Returning to Denmark

If you have been looking for work abroad

If you have been to another country to look for a job, while receiving unemployment benefits from us, you have to obtain a renewed right to benefits in Denmark.

Please note that you will only be eligible for membership – and therefore unemployment benefits – from the date that Akademikernes A-kasse receives your written membership application. If you wish to receive unemployment benefits, you must also remember to register as an unemployed at the job centre or jobnet.dk.

You have been a member within the past 5 years

In order to transfer your insurance and employment periods from another EEA country, you must apply for a membership renewal at Akademikernes A-kasse within 8 weeks of terminating your unemployment insurance in the other EEA country. You will then be eligible for unemployment benefits if you fulfil the general entitlement criteria.

You have not been a member – or were a member more than 5 years ago

If you have not previously been a member of a Danish unemployment insurance fund, or if you were last a member more than 5 years ago, you must fulfil 2 requirements before you can become a member of Akademikernes A-kasse:

Within 8 weeks of terminating your unemployment insurance in the other EEA country, you must start work of at least 8 weeks duration – corresponding to 296 hours – inside a period of 12 weeks/3 months
You must fill in our application form for becomong a member.
Become a member

Get your documentation for work and insurance

To document your unemployment insurance from another EEA country, use the form called PDU1.

You get this form from the unemployment insurance authority in the EEA country where you have worked. If you are unemployed, it is a good idea to apply for the form before your return to Denmark. On the PDU1 form, the unemployment insurance authority in the EEA country is supposed to confirm which insurance or employment periods you have had.