Look for work in Denmark with Swedish unemployment benefits

How to transfer your unemployment benefits to Denmark

If you receive unemployment benefits in Sweden, you can bring your benefits to Denmark for up to 3 months while looking for work. To do this, you need a Certificate U2, which gives you the right to transfer your unemployment benefits to another EU or EEA country while you search for a job.

Contact your Swedish unemployment insurance fund, a-kassa, for information about applying for a PD U2 certificate and looking for work in Denmark.

You can find more information about the Certificate U2 and the application process at the Swedish Unemployment Insurance Inspectorate, IAF.

Read about applying for a Certificate U2 at IAF

Conditions for bringing your unemployment benefits to Denmark

To bring your Swedish unemployment benefits to Denmark, you must:

• be a citizen of an EU or EEA country
  
  
• be entitled to unemployment benefits in Sweden
  
  
• normally have been registered as fully unemployed with the Swedish Public Employment Service, Arbetsförmedlingen, for at least 4 weeks before leaving Sweden

You only have 3 months

If you do not find a job in Denmark, you must return to Sweden and register with Arbetsförmedlingen before the end of the 3-month period. Otherwise, you may lose your right to unemployment benefits.

As a cross-border commuter, ask to speak with an EU caseworker when contacting an unemployment insurance fund in Sweden or Denmark.