UlykkesPatientForeningen

What UlykkesPatientForeningen does

UlykkesPatientForeningen (the Accident Patient Association) is a Danish nonprofit patient association that supports accident victims and their relatives. It is registered in Denmark under CVR 63457817 and headquartered in Rødovre. Its core activities are member advocacy, operation of the UlykkesLinjen helpline, and running Specialhospitalet, a specialty clinical facility serving accident patients.

The association's service portfolio spans a direct-to-public helpline for victims and families, a dedicated specialty hospital, and a broader advocacy function aimed at improving conditions for people affected by accidents. It coordinates with Danish public-safety and insurance institutions, including the Danish Police, the Road Safety Council, Havarikommissionen (the Danish Accident Investigation Board), and Insurance & Pension Denmark, positioning itself as a coordinating patient voice within the Danish accident-response ecosystem.

Its business model is membership-driven: individual members pay 295 DKK annually and family memberships 395 DKK annually, with additional revenue from donations and grants. Leadership comprises Chairman Janus Tarp and CEO Philip Rendtorff (Administrerende direktør), supported by a staff of approximately 40 named personnel across clinical, advisory, and administrative functions. Geographic scope is Denmark only, with no disclosed international operations.

Name

UlykkesPatientForeningen

Legal name

UlykkesPatientForeningen

Website

https://ulykkespatient.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

UlykkesPatientForeningen is a Danish nonprofit patient association that supports accident victims and their families through advocacy, the UlykkesLinjen helpline, and the Specialhospitalet specialty hospital, funded by memberships, donations, and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patient Advocacy Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (62231)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy services
• Accident victim support
• Patient association membership
• Rehabilitation information services
• Peer support networks

Headquarters

HQ city

Rødovre

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: The association generates revenue primarily through annual membership fees. Personal memberships cost 295 kr per year and family memberships cost 395 kr per year. The family membership covers all household members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

UlykkesPatientForeningen is a Danish nonprofit patient association that provides free expert advice, peer support, advocacy, and educational content to people living with serious long-term consequences after accidents, as well as their relatives. Its core offering is the UlykkesLinjen helpline, complemented by a paid annual membership program (personal 295 DKK / family 395 DKK), webinars, exercise and mindfulness videos, podcasts, publications, online network groups, an advocate (bisidder) service, and Specialhospitalet-led rehabilitation research.

Product overview

UlykkesPatientForeningen is a Danish patient organization that provides information, advice, and support services to people living with serious consequences after accidents. The organization operates UlykkesLinjen (Accident Line) as its core service offering free and impartial guidance. The portfolio includes membership services with various support offerings (advocacy, peer support, advice columns), educational content products (webinars, exercise videos, mindfulness programs, publications), and materials for healthcare professionals. The offering is a platform of complementary services rather than a unified software product, with no technical integrations or API capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UlykkesLinjen: Free helpline offering guidance to accident victims from experts including social workers, lawyers, doctors, physiotherapists, psychologists, and occupational therapists

Products and services

• UlykkesLinjen (Accident Line)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Havarikommissionen for Vejtrafikulykker (Accident Investigation Board for Road Traffic Accidents)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUlykkesPatientForeningen created UlykkesLinjen in collaboration with this government body, which investigates serious road traffic accidents. The partnership contributes to the helpline's credibility and enables the association to stay informed about accident patterns and prevention.
• Rigspolitiet (Danish Police)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the founding partners behind UlykkesLinjen, the Danish Police collaborate to ensure the helpline reaches accident victims and aligns with national road safety and emergency response efforts.
• Rådet for Sikker Trafik (Danish Road Safety Council)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA co-founder of UlykkesLinjen, the Danish Road Safety Council works on traffic safety prevention and education. The partnership amplifies outreach to accident victims and reinforces the association's road safety mission.
• Forsikring & Pension (Insurance & Pension Denmark)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInsurance & Pension Denmark co-created UlykkesLinjen as a trusted, impartial information channel for accident victims navigating insurance claims. The partnership ensures the helpline has credibility with both insurers and policyholders.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Hjerneskadeforeningen: Danish brain injury association providing counseling, peer networks, and courses to brain-injured individuals and relatives. Comparable membership-based nonprofit structure serving an accident-overlapping population.
• PTU (Polio- og Trafikskadede): Danish patient association serving polio survivors and traffic/accident-injured people. Closest functional peer: same accident-victim focus, similar membership/advocacy model, and overlapping content on rehabilitation, insurance navigation, and daily living after trauma.
• Scleroseforeningen: Danish MS patient association running helpline-style advice, peer networks, research grants, and content for members. Direct comparable as a disease-specific Danish patient organization with similar advocacy, content, and member-service playbooks.
• Muskelsvindfonden: Danish neuromuscular disease foundation combining patient support, research funding, and content. Comparable as a Danish disability-focused nonprofit with both member services and a research orientation akin to Specialhospitalet.
• Hjernesagen: Danish nonprofit supporting people with acquired brain injury. Highly comparable: same disease/condition-specific patient-org model, peer support, family services, advocacy, and educational content for an overlapping population (concussion/TBI survivors).

Emerging players

• Bedre Psykiatri: Danish mental health advocacy organization. Partial overlap: provides helpline-style advice and peer support addressing the psychological-trauma component of accident recovery served by UlykkesPatientForeningen's psychologists.

Others

• Danske Patienter: Danish umbrella organization for patient associations. Comparable as an ecosystem-level entity representing disease-specific member organizations like UlykkesPatientForeningen in policy and system-level dialogue.
• WHINN (Week of Health and Innovation): Danish health-innovation ecosystem organizer. Adjacent rather than competing — relevant as a connector to healthcare-system partners that fund or collaborate with patient associations like UlykkesPatientForeningen.

Broad incumbents

• Dansk Røde Kors: Danish Red Cross society delivering social and health support services at scale. Comparable as a national nonprofit providing humanitarian/social support, but operating across many causes rather than specializing in accident victims.
• Kræftens Bekæmpelse: Denmark's largest health nonprofit. Comparable as a scaled Danish patient-charity model with helpline, peer support, research, and content — but operating across cancer broadly rather than accident victims specifically.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ulykkespatientforeningen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ulykkespatientforeningen

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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