Partial pension

Partial pension (Delpension) is a financial compensation for you if you want to reduce your working hours without leaving the labour market altogether.

You can get partial pension if you:

• were born before 1959
• live and work in Denmark or on a Danish ship
• have reached an age at which you are eligible for partial pension
• have not received or are not entitled to receive a labour market exit benefit certificate
• have had your pension assets calculated.

If you are a salaried employee/wage earner, you must meet certain requirements in order to get partial pension. Before you go on partial pension:

• You must have worked an average of 30 hours per week for 18 months within the past 24 months. The work must have been performed in Denmark or on a Danish ship.
• You must have paid full ATP Livslang Pension contributions for at least 10 years within the past 20 years.

When you go on partial pension:

• You must reduce your working hours by at least 7 hours a week, or by at least one quarter of the time you have worked on average per week in the past 9 months before you went on partial pension.
• You must work between 12 and 30 hours per week on average.
• You must work at least 20 days each quarter.

If you are self-employed, you must meet certain requirements in order to get partial pension. Before you go on partial pension:

• You must have worked full-time in the past 5 years in Denmark or on a Danish ship.
• You must have operated an independent business for at least 4 out of the past 5 years, and for at least 9 out of the past 12 months.
• A considerable part of your income in 4 of the past 5 years must be the result of your own work.
• Your income must have been at least DKK 66.732 before tax (2024) / DKK 69.148 before tax (2025) for the past year before you get partial pension.

When you go on partial pension:

• You must reduce your average working hours from full-time (37 hours per week) to half time (18.5 hours per week).

If you need someone else to assist you with your dealings with Udbetaling Danmark, you must first provide them with a power of attorney. On this page, you can easily give digital power of attorney to another person, allowing them to act on your behalf when contacting Udbetaling Danmark. Simply select the area the power of attorney should cover. If you wish to give power of attorney for multiple areas within Udbetaling Danmark, you must submit a separate power of attorney for each area. 

If you are assisting someone else regarding partial pension  

If you are helping a relative, partner, or friend with their contact with Udbetaling Danmark, you must first ensure that you have received a power of attorney. If you already have a written power of attorney from the person you are assisting, you can digitally submit the signed power of attorney via this page using your personal MitID. Simply select the relevant area.

To you who receive partial pension  

Here, you can digitally give someone else a power of attorney to act on your behalf when contacting Udbetaling Danmark. You can provide a power of attorney for partial pension or for other areas that Udbetaling Danmark deals with.

• Give or send power of attorney regarding partial pension  

For those of you who will be helping someone elseIf the person who wants to provide you with a power of attorney does not have MitID, you can use a written power of attorney. The form can be filled out on the screen or by hand, and it needs to be signed by the person giving you the power of attorney.

• Retrieve a power of attorney for partial pension (pdf - new window)

If you have a disability, you may have difficulty reading the document. Please contact Udbetaling Danmark, partial pension for more information.If you have a written power of attorney from someone receiving partial pension, you can send the signed power of attorney digitally. If you are using a mobile phone, you can take a picture of the power of attorney and attach it.

• Give or send power of attorney regarding partial pension  

You can also send the power of attorney by post to Udbetaling Danmark, Kongens Vænge 8, 3400 Hillerød. Please note that it may take up to a week before Udbetaling Danmark receives the power of attorney by post.If you want to know more about powers of attorney for partial pension, you can read more on the Danish page at borger.dk:

• Power of attorney for partial pension (in Danish)