Declaration of unemployment/applying for unemployment benefits

The EU regulation establishing the Single Digital Gateway (SDG) says that cross border users from other EU countries must have access to information and self-service solutions on, among other things, unemployment. Read this guide if you want information on how to apply for unemployment benefit and much more.

If you do not read or speak Danish, you can read this guide in English and get information on how your a-kasse works and what you have to do to get unemployment benefits, among other things.

In this guide, you can find information on:

- How to fill out the unemployment insurance funds’ (akassens) online procedure regarding declaration of unemployment and applying for unemployment benefits.

It is important that you answer the questions correctly. It may have consequences for your entitlement to unemployment benefit if you provide incorrect information or fail to disclose circumstances of importance to your entitlement to unemployment benefit.

Information which turns out to be incorrect may lead to claims for reimbursement of unemployment benefits and loss of rights.

If you find it difficult to find a specific question or word in the instructions, you can use the search function in pdf/word.

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