it.

You dont tell us if you already now are a member of A-kasse, and in that case for how long you have been member.

If you have been member of A-kasse for at least 12 months when you graduate you have also option to apply for dagpenge as a wage-earner or after the “Aggregation rule”.

If you want to apply as wage-earner you must off course meet the “normal” requirements for getting dagpenge in Denmark, this also means that you must meet the income-requirement.

The “Aggregation rule” is possible to use if you can get some kind (can be short-time) job after graduation. You can read more about your options in this article:
https://www.a-kasser.dk/changes-in-unemployment-benefits-for-graduates-from-may-2023/

In case you can use “wage-earner” rule or the “Aggregation rule” the language/affiliate requirement does not apply, and you will also get a 2 year period with dagpenge instead of only 1 year (after the graduate rule). Depending on how much your salary was/is it can also give you a higher amount in Unemployment benefits (“dagpenge”).

As you can see its important to find out what your options are – and we strongly recommend that you also ask your A-kasse about this.

Best regards,
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hej,

ja det fremgår af “lov om arbejdsløshedsforsikring m.v.” § 43, at medlemskabet ophører senest ved udgangen af den måned, hvori medlemmet når folkepensionsalderen efter lov om social pension.

Der er dog mulighed for seniormedlemskab af en A-kasse, men det giver ikke ret til dagpenge.

Jeg er ikke klar over om “Danske A-kasser”, der er brancheorganisation for de danske A-kasser, har været i dialog med politikere/regeringen om dette spørgsmål.

VI har som sådan ikke nogen holdning til dette spørgsmål. Vi er en generel guide om A-kasse medlemskab og dagpengeregler. Vi forholder os til loven som den er.

Håber det var svar på dit spørgsmål.

Med venlig hilsen
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hej,

I hvilket land skal du være forsikret?

når du arbejder i flere EU-lande er det vigtigt at få afklaret hvor du er omfattet af social sikring, herunder arbejdsløshedsforsikring.

I EU’s koordineringsregler om social sikring er der en regel om at man kun kan være forsikret i ét land ad gangen og det er der hvor man fysisk arbejder. Arbejder man i flere EU-lande siger reglen at hvis man arbejder mindst 25% af arbejdstiden i sit bopælsland skal man være forsikret der. Det gælder uanset, hvor din arbejdsgiver har hjemsted.

Reglen (koordineringsprincippet) omfatter personer der “normalt har lønnet beskæftigelse i to eller flere medlemsstater”, men omfatter ikke den situation at man er ansat fra gang til gang til at arbejde i et andet EØS-land (man skifter arbejdsland fra gang til gang).

Jeg er ikke sikker på hvordan din arbejdssituation skal kategoriseres.

Uanset om du ender med at flytte til Danmark eller ej, så vil jeg – så længe du fortsat vil have arbejde i både Danmark og Sverige – anbefale at du får en afgørelse om social sikring – en såkaldt A1-attest.

Bor du i Sverige skal du henvende dig til Försäkringskassan, bor du i Danmark skal du henvende dig til Udbetaling Danmark.

De to parter vil finde ud af hvor du er social sikret – og dermed også i hvilket land du skal være medlem af A-kasse.

Det er vigtigt at du er forsikret i det rigtige land, og det er også vigtigt at du ikke er dobbeltforsikret. Er du ikke korrekt forsikret kan du helt miste retten til dagpenge.

Overførsel af optjente rettigheder:

Finder man frem til at du skal være forsikret i Danmark kan du overføre anciennitet fra den svenske A-kasse til den danske A-kasse. Jeg går ud fra at du har boet mere end 5 år i Sverige (at du ikke har været medlem af en dansk A-kasse indenfor de sidste 5 år) – i så fald skal du arbejde 296 timer i Danmark inden du kan overføre rettigheder.

Du skal i forbindelse med overførsel af rettigheder bruge en PDU1 formular fra den svenske A-kasse. Du kan spørge i den svenske A-kasse om de har mulighed for at gøre det uden PDU1, ved i stedet at bruge elektronisk udveksling.

