diff --git a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.module.scss b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.module.scss
index 8369434ec..2c6eb12fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.module.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.module.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 @use 'src/constants' as *;
 
+@use 'src/styles/colors' as c;
+
 .header {
   font-size: 2em;
   font-weight: 700;
@@ -87,3 +89,84 @@
   padding-bottom: 3.75em;
   gap: 0.5em;
 }
+
+.template_search_wrapper {
+  flex: 0 0 50%;
+  width: 50%;
+
+  @include for-tablet-down {
+    flex: 0 0 100%;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+}
+
+.create_from_existing_event {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.search_results {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: calc(100% + 0.4rem);
+  width: 100%;
+  z-index: 20;
+  border: 1px solid c.$gray-200;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: white;
+  max-height: 220px;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgb(0 0 0 / 12%);
+}
+
+.search_result_item {
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+  border: none;
+  background: white;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+}
+
+.search_result_item:not(:last-child) {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid c.$gray-100;
+}
+
+.search_result_item:hover {
+  background: c.$white-950
+}
+
+.search_result_title {
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.search_result_meta {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: c.$gray-600;
+}
+
+.selected_event_info {
+  margin-top: 0.4rem;
+  padding: 0.55rem 0.75rem;
+  border: 1px solid c.$green-100;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: c.$green-200;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+.selected_event_text {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: c.$gray-950;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
+.selected_event_icon {
+  color: $green;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.tsx b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.tsx
index e0706e0da..ce0f01c60 100644
--- a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/EventCreatorAdminPage.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,14 @@ export function EventCreatorAdminPage() {
   });
 
   const stepComponentMap: Record<StepKey, ReactElement> = {
-    text: <TextStep form={form} />,
+    text: (
+      <TextStep
+        form={form}
+        defaultCategory={eventCategoryOptions[0]?.value ?? EventCategory.ART}
+        defaultLocation={locationOptions[0]?.value ?? ''}
+        isEditMode={id !== undefined}
+      />
+    ),
     info: <InfoStep form={form} eventCategoryOptions={eventCategoryOptions} locationOptions={locationOptions} />,
     payment: <PaymentStep form={form} ageLimitOptions={ageLimitOptions} />,
     graphics: <GraphicsStep form={form} />,
diff --git a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/components/EventTemplateSearch.tsx b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/components/EventTemplateSearch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25e7b6c60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/components/EventTemplateSearch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { InputField } from '~/Components/InputField/InputField';
+import type { EventDto } from '~/dto';
+import { KEY } from '~/i18n/constants';
+import { dbT } from '~/utils';
+import styles from '../EventCreatorAdminPage.module.scss';
+
+type EventTemplateSearchProp = {
+  events: EventDto[];
+  onSelectEvent: (event: EventDto) => void;
+};
+
+export function EventTemplateSearch({ events, onSelectEvent }: EventTemplateSearchProp) {
+  const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const [selectedEvent, SetSelectedEvent] = useState<EventDto | null>(null);
+  const filteredEvents = useMemo(() => {
+    const normalizedSearch = query.trim().toLowerCase();
+    if (normalizedSearch === '') return [];
+    const keywords = normalizedSearch.split(/\s+/);
+    return events.filter((event) => {
+      const title = (dbT(event, 'title', i18n.language) as string)?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
+      return keywords.every((kw) => title.includes(kw));
+    });
+  }, [events, query, i18n.language]);
+  const showResults = query.trim() !== '' && selectedEvent === null && filteredEvents.length > 0;
+  // TODO: add translations
+
+  function handleChange(value: string) {
+    setQuery(value);
+
+    const selectedTitle = selectedEvent ? (dbT(selectedEvent, 'title', i18n.language) as string) ?? '' : '';
+    if (value !== selectedTitle) {
+      SetSelectedEvent(null);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.create_from_existing_event}>
+      <InputField
+        icon="mdi:search"
+        onChange={handleChange}
+        value={query}
+        placeholder={t(KEY.event_search_for_an_existing_event)}
+      />
+      {selectedEvent && (
+        <div className={styles.selected_event_info}>
+          <Icon icon="material-symbols:check-circle" className={styles.selected_event_icon} />
+          <span className={styles.selected_event_text}>
+            {t(KEY.event_selected_existing_event)}: <strong>{dbT(selectedEvent, 'title', i18n.language)}</strong>{' '}
+            {new Intl.DateTimeFormat('nb-NO', {
+              day: '2-digit',
+              month: '2-digit',
+              year: 'numeric',
+            }).format(new Date(selectedEvent.start_dt))}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {showResults && (
+        <div className={styles.search_results}>
+          {filteredEvents.map((e) => (
+            <button
+              key={e.id}
+              type="button"
+              className={styles.search_result_item}
+              onClick={() => {
+                onSelectEvent(e);
+                SetSelectedEvent(e);
+                setQuery((dbT(e, 'title', i18n.language) as string) ?? '');
+              }}
+            >
+              <span className={styles.search_result_title}>{dbT(e, 'title', i18n.language)}</span>
+              <span className={styles.search_result_meta}>
+                {new Date(e.start_dt).toLocaleDateString(i18n.language)}
+              </span>
+            </button>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/hooks/useEventCreatorForm.ts b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/hooks/useEventCreatorForm.ts
index bc39fa4fd..49fbad9e4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/hooks/useEventCreatorForm.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/hooks/useEventCreatorForm.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import type { z } from 'zod';
 
