As a student, it is a good idea to join an unemployment insurance fund. Membership entitles you to unemployment benefits if you do not get jobs after graduation. In addition, more unemployment funds job and career counseling, etc. to their members - for you as a student.

You should be aware that if you need unemployment benefits from day one after graduation, you join an unemployment insurance fund no later than one year before finishing your education. Otherwise, the earliest you receive benefits one month after study completion.

In Denmark, there are 26 unemployment funds. They cater to different disciplines. We give you here a brief introduction to the various insurance funds. Below is a list in alphabetical order: (Please note that some unemployment funds are open only for certain professional groups)

Salaried Employees and Civil Servants Common-Arbejdsløshedskasse -FTF-A

FTF-A was established in 1976 as a professional limited and partisan neutral a-box within the main organization FTF's area. The name FTF-A stands for Salaried Employees and Civil Servants Common-Arbejdsløshedskasse.

About 80 professional organizations recommend FTF-A to their members. they know the organizations' professional field and work closely together to provide organizations and their approximately 137,000 members the best possible advice. Read more on their website.

Akademikernes

Academics is the country's sovereign largest unemployment fund for academics - and the result of the merger between AAK and IAK.

The 180,000 members offered advice from offices in Aalborg, Aarhus, Odense, Copenhagen and soon Esbjerg. Academics cooperate with 22 professional organizations.

Try a fund that will most and cost the least. Read more on their website.

Unemployment insurance funds MS

Unemployment insurance funds MS (AK-MS) is not as such a regular unemployment insurance, but a trade organization representing 26 state-approved unemployment funds in Denmark. Read more on their website.

Unemployment Fund for Journalism, Communications and Languages

AJKS's unemployment fund is intended primarily for intermediaries. AJKS 'members include both self-employed, freelancers, permanent employees and managers in media and communications industry.
Read more on their website.

Unemployment STA / My A-Box

My unemployment fund was formerly STA and is an interdisciplinary unemployment insurance fund. This means that the A fund members can be both employees regardless of industry and education.
Read more on their website.

ASE

ASE is best known for being the A box of self, but there is also access for employees. ASE is independent free of politics and religion. Read more on their website.

Business Danish unemployment fund

Business Denmark is a trade union and unemployment fund specializing in sales, marketing, consulting - or more general business spe

It's free to be a student member, and subsequently as a paying member cost insurance fund 424 kr./måned and union 140 kr./måned (70 kr. The first 6 months as a recent graduate).
Read more on their website.

Byggefagenes Unemployment

Byggefagenes Unemployment is unemployment insurance for Sheet Metal and Pipe Workers, Painters' Union, Fisherman's Association and Danish Artist Union. A box is only available to certain groups Read more on their website.

Child and Youth Educators Nationwide Unemployment (BUPL-A)

60,000 Social Workers in day-care centers and club area is a member of the Children and Youth Educators Nationwide Unemployment (BUPL-A). A box is only available to certain groups. Read more on their website.

CA A-box

The majority of CA's members work in management, economics, finance, marketing, communications, IT, HR or the like. - In short "business". Their more than 47,000 members are offered training, consulting, networking, etc. Read more on their website.

DANA Unemployment for self

Dana's target audience is the self. They stand as specialists in the challenges as an entrepreneur m ø who in his daily life.
Read more on their website.

Danish Employees' Unemployment (DLA), Trade Union House

Trade Union House is an association of four trade union and an unemployment insurance fund. Trade Union House 'unemployment fund is open to all employees and self-employed.
Read more on their website.

Danish Nurses Organisation

DSA is an unemployment fund, which takes up and servicing laboratory technicians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, midwives, radiographers and nurses. A box is only available to certain groups.
Read more on their website.

El-Fagets Unemployment

Approximately 23,000 members of El-discipline unemployment, targeted to employees and independent electric power industry. A box is only available to certain groups.
Read more on their website.

Academic Common unemployment insurance - 3F

The Federation also called 3F is the country's largest trade union. 3F is specially designed for wage earners. A box is only available to certain groups. Read more on their website.

FOA - Trade and Arbejde Unemployment

Is first and foremost an unemployment fund campaigns for workers who are employed in municipalities and regions. Including working as: cleaners, bus drivers, nurses, fire men, and more.
Read more on their website.

Free salaried Unemployment

Free funktionærers a-box is an interdisciplinary unemployment insurance fund that occupies employees in all disciplines. A box is known as the market leader in individual counseling and service.
Read more on their website.

Salaried Employees and Service of modules Unemployment

Salaried Employees and Service of modules Unemployment is an unemployment fund for Salaried Employees Association - Service League member groups (and brugsuddelerne). A box is only available to certain groups.
Read more on their website.

Food and Allied NNF's Unemployment

NNF organize workers in the sectors: bakery, butcher, dairy, sugar and chocolate industry and the tobacco industry. A box is only available to certain groups.
Read more on their website.

HK / Denmark

You must have work, whether employed, self-employment or completed a vocational training of at least 18 months to become a member of HK. A box is only available to certain groups. Read more on their website.

Krifa

Christian Trade Union is the country's third largest unemployment insurance. We help you regardless of your field and have favorable terms for you while you are training. Read more on their website.

Managers Unemployment

Managers unemployment fund is open to everyone, but it is especially an advantage for you if you are a manager or particularly trusted employee. Leaders are namely an interest and an unemployment fund that enables managers and management on the agenda. Read more on their website.

Teachers unemployment insurance fund - dlf / a

Teachers unemployment fund is for school teachers, at the free elementary schools, continuation schools, the AMU centers, production schools, institutions of special education for adults, by social and health schools, at home economics and handicrafts schools and intermediaries and adult and youth educators. A box is only available to certain groups.
Read more on their website.

Magistrenes Unemployment (MA) </h2>

MA is the unemployment fund that focuses on you with a higher education. MA has advised the graduates since 1974 - and we are the largest a-box for humaister and MSc students, and among the members find large groups in computing, communications, health, social sciences, psychology and pedagogy. Read more on their website.

Metal Workers Unemployment - Danish Metal

Metal unemployment insurance is for you with a professional training in the metal industry. A box is only available to certain groups. Read more on their website.

Prose and Merkonom The Unemployment

PROSA is the only trade union exclusively for IT professionals. Therefore, they have expertise in the challenges you as an IT professional meetings in your career.
Read more on their website.

Social Educators Nationwide Unemployment

Social Educators unemployment insurance and trade unions is the right choice for social workers, family caregivers, managers, superintendents, assistants and technicians in the childcare area
Read more on their website.

Technique The Unemployment

Technique The unemployment fund has about 29,000 members, and is an A-box, specialized for members who work creatively as engineers, designers or technicians. A box is only available to certain groups. Read more on their website.

Timber Industry Byg's Unemployment

A fund in these areas: Carpenters, carpenters, woodworkers and other small craft are among the members of TIB. A box is only available to certain groups.
Read more on their website.

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