Du kan læse mere i vores artikler “Arbejde i Sverige: Hvad med A-kasse?” (her omtales reglerne om overførsel af anciennitet mellem A-kasser i Sverige og Danmark), og “Arbejder du i flere EØS-lande? Se guide om A-kasse“.

Lad mig høre om du har yderligere spørgsmål.

Med venlig hilsen
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hi,

you don’t tell if you already have applied for Unemployment benefits from your A-kasse.

The income requirement in the year in which the member is placed in a unemployment benefit period applies. I assume that you will be placed in a new unemployment benefit/dagpenge period from 01.01.2025, so in your case you must meet the 2025 income requirement (182,340 kr.).

Normally the income must be registered in the income-register for being included in meeting the income-requirement.

However, income from the reporting/working period in which unemployment occurs may be included if the income is significant for meeting the income requirement.

If you have applied for dagpenge from 01.01.2025 then your december income will be included if it is important in regarding to meeting the income-requirement (182,340 kr.), even if the payment date is 02.01.2025.

Hope I have understand your question correctly.

Best regards,
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hi,

1. If your employer reports your paid hours to eIndkomst as A-income (“A-indkomst”), these are the hours that your A-kasse uses for the deduction from your unemployment benefits. This is why you must state this number of working hours on your unemployment benefits card. So, it dosen’t matter that your salary is DKK 800 per hours, as long as your salary is reported as a number of hours. For one hour work (value DKK 800) you will lose 1 hour of unemployment benefit.

2. Yes, you can register as employed (not unemployed anymore) at Jobnet.dk and tell your A-kasse that you are now working and don’t want to receive dagpenge. You will keep your current dagpenge-period of two years with dagpenge which must be used within 3 years.
When you again register as unemployed at Jobnet.dk and apply for dagpenge in your A-kasse, you will continue from where you left in the current dagpenge-period and get paid the rest of the 2-year period.

3. I am not sure I fully understand your third question. If you ask about whether you can work as self-employed, the answer is yes its possible without losing right to unemployment benefits afterwards. All forms of income are assessed equally – and collectively – in relation to fulfilling rights within unemployment insurance. However there is s a mandatory waiting period after finishing of self-employment as main employment. This means that you cannot receive dagpenge from the date of termination of the company and three weeks thereafter. Furthermore there is a rule saying that you can only start up as self-employed one time in every dagpenge-period without consequenses.

I strongly advice you to also ask your A-kasse the same questions. The rules can be complicated/detailed and especially if you want to start up as self-employed there can be some different options for you.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Best regards,
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hi,

I assume that you are an EU-citizen. In this case the rules about EU social security coodination apply to you.

The rules say that you must only be insured against unemployment in one country at a time, and that country should be where you physically perform your job. So, in your case you should keep membership in the danish A-kasse.

Its not relevant where the employer is based – its where you physically perform the job, which is important.

If you will work less than 25% of the time in Denmark, it will be the rules about working in two EU-countries at the same time, which will apply to you. However it does not seem to be the case for you.

You can read more about EU Social Security Coordination in our article here:
https://www.a-kasser.dk/eu-social-security-coordination/

Let me know if you have further questions.

Best regards,
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk

Hi,

I understand that you never actually worked in Denmark, but have performed your work for the danish University from a computer at you home in Switzerland.

Accoring to the EU-rules regarding coordination of social security you must as a starting point be insured in the country where you physically work – in your case Switzerland.

There are some special situations/exceptions to this. These situations are where you work in two countries at the same time, are a posted worker or a cross-border worker. But none of these situations apply in your situation.

So, you should have been insured in Switzerland, not in Denmark.

It is not relevant where you have permanent address or pay tax – it is where you physically perform your work that is important in relation to find out in which EU country you must be insured against unemployment.

Best regards,
Anders Weber, A-kasser.dk