(1) The surviving spouse of a deceased Member of the Folketing who had been a Member of the Folketing during one or more periods, for at least one year, regardless of the Member of the Folketing being at his or her death entitled to a pension and regardless 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) Spouse pensioners shall for each membership year until they attain old age, see section 1a of the Social Pensions Act, receive a bonus of one twentieth 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 deduction 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 paid from the day after the death and otherwise from the first day of the month following the reception of the request. However, the pension can be paid 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 disbursed.