diff --git a/src/components/page-sections/events.tsx b/src/components/page-sections/events.tsx
index 8512768..ddc5ef9 100644
--- a/src/components/page-sections/events.tsx
+++ b/src/components/page-sections/events.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getAllEvents } from "@/lib/sanity"
+import { getUpcomingEvents } from "@/lib/sanity"
 
 import { getLocale, getTranslations } from "next-intl/server"
 import Image from "next/image"
@@ -25,14 +25,7 @@ const Events = async () => {
   const tCommon = await getTranslations("common")
   const locale = await getLocale()
 
-  const data: Event[] = await getAllEvents()
-
-  const currentDate = new Date()
-  const filteredEvents = data
-    .filter((event: Event) => {
-      return currentDate <= new Date(event.date)
-    })
-    .slice(0, 2)
+  const events: Event[] = await getUpcomingEvents(2)
 
   const formatDate = (dateString: string) => {
     const date = new Date(dateString)
@@ -105,7 +98,7 @@ const Events = async () => {
     <section id="events">
       <div className={styles.container}>
         <h2 className={styles.sectionHeader}>{t("title")}</h2>
-        <div className={styles.events}>{mapEvents(filteredEvents)}</div>
+        <div className={styles.events}>{mapEvents(events)}</div>
         <div className={"no-mobile " + styles.image}>
           <Image
             src="/event.jpg"
diff --git a/src/lib/sanity.ts b/src/lib/sanity.ts
index 92e65ad..833ad9c 100644
--- a/src/lib/sanity.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sanity.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,27 @@ export async function getEvent(slug: string) {
   )
 }
 
-export async function getAllEvents() {
+export async function getUpcomingEvents(limit: number) {
+  // Event dates are stored as Oslo local time strings ("2026-11-05 17:00"),
+  // which sort correctly as text, so compare against the current time in the
+  // same format
+  const parts = Object.fromEntries(
+    new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-GB", {
+      timeZone: "Europe/Oslo",
+      year: "numeric",
+      month: "2-digit",
+      day: "2-digit",
+      hour: "2-digit",
+      minute: "2-digit",
+      hourCycle: "h23",
+    })
+      .formatToParts(new Date())
+      .map(({ type, value }) => [type, value])
+  )
+  const now = `${parts.year}-${parts.month}-${parts.day} ${parts.hour}:${parts.minute}`
+
   const query = `
-    *[_type == "event"] | order(date asc) {
+    *[_type == "event" && date >= $now] | order(date asc)[0...$limit] {
       _id,
       title,
       location,
@@ -85,7 +103,7 @@ export async function getAllEvents() {
 
   return sanityClient.fetch(
     query,
-    {},
+    { now, limit },
     {
       cache: "force-cache",
       next: {