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Flexible pension while living abroad
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om fleksydelse
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The United Kingdom has been added to the countries that are mentioned, in the rules on living and working abroad, together with the EEA countries, Switzerland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
- In addition, the earnings limit for work with controllable working hours has been raised from DKK 39,878 (2020 level) to DKK 47,233 (2026 level).
- Payment still stops when a person stays in a country for more than 3 months outside the EEA, Switzerland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the United Kingdom.
- The United Kingdom is new in the list.
- Early payment of accrued holiday pay does not reduce the flexible pension.
- The rules on deductions from the flexible pension for certain pensions (§ 27) and for persons born before 1 January 1956 with the 60 per cent deduction have been removed from the executive order.
- Who: People receiving flexible pension.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 July 2026.
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
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- Issued · 15 June 2026
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 18 June 2026
- In force · 1 July 2026