diff --git a/.changeset/silver-rings-care.md b/.changeset/silver-rings-care.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61a6340a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-rings-care.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@navikt/ds-react": minor
+---
+
+Combobox: Enable option to add a new value while autocompleting and highlight matches in FilteredOptions.
diff --git a/@navikt/core/css/form/combobox.css b/@navikt/core/css/form/combobox.css
index 86f495c7e0..2441dc8d1a 100644
--- a/@navikt/core/css/form/combobox.css
+++ b/@navikt/core/css/form/combobox.css
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@
   border-radius: calc(var(--a-border-radius-medium) - 1px);
 }
 
+.navds-combobox__list-item mark {
+  background-color: transparent;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 /* Mobile */
 
 @media (max-width: 479px) {
diff --git a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/AddNewOption.tsx b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/AddNewOption.tsx
index 75c70eccb8..69363db9b8 100644
--- a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/AddNewOption.tsx
+++ b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/AddNewOption.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const AddNewOption = () => {
   const {
     inputProps: { id },
     size,
-    value,
+    searchTerm,
   } = useInputContext();
   const {
     setIsMouseLastUsedInputDevice,
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ const AddNewOption = () => {
         }
       }}
       onPointerUp={(event) => {
-        toggleOption(toComboboxOption(value), event);
-        if (!isMultiSelect && !isInList(value, selectedOptions))
+        toggleOption(toComboboxOption(searchTerm), event);
+        if (!isMultiSelect && !isInList(searchTerm, selectedOptions))
           toggleIsListOpen(false);
       }}
       id={filteredOptionsUtil.getAddNewOptionId(id)}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const AddNewOption = () => {
       <BodyShort size={size}>
         Legg til{" "}
         <Label as="span" size={size}>
-          &#8220;{value}&#8221;
+          &#8220;{searchTerm}&#8221;
         </Label>
       </BodyShort>
     </li>
diff --git a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/FilteredOptionsItem.tsx b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/FilteredOptionsItem.tsx
index cb2d085edf..7d99b194df 100644
--- a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/FilteredOptionsItem.tsx
+++ b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/FilteredOptionsItem.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,24 @@ import { ComboboxOption } from "../types";
 import filteredOptionsUtil from "./filtered-options-util";
 import { useFilteredOptionsContext } from "./filteredOptionsContext";
 
+const useTextHighlight = (text: string, searchTerm: string) => {
+  const indexOfHighlightedText = text
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .indexOf(searchTerm.toLowerCase());
+  const start = text.substring(0, indexOfHighlightedText);
+  const highlight = text.substring(
+    indexOfHighlightedText,
+    indexOfHighlightedText + searchTerm.length,
+  );
+  const end = text.substring(indexOfHighlightedText + searchTerm.length);
+  return [start, highlight, end];
+};
+
 const FilteredOptionsItem = ({ option }: { option: ComboboxOption }) => {
   const {
     inputProps: { id },
     size,
+    searchTerm,
   } = useInputContext();
   const {
     setIsMouseLastUsedInputDevice,
@@ -22,9 +36,11 @@ const FilteredOptionsItem = ({ option }: { option: ComboboxOption }) => {
   } = useFilteredOptionsContext();
   const { isMultiSelect, maxSelected, selectedOptions, toggleOption } =
     useSelectedOptionsContext();
+  const [start, highlight, end] = useTextHighlight(option.label, searchTerm);
 
   const isDisabled = (_option: ComboboxOption) =>
     maxSelected?.isLimitReached && !isInList(_option.value, selectedOptions);
+
   return (
     <li
       className={cl("navds-combobox__list-item", {
@@ -64,7 +80,12 @@ const FilteredOptionsItem = ({ option }: { option: ComboboxOption }) => {
       aria-selected={isInList(option.value, selectedOptions)}
       aria-disabled={isDisabled(option) || undefined}
     >
-      <BodyShort size={size}>{option.label}</BodyShort>
+      {/* Aria-label is used to fix testing-library wrongly evaluating the accessible name of the option when highlighting text */}
+      <BodyShort size={size} aria-label={option.label}>
+        {start}
+        {highlight && <mark>{highlight}</mark>}
+        {end}
+      </BodyShort>
       {isInList(option.value, selectedOptions) && <CheckmarkIcon />}
     </li>
   );
diff --git a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/filteredOptionsContext.tsx b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/filteredOptionsContext.tsx
index 459400b555..7b28c67af3 100644
--- a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/filteredOptionsContext.tsx
+++ b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/FilteredOptions/filteredOptionsContext.tsx
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ const FilteredOptionsProvider = ({
 
   const isValueNew = useMemo(
     () =>
-      Boolean(value) &&
-      !filteredOptionsMap[filteredOptionsUtils.getOptionId(id, value)],
-    [filteredOptionsMap, id, value],
+      Boolean(searchTerm) &&
+      !filteredOptionsMap[filteredOptionsUtils.getOptionId(id, searchTerm)],
+    [filteredOptionsMap, id, searchTerm],
   );
 
   const ariaDescribedBy = useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/combobox.stories.tsx b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/combobox.stories.tsx
index 77fcf52432..0761c0c8ed 100644
--- a/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/combobox.stories.tsx
+++ b/@navikt/core/react/src/form/combobox/combobox.stories.tsx
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ const complexOptions = [
 ];
 
 export const WithAddNewOptions: StoryFn = ({ open }: { open?: boolean }) => {
-  const [value, setValue] = useState<string | undefined>("hello");
   const comboboxRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const [value, setValue] = useState<string | undefined>("hello");
   return (
     <UNSAFE_Combobox
       id="combobox-with-add-new-options"
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ export const MultiSelectWithAddNewOptions: StoryFn = ({
       options={options}
       allowNewValues={true}
       value={value}
+      shouldAutocomplete={true}
       selectedOptions={selectedOptions}
       onChange={setValue}
       onToggleSelected={(option, isSelected) =>