 import type { EventDto, EventWriteDto } from '~/dto';
 import type { EventCategoryValue } from '~/types';
-import { utcTimestampToLocal } from '~/utils';
 import { eventSchema } from '../EventCreatorSchema';
+import { mapEventToFormValues } from '../utils';
 
 export type FormType = z.infer<typeof eventSchema>;
 
@@ -54,30 +54,11 @@ export function useEventCreatorForm(params: {
   const resetValues = useMemo<FormType | undefined>(() => {
     if (!event?.id) return undefined;
 
-    const duration = computeDurationMinutes(event.start_dt, event.end_dt);
-
-    return {
-      title_nb: event.title_nb || '',
-      title_en: event.title_en || '',
-      description_long_nb: event.description_long_nb || '',
-      description_long_en: event.description_long_en || '',
-      description_short_nb: event.description_short_nb || '',
-      description_short_en: event.description_short_en || '',
-      start_dt: event.start_dt ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.start_dt, false) : '',
-      duration: duration || undefined,
-      end_dt: event.end_dt ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.end_dt, false) : '',
-      category: event.category || defaultCategory,
-      host: event.host || '',
-      location: event.location || defaultLocation,
-      capacity: event.capacity || undefined,
-      age_restriction: event.age_restriction || 'none',
-      ticket_type: event.ticket_type || 'free',
-      custom_tickets: event.custom_tickets || [],
-      billig_id: event.billig?.id,
-      image: event.image ?? undefined,
-      visibility_from_dt: event.visibility_from_dt ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.visibility_from_dt, false) : '',
-      visibility_to_dt: event.visibility_to_dt ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.visibility_to_dt, false) : '',
-    };
+    return mapEventToFormValues({
+      event,
+      defaultCategory,
+      defaultLocation,
+    });
   }, [event, defaultCategory, defaultLocation]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/steps/TextStep.tsx b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/steps/TextStep.tsx
index 7545f6e47..68c1efcac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/steps/TextStep.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/steps/TextStep.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,52 @@
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import type { UseFormReturn } from 'react-hook-form';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { FormControl, FormField, FormItem, FormLabel, FormMessage, Input, Textarea } from '~/Components';
+import { getEvents } from '~/api';
+import type { EventDto } from '~/dto';
 import { KEY } from '~/i18n/constants';
+import type { EventCategoryValue } from '~/types';
 import styles from '../EventCreatorAdminPage.module.scss';
+import { EventTemplateSearch } from '../components/EventTemplateSearch';
 import type { FormType } from '../hooks/useEventCreatorForm';
+import { mapEventToFormValues } from '../utils';
 
-export function TextStep({ form }: { form: UseFormReturn<FormType> }) {
+type Props = {
+  form: UseFormReturn<FormType>;
+  defaultCategory: EventCategoryValue;
+  defaultLocation: string;
+  isEditMode: boolean;
+};
+
+export function TextStep({ form, defaultCategory, defaultLocation, isEditMode }: Props) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const { data: events = [] } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['events'],
+    queryFn: getEvents,
+    enabled: !isEditMode,
+  });
+
+  function handleSelectedEvent(selectedEvent: EventDto) {
+    form.reset(
+      mapEventToFormValues({
+        event: selectedEvent,
+        defaultCategory,
+        defaultLocation,
+        forTemplate: true,
+      }),
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <>
+      {!isEditMode && (
+        <div className={styles.input_row}>
+          <div className={styles.template_search_wrapper}>
+            <label className={styles.form_label}>{t(KEY.event_create_from_existing_event)}</label>
+            <EventTemplateSearch events={events} onSelectEvent={handleSelectedEvent} />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div className={styles.input_row}>
         <FormField
           key="title_nb"
diff --git a/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/utils.ts b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..152029b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/PagesAdmin/EventCreatorAdminPage/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import type { EventDto } from '~/dto';
+import type { EventCategoryValue } from '~/types';
+import { utcTimestampToLocal } from '~/utils';
+import type { FormType } from './hooks/useEventCreatorForm';
+
+function computeDurationMinutes(startIso?: string, endIso?: string) {
+  if (!startIso || !endIso) return 0;
+  return Math.round((new Date(endIso).getTime() - new Date(startIso).getTime()) / 60000);
+}
+
+export function mapEventToFormValues(params: {
+  event: Partial<EventDto>;
+  defaultCategory: EventCategoryValue;
+  defaultLocation: string;
+  forTemplate?: boolean;
+}): FormType {
+  const { event, defaultCategory, defaultLocation, forTemplate = false } = params;
+
+  const duration = computeDurationMinutes(event.start_dt, event.end_dt);
+
+  return {
+    title_nb: event.title_nb || '',
+    title_en: event.title_en || '',
+    description_long_nb: event.description_long_nb || '',
+    description_long_en: event.description_long_en || '',
+    description_short_nb: event.description_short_nb || '',
+    description_short_en: event.description_short_en || '',
+
+    start_dt: forTemplate ? '' : event.start_dt ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.start_dt, false) : '',
+    duration: forTemplate ? undefined : duration || undefined,
+    end_dt: forTemplate ? '' : event.end_dt ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.end_dt, false) : '',
+
+    category: event.category || defaultCategory,
+    host: event.host || '',
+    location: event.location || defaultLocation,
+    capacity: event.capacity || undefined,
+    age_restriction: event.age_restriction || 'none',
+    ticket_type: event.ticket_type || 'free',
+    custom_tickets: event.custom_tickets || [],
+    billig_id: event.billig?.id,
+    image: event.image ?? undefined,
+
+    visibility_from_dt: forTemplate
+      ? ''
+      : event.visibility_from_dt
+        ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.visibility_from_dt, false)
+        : '',
+    visibility_to_dt: forTemplate
+      ? ''
+      : event.visibility_to_dt
+        ? utcTimestampToLocal(event.visibility_to_dt, false)
+        : '',
+  };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/constants.ts b/frontend/src/i18n/constants.ts
index bff73255a..419a9a882 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/constants.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/constants.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ export const KEY = {
   event_registration_url: 'event_registration_url',
   event_add_ticket: 'event_add_ticket',
   event_invalid_form_error: 'event_invalid_form_error',
+  event_create_from_existing_event: 'event_create_from_existing_event',
+  event_search_for_an_existing_event: 'event_search_for_an_existing_event',
+  event_selected_existing_event: 'event_selected_existing_event',
 
   // Purchase Ticket Info:
   invalid_email_message: 'invalid_email_message',
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/translations.ts b/frontend/src/i18n/translations.ts
index b2824092c..d42698b47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/translations.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/translations.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ export const nb = prepareTranslations({
   [KEY.event_registration_url]: 'Registreringslenke',
   [KEY.event_add_ticket]: 'Legg til billett',
   [KEY.event_invalid_form_error]: 'Skjemaet inneholder valideringsfeil. Vennligst sjekk de uthevede feltene.',
+  [KEY.event_create_from_existing_event]: 'Opprett fra eksisterende arrangement',
+  [KEY.event_search_for_an_existing_event]: 'Søk etter et eksisterende arrangement',
+  [KEY.event_selected_existing_event]: 'Valgte eksisterende arrangement',
 
   // Event categories
   [KEY.event_category_art]: 'Kunst',
@@ -1007,6 +1010,9 @@ export const en = prepareTranslations({
   [KEY.event_registration_url]: 'Registration URL',
   [KEY.event_add_ticket]: 'Add ticket',
   [KEY.event_invalid_form_error]: 'Form contains validation errors. Please check highlighted fields.',
+  [KEY.event_create_from_existing_event]: 'Create from existing event',
+  [KEY.event_search_for_an_existing_event]: 'Search for an existing event',
+  [KEY.event_selected_existing_event]: 'Selected existing event',
 
   //Purchase Ticket Info:
   [KEY.invalid_email_message]: 'Invalid email format',