Starting as a freelancer

There is no standard definition of a freelancer, but a bid for a definition is:

A freelancer is someone with skills and knowledge for sale.

Working solo

It´s like committing oneself to mindset to be a freelancer. As a freelancer you have decided that you work alone and strive in no way to have employees. A freelancer sells herself to create a web solution, a teaching or managing a project.

The entrepreneur will typically not mind having employees.

Freelance characteristics

Here are various characteristics of a person working as a freelancer:

Solves tasks for different employers
Often do not sell time, but results
Work on the agreed terms from job to job
Seeks out oneâ€™s own tasks
Works with changing people and teams
May be employed with salary to project work
Can be independent with his own CVR number

Freelancer but working in teams

Just because you have decided to work as a freelancer, it does not mean that one should work alone. As a freelancer, one needs a large network of colleagues and compeleagues (competitors who are also colleagues). People, you can pull into a task or give tasks on to, if one you are busy.

Organisation form

A freelancer can organize as:

Freelance earner - has different positions in different companies
Freelance employed / unemployed with a side business – is mainly employed, but has been allowed by its a-kasse to operate part time. Can now write bills to its customers
Freelance self-employed - have registered as a sole proprietorship

Typical job

Work functions can be:

Consultancy in the form of design, research and knowledge collection
Teaching and lecturing
Project tasks within both the public and private sectors
Language and translation services
Documentation and evaluation tasks
IT development and dissemination

Download

Go to Download center and download a freelance template and a freelance budget. Only in Danish.

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