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Claim pay-out of untaken fifth holiday week by 31 December 2026
FerieKonto's 2026 form covers leave earned 1 September 2025–31 August 2026; early pay-out needs a written employer agreement, and days on public benefits reduce the claim.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 28 September 2026
Employees with untaken leave from the holiday year 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026 can have the fifth holiday week — “ferie ud over 4 uger” — paid out without taking itBorger, by applying on FerieKonto's 2026 application form (version 10/26) no later than 31 December 2026
Borger. Anyone employed for the whole holiday year earns five weeks of holiday (25 days)
Borger; only the fifth week qualifies for pay-out without absence
Borger.
Pay-out before the holiday period ends on 31 December requires a written agreement with the employerBorger, and that agreement can only be concluded after the holiday year ends on 31 August
Borger. Employees with holiday pay on salary (ferie med løn) conclude the written agreement with the employer on this application and send it to the employer. There is no right to early pay-out — both sides must agree
Borger — so anyone out of work cannot obtain pay-out before 31 December, because no agreement can be made.
Days spent on public benefits cut the claim: each day on which public subsistence benefits (offentlige forsørgelsesydelser) were received between 1 September 2025 and 31 August 2026 is subtracted from the holiday daysBorger. The benefits that count are arbejdsløshedsdagpenge, efterløn, fleksydelse (not fleksløntilskud), ledighedsydelse, ressourceforløbsydelse, integration, transition, subsistence and repatriation benefits, uddannelseshjælp (not SU) and kontanthjælp; sickness and maternity benefits (syge- og barselsdagpenge) do not count. A pay-out can itself reduce the benefit, so recipients in doubt should contact whoever pays the benefit. Anyone who received public benefits during the holiday year sends the application to FerieKonto rather than to the employer.
Applications go digitally via borger.dk/feriekonto-send-oplysninger or by post to FerieKonto, Kongens Vænge 8, DK-3400 HillerødBorger. The applicant signs with a personal signature, declaring på tro og love that the information is correct, and FerieKonto can reclaim money paid out without entitlement. Details given can be checked against employers, authorities and unemployment funds, including register linkage, and FerieKonto exchanges holiday-pay information with municipalities and unemployment funds to control for double support (dobbeltforsørgelse).
The pay-out follows Ferieloven's rules on ferie ud over 4 uger as administered by FerieKonto.
File the 2026 FerieKonto application for the untaken fifth holiday week by 31 December 2026, with the written employer agreement where early pay-out is sought.