diff --git a/web/src/components/search/SearchResults.tsx b/web/src/components/search/SearchResults.tsx
index ef44a74..fdcb81f 100644
--- a/web/src/components/search/SearchResults.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/search/SearchResults.tsx
@@ -1,98 +1,23 @@
-import { unmaskFragment } from "@/gql";
-import type { ImageFragment, SearchQuery } from "@/gql/graphql";
-import { ImageFragmentDefinition, stripHtml } from "@/lib/common";
-import { formatDate, formatOccurrenceMonths } from "@/lib/date";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { Image } from "../general/Image";
 import styles from "./searchContainer.module.scss";
+import {
+  type SearchResult,
+  type SupportedResult,
+  getResultDate,
+  getResultImage,
+  getResultSnippet,
+  getResultType,
+  isSupported,
+  splitMatches,
+} from "@/lib/search";
 
-export type SearchResult = SearchQuery["results"][number];
-
-const PAGE_TYPES = {
-  NewsPage: "Nyhet",
-  EventPage: "Arrangement",
-  GenericPage: "Underside",
-  VenuePage: "Lokale",
-  AssociationPage: "Forening",
-} as const;
-
-type SupportedTypename = keyof typeof PAGE_TYPES;
-type SupportedResult = Extract<SearchResult, { __typename: SupportedTypename }>;
-
-function capitalizeFirstLetter(s: string) {
-  return s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1);
-}
-
-function isSupported(result: SearchResult): result is SupportedResult {
-  return result.__typename in PAGE_TYPES && "id" in result && !!result.id;
-}
-
-function getResultType(result: SupportedResult): string {
-  if (result.__typename === "AssociationPage" && result.associationType) {
-    return capitalizeFirstLetter(result.associationType);
-  }
-  return PAGE_TYPES[result.__typename];
-}
-
-function getResultImage(result: SupportedResult): ImageFragment | null {
-  switch (result.__typename) {
-    case "NewsPage":
-    case "EventPage":
-    case "VenuePage":
-      return unmaskFragment(ImageFragmentDefinition, result.featuredImage);
-    case "AssociationPage":
-      return unmaskFragment(ImageFragmentDefinition, result.logo);
-    default:
-      return null;
-  }
-}
-
-function getResultDate(result: SupportedResult): string | null {
-  if (result.__typename === "EventPage") {
-    const starts = result.occurrences
-      .map((o) => o.start)
-      .filter((s): s is string => !!s);
-    if (starts.length === 0) return null;
-    if (starts.length === 1) return formatDate(starts[0], "d. MMMM yyyy");
-    return formatOccurrenceMonths(starts);
-  }
-  if (result.__typename === "NewsPage" && result.firstPublishedAt) {
-    return formatDate(result.firstPublishedAt, "d. MMMM yyyy");
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
-function getResultSnippet(result: SupportedResult): string | null {
-  switch (result.__typename) {
-    case "NewsPage":
-    case "AssociationPage":
-      return result.excerpt ?? null;
-    case "EventPage":
-      return result.subtitle ?? null;
-    case "GenericPage":
-      return result.lead ? stripHtml(result.lead).trim() : null;
-    default:
-      return null;
-  }
-}
+export type { SearchResult };
 
 function highlight(text: string, query: string): React.ReactNode {
-  if (query.length < 2) return text;
-  const escaped = query.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
-  const pattern = new RegExp(escaped, "gi");
-  const nodes: React.ReactNode[] = [];
-  let lastIndex = 0;
-  for (const match of text.matchAll(pattern)) {
-    if (match.index > lastIndex) {
-      nodes.push(text.slice(lastIndex, match.index));
-    }
-    nodes.push(<mark key={`m-${match.index}`}>{match[0]}</mark>);
-    lastIndex = match.index + match[0].length;
-  }
-  if (lastIndex < text.length) {
-    nodes.push(text.slice(lastIndex));
-  }
-  return nodes;
+  return splitMatches(text, query).map((segment, i) =>
+    segment.match ? <mark key={i}>{segment.text}</mark> : segment.text
+  );
 }
 
 export function SearchResults({
diff --git a/web/src/lib/search.test.ts b/web/src/lib/search.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c953f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/search.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  type SearchResult,
+  type SupportedResult,
+  getResultDate,
+  getResultImage,
+  getResultSnippet,
+  getResultType,
+  isSupported,
+  splitMatches,
+} from "./search.ts";
+
+const result = (fields: Record<string, unknown>) =>
+  ({ id: "1", ...fields }) as unknown as SupportedResult;
+
+describe("splitMatches", () => {
+  it("matches nothing for queries shorter than 2 characters", () => {
+    expect(splitMatches("Bokbad", "b")).toEqual([
+      { text: "Bokbad", match: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("marks all case-insensitive matches, preserving the original text", () => {
+    expect(splitMatches("Bokbad: bok og bøker", "bok")).toEqual([
+      { text: "Bok", match: true },
+      { text: "bad: ", match: false },
+      { text: "bok", match: true },
+      { text: " og bøker", match: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("treats regex characters in the query literally", () => {
+    expect(splitMatches("Jazz (live) på taket", "(live)")).toEqual([
+      { text: "Jazz ", match: false },
+      { text: "(live)", match: true },
+      { text: " på taket", match: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles matches at the start and end", () => {
+    expect(splitMatches("konsert", "kon")).toEqual([
+      { text: "kon", match: true },
+      { text: "sert", match: false },
+    ]);
+    expect(splitMatches("på Kroa", "oa")).toEqual([
+      { text: "på Kr", match: false },
+      { text: "oa", match: true },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns a single unmatched segment when nothing matches", () => {
+    expect(splitMatches("Sjakklubben", "quiz")).toEqual([
+      { text: "Sjakklubben", match: false },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("isSupported", () => {
+  it("accepts known page types with an id", () => {
+    for (const __typename of [
+      "NewsPage",
+      "EventPage",
+      "GenericPage",
+      "VenuePage",
+      "AssociationPage",
+    ]) {
+      expect(isSupported({ __typename, id: "1" } as unknown as SearchResult)).toBe(
+        true
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("rejects unknown types and missing ids", () => {
+    expect(
+      isSupported({ __typename: "Redirect", id: "1" } as unknown as SearchResult)
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      isSupported({ __typename: "NewsPage" } as unknown as SearchResult)
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      isSupported({ __typename: "NewsPage", id: "" } as unknown as SearchResult)
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getResultType", () => {
+  it("capitalizes the association type when set", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultType(
+        result({ __typename: "AssociationPage", associationType: "kor" })
+      )
+    ).toBe("Kor");
+    expect(
+      getResultType(result({ __typename: "AssociationPage" }))
+    ).toBe("Forening");
+  });
+
+  it("labels the other page types", () => {
+    expect(getResultType(result({ __typename: "EventPage" }))).toBe(
+      "Arrangement"
+    );
+    expect(getResultType(result({ __typename: "GenericPage" }))).toBe(
+      "Underside"
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getResultDate", () => {
+  it("formats a single event occurrence as a full date, ignoring null starts", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultDate(
+        result({
+          __typename: "EventPage",
+          occurrences: [{ start: null }, { start: "2026-07-09T18:00:00Z" }],
+        })
+      )
+    ).toBe("9. juli 2026");
+  });
+
+  it("collapses multiple occurrences to months", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultDate(
+        result({
+          __typename: "EventPage",
+          occurrences: [
+            { start: "2026-07-09T18:00:00Z" },
+            { start: "2026-08-01T18:00:00Z" },
+          ],
+        })
+      )
+    ).toBe("juli – august 2026");
+  });
+
+  it("uses the publish date for news and null otherwise", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultDate(result({ __typename: "EventPage", occurrences: [] }))
+    ).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      getResultDate(
+        result({
+          __typename: "NewsPage",
+          firstPublishedAt: "2026-07-01T08:00:00Z",
+        })
+      )
+    ).toBe("1. juli 2026");
+    expect(getResultDate(result({ __typename: "NewsPage" }))).toBeNull();
+    expect(getResultDate(result({ __typename: "GenericPage" }))).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getResultSnippet", () => {
+  it("picks the right field per page type", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultSnippet(result({ __typename: "NewsPage", excerpt: "Utdrag" }))
+    ).toBe("Utdrag");
+    expect(
+      getResultSnippet(
+        result({ __typename: "AssociationPage", excerpt: "Om oss" })
+      )
+    ).toBe("Om oss");
+    expect(
+      getResultSnippet(result({ __typename: "EventPage", subtitle: "Med kor" }))
+    ).toBe("Med kor");
+    expect(
+      getResultSnippet(result({ __typename: "VenuePage" }))
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("strips html from generic page leads", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultSnippet(
+        result({ __typename: "GenericPage", lead: "<p>Hei <b>du</b></p> " })
+      )
+    ).toBe("Hei du");
+    expect(getResultSnippet(result({ __typename: "GenericPage" }))).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getResultImage", () => {
+  const image = { url: "/img.jpg", alt: "alt", width: 100, height: 100 };
+
+  it("uses featuredImage for most types and logo for associations", () => {
+    expect(
+      getResultImage(result({ __typename: "NewsPage", featuredImage: image }))
+    ).toEqual(image);
+    expect(
+      getResultImage(result({ __typename: "AssociationPage", logo: image }))
+    ).toEqual(image);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/lib/search.ts b/web/src/lib/search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b1a552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/lib/search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { unmaskFragment } from "@/gql";
+import type { ImageFragment, SearchQuery } from "@/gql/graphql";
+import { ImageFragmentDefinition, stripHtml } from "@/lib/common";
+import { formatDate, formatOccurrenceMonths } from "@/lib/date";
+
+export type SearchResult = SearchQuery["results"][number];
+
+const PAGE_TYPES = {
+  NewsPage: "Nyhet",
+  EventPage: "Arrangement",
+  GenericPage: "Underside",
+  VenuePage: "Lokale",
+  AssociationPage: "Forening",
+} as const;
+
+type SupportedTypename = keyof typeof PAGE_TYPES;
+export type SupportedResult = Extract<
+  SearchResult,
+  { __typename: SupportedTypename }
+>;
+
+function capitalizeFirstLetter(s: string) {
+  return s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1);
+}
+
+export function isSupported(result: SearchResult): result is SupportedResult {
+  return result.__typename in PAGE_TYPES && "id" in result && !!result.id;
+}
+
+export function getResultType(result: SupportedResult): string {
+  if (result.__typename === "AssociationPage" && result.associationType) {
+    return capitalizeFirstLetter(result.associationType);
+  }
+  return PAGE_TYPES[result.__typename];
+}
+
+export function getResultImage(result: SupportedResult): ImageFragment | null {
+  switch (result.__typename) {
+    case "NewsPage":
+    case "EventPage":
+    case "VenuePage":
+      return unmaskFragment(ImageFragmentDefinition, result.featuredImage);
+    case "AssociationPage":
+      return unmaskFragment(ImageFragmentDefinition, result.logo);
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export function getResultDate(result: SupportedResult): string | null {
+  if (result.__typename === "EventPage") {
+    const starts = result.occurrences
+      .map((o) => o.start)
+      .filter((s): s is string => !!s);
+    if (starts.length === 0) return null;
+    if (starts.length === 1) return formatDate(starts[0], "d. MMMM yyyy");
+    return formatOccurrenceMonths(starts);
+  }
+  if (result.__typename === "NewsPage" && result.firstPublishedAt) {
+    return formatDate(result.firstPublishedAt, "d. MMMM yyyy");
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function getResultSnippet(result: SupportedResult): string | null {
+  switch (result.__typename) {
+    case "NewsPage":
+    case "AssociationPage":
+      return result.excerpt ?? null;
+    case "EventPage":
+      return result.subtitle ?? null;
+    case "GenericPage":
+      return result.lead ? stripHtml(result.lead).trim() : null;
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+  Split text into segments marked as matching the query or not, for
+  highlighting. Queries shorter than 2 characters match nothing; the query is
+  matched literally (regex characters escaped) and case-insensitively.
+*/
+export function splitMatches(
+  text: string,
+  query: string
+): { text: string; match: boolean }[] {
+  if (query.length < 2) return [{ text, match: false }];
+  const escaped = query.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+  const pattern = new RegExp(escaped, "gi");
+  const segments: { text: string; match: boolean }[] = [];
+  let lastIndex = 0;
+  for (const match of text.matchAll(pattern)) {
+    if (match.index > lastIndex) {
+      segments.push({ text: text.slice(lastIndex, match.index), match: false });
+    }
+    segments.push({ text: match[0], match: true });
+    lastIndex = match.index + match[0].length;
+  }
+  if (lastIndex < text.length) {
+    segments.push({ text: text.slice(lastIndex), match: false });
+  }
+  return segments;
+}