Third-country nationals who live in Sweden and work in Denmark do not receive Danish state pension
Denmark requires you to have lived in Denmark for the 5 years immediately before applying for Danish state pension, unless you are a Danish citizen or are covered by special rules for refugees.
In Denmark, your entitlement to state pension, folkepension, is based on how long you have been permanently resident in Denmark. Whether you have worked or paid tax in Denmark is not relevant. If you have not lived in Denmark for the number of years required by law to receive a full Danish state pension, you can only receive a partial pension. The amount is calculated based on the number of years you have lived in Denmark in relation to the number of years required by law to receive a full Danish state pension.
For people who reach the Danish state pension age after 1 July 2025, the requirement for entitlement to a full state pension is residence in Denmark for 9/10 of the qualifying period. The qualifying period runs from the age of 15 until the Danish state pension age.
This means that foreign nationals who have acquired entitlement to a Danish state pension do not necessarily receive a full pension. Instead, the pension is calculated in proportion to the time they have lived in Denmark.
You must also have lived in Denmark for 5 years before applying for Danish state pension.
Read about this border issue at The Nordic Council of Ministers (in Danish)
