Widow's/widower's pension

Conditions for entitlement

The widow/widower shall be entitled to a widow/widower's pension after the deceased person (spouse/partner/registered partner) who has received an old-age or disability pension or, if he/she has not yet been the beneficiary of the pension, has fulfilled the condition of the required insurance period for disability pension or conditions for the entitlement to the old-age pension stipulated in Section 29 or Section 31 (1) of the Pension Insurance Act as of the date when he/she deceased. The accumulation of the required insurance period is not necessary if the spouse/partner/registered partner, has died as a result of an accident at work. Another condition is that the marriage existed as of the date when the spouse/partner/registered partner deceased.

On the date of a new marriage/partnership/registered partnership the entitlement to widow's/widower's pension shall cease to exist.

If the marriage has been divorced, there is no entitlement to the survivor's pension after the former spouse. The survivor's pension is not due to the former partner/registered partner if the partnership/registered partnership was dissolved by a court decision. Similarly, the pension is not due to the partner, even in the case of their long-term cohabitation in a common household and joint raising of children.