diff --git a/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.spec.ts b/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.spec.ts
index 4b4918fd60..c1ff61c066 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.spec.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ describe('formaterFritekst', () => {
   it.each([
     ['\uFE58', '-'],
     ['—', '-'],
+    ['\u00AD', ''], // soft hyphen er en control character
     ['\t', ' '],
     ['\u202F', ' '],
     ['“sitat”', '"sitat"'],
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.ts b/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.ts
index 27bcecd1ac..f0fd7a4f3c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/stringUtils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export const formaterFritekst = (value: string | number) =>
   value.toString()
     .replace(/\p{Dash_Punctuation}/gu, '-')
     .replace(/[\p{Space_Separator}\t]/gu, ' ')
+    .replace(/\u00AD/g, '')
     .replace(/[“”]/g, '"')
     .replace(/[‘’`]/g, "'")
     .replace(/</g, "&lt;")