diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8291946..8ca393d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
         "react-feather": "^2.0.10",
         "react-responsive": "^10.0.0",
         "react-router-dom": "^6.26.2",
-        "vite-express": "0.16.0"
+        "vite-express": "0.16.0",
+        "zustand": "^5.0.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/react": "^18.3.2",
@@ -5728,6 +5729,34 @@
       "funding": {
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
+    },
+    "node_modules/zustand": {
+      "version": "5.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zustand/-/zustand-5.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8qNdnJVJlHlrKXi50LDqqUNmUbuBjoKLrYQBnoChIbVph7vni+sY+YpvdjXG9YLd/Bxr6scMcR+rm5H3aSqPaw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.20.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@types/react": ">=18.0.0",
+        "immer": ">=9.0.6",
+        "react": ">=18.0.0",
+        "use-sync-external-store": ">=1.2.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "@types/react": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "immer": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "react": {
+          "optional": true
+        },
+        "use-sync-external-store": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9030925..1a88de4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     "react-feather": "^2.0.10",
     "react-responsive": "^10.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^6.26.2",
-    "vite-express": "0.16.0"
+    "vite-express": "0.16.0",
+    "zustand": "^5.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/react": "^18.3.2",
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index a65eef4..68fff38 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ const App = () => {
     <Routes>
       <Route element={<ProtectedRoute />}>
         <Route path='/' element={<TeamOverview />} />
-        <Route path='/teammedlemmer' element={<TeamMembers />} />
-        <Route path='/teammedlemmer/:principalName' element={<UserProfile />} />
-        <Route path='/:teamId' element={<TeamDetail />} />
-        <Route path='/:teamId/:shortName' element={<SharedBucketDetail />} />
-        <Route path='/opprett-team' element={<ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute component={<CreateTeamForm />} />} />
-        <Route path='/opprett-team/kvittering' element={<ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute component={<TeamCreated />} />} />
+        <Route path='teammedlemmer' element={<TeamMembers />}>
+          <Route path=':principalName' element={<UserProfile />} />
+        </Route>
+        <Route path='opprett-team' element={<ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute />}>
+          <Route path='' element={<CreateTeamForm />} />
+          <Route path='kvittering' element={<TeamCreated />} />
+        </Route>
+        <Route path=':teamId' element={<TeamDetail />}>
+          <Route path=':shortName' element={<SharedBucketDetail />} />
+        </Route>
         <Route path='/not-found' element={<NotFound />} />
       </Route>
     </Routes>
diff --git a/src/components/ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute.tsx b/src/components/ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute.tsx
index 7ff419f..1aa7a1d 100644
--- a/src/components/ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute.tsx
@@ -1,29 +1,43 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import NotFound from '../pages/NotFound/NotFound.tsx'
 import { User } from '../services/userProfile'
 import { isAuthorizedToCreateTeam } from '../services/createTeam'
-import { Effect } from 'effect'
+import { Effect, Option as O } from 'effect'
 import { isDaplaAdmin } from '../utils/services'
+import { option } from '../utils/utils'
+import { Skeleton } from '@mui/material'
+import PageLayout from './PageLayout/PageLayout.tsx'
+import { Outlet } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { useUserProfileStore } from '../services/store.ts'
 
-export interface Props {
-  component: React.ReactElement
-}
+const ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute = () => {
+  // O.none() here represents the loading state
+  const [oIsAuthorized, setIsAuthorized] = useState<O.Option<boolean>>(O.none())
+  const maybeUser: O.Option<User> = useUserProfileStore((state) => state.loggedInUser)
 
-const ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute = ({ component }: Props) => {
-  const [isAuthorized, setIsAuthorized] = useState(false)
   useEffect(() => {
-    const userProfileItem = localStorage.getItem('userProfile')
-    if (!userProfileItem) return
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const user: User = yield* O.match(maybeUser, {
+        onNone: () => Effect.fail(new Error('User not logged in!')),
+        onSome: (user) => Effect.succeed(user),
+      })
 
-    const user = JSON.parse(userProfileItem) as User
-    if (!user) return
+      const daplaAdmin: boolean = yield* Effect.promise(() => isDaplaAdmin(user.principal_name))
 
-    Effect.promise(() => isDaplaAdmin(user.principal_name))
-      .pipe(Effect.runPromise)
-      .then((isDaplaAdmin: boolean) => setIsAuthorized(isAuthorizedToCreateTeam(isDaplaAdmin, user.job_title)))
-  }, [])
+      yield* Effect.sync(() => setIsAuthorized(O.some(isAuthorizedToCreateTeam(daplaAdmin, user.job_title))))
+    }).pipe(Effect.runPromise)
+  })
 
-  return isAuthorized ? component : <NotFound />
+  return option(
+    oIsAuthorized,
+    () => (
+      <PageLayout
+        title='Opprett Team'
+        content={<Skeleton variant='rectangular' animation='wave' width={800} height={600} />}
+      />
+    ),
+    (isAuthorized) => (isAuthorized ? <Outlet /> : <NotFound />)
+  )
 }
 
 export default ProtectedAuthorizedUserRoute
diff --git a/src/components/ProtectedRoute.tsx b/src/components/ProtectedRoute.tsx
index 104a90c..affa812 100644
--- a/src/components/ProtectedRoute.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProtectedRoute.tsx
@@ -5,27 +5,28 @@ import { fetchUserInformationFromAuthToken } from '../utils/services'
 import { Cause, Effect, Option as O } from 'effect'
 import { customLogger } from '../utils/logger.ts'
 import { ApiError } from '../utils/services.ts'
+import { useUserProfileStore } from '../services/store.ts'
 
 import { User } from '../services/userProfile.ts'
 
 const ProtectedRoute = () => {
   const [isAuthenticated, setIsAuthenticated] = useState(false)
+  const setLoggedInUser = useUserProfileStore((state) => state.setLoggedInUser)
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const from = location.pathname
 
-  const fetchUserProfile = (): Effect.Effect<void, Cause.UnknownException | ApiError> =>
-    Effect.gen(function* () {
-      const userProfileData = yield* Effect.promise(fetchUserInformationFromAuthToken)
-      const userProfile = yield* Effect.tryPromise(() => getUserProfile(userProfileData.email)).pipe(
-        Effect.flatMap((x) => (x instanceof ApiError ? Effect.fail(x) : Effect.succeed(x))),
-        Effect.map(JSON.stringify)
-      )
-      yield* Effect.logInfo(`UserProfile set in localStorage: ${userProfile}`)
-      yield* Effect.sync(() => localStorage.setItem('userProfile', userProfile))
-      yield* Effect.sync(() => setIsAuthenticated(true))
-    }).pipe(Effect.provide(customLogger))
-
   useEffect(() => {
+    const fetchUserProfile = (): Effect.Effect<void, Cause.UnknownException | ApiError> =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const userProfileData = yield* Effect.promise(fetchUserInformationFromAuthToken)
+        const userProfile = yield* Effect.tryPromise(() => getUserProfile(userProfileData.email)).pipe(
+          Effect.flatMap((x) => (x instanceof ApiError ? Effect.fail(x) : Effect.succeed(x)))
+        )
+        yield* Effect.sync(() => localStorage.setItem('userProfile', JSON.stringify(userProfile)))
+        yield* Effect.sync(() => setLoggedInUser(userProfile))
+        yield* Effect.sync(() => setIsAuthenticated(true))
+      }).pipe(Effect.provide(customLogger))
+
     const cachedUserProfile: O.Option<User> = O.fromNullable(localStorage.getItem('userProfile')).pipe(
       O.flatMap(O.liftThrowable(JSON.parse))
     )
@@ -34,13 +35,16 @@ const ProtectedRoute = () => {
       onSome: (userProfile) =>
         // invalidate cached user profile if 'job_title' field is missing
         userProfile.job_title
-          ? Effect.sync(() => setIsAuthenticated(true))
+          ? Effect.zip(
+              Effect.sync(() => setIsAuthenticated(true)),
+              Effect.sync(() => setLoggedInUser(userProfile))
+            )
           : Effect.zipRight(
               Effect.logInfo("'job_title' field missing, invalidating UserProfile cache"),
               fetchUserProfile()
             ).pipe(Effect.provide(customLogger)),
     }).pipe(Effect.runPromise)
-  }, [from, navigate])
+  }, [from, navigate, setLoggedInUser])
 
   return isAuthenticated ? <Outlet /> : null
 }
diff --git a/src/services/store.ts b/src/services/store.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0bb40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/store.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { create } from 'zustand'
+import { subscribeWithSelector } from 'zustand/middleware'
+import { User } from '../services/userProfile.ts'
+import { Effect, Option as O } from 'effect'
+
+import { customLogger } from '../utils/logger.ts'
+
+type UserProfileStoreState = {
+  loggedInUser: O.Option<User>
+}
+
+type UserProfileStoreActions = {
+  setLoggedInUser: (user: User) => void
+}
+
+export type UserProfileStore = UserProfileStoreState & UserProfileStoