(1) The surviving spouse of a deceased Member of the Folketing who had been a Member of the Folke ting during one or more periods, for at least one year, regardless of the Member of the Folke ting being at his or her death entitled to a pension and regard less of whether or not he had at this time ceased to be a Member of the Folketing, shall have a right to spouse’s pension provided the marriage was contracted-

(i) before the deceased Member had attained the age of 65 years; and
(ii) before the membership had ceased; and
(iii) at least three months prior to the time of death.

(2) Subsection (1)(iii) shall not apply if the Member died as a cause of accident or acute infectious disease occurring after the marriage was contracted.

(3) A spouse’s pension is 71 per cent of the personal pension calculated according to section 110(2).

(4) A bonus which for each membership year is granted to spouse pensioners until they attain old age, cf. section 1 of the Social Pensions Act, at 5 per cent of the bonus specified in section 6(3) of the Public Service Pensions Act in force at any time.

(5) If the age of the deceased spouse, after deduc tion of the number of years, which the marriage lasted, exceeds the surviving spouse’s age at the death of the first deceased by more than 10 years, the spouse’s pension shall be reduced by 2 per cent for each year the difference exceeds 10 years, according to subsection (2).

(6) A spouse’s pension is granted when the spouse advances such request. If the request is received within three months of the death, the pension shall be granted from the day after the death and other wise from the first day of the month following the reception of the request. However, the pension can be granted no sooner than from the day after the last day for which a basic fee or post-service remuneration has been or will be paid.

(7) The right to a spouse’s pension is unaffected by separation having taken place. With regard to preservation of the right to a spouse’s pension in case of divorce the rules governing public employees in central government service shall apply correspondingly.

(8) If a surviving spouse of a Member of the Folketing, according to the above rules, is entitled to more than one spouse’s pension from the Folketing, only the highest spouse’s pension shall be paid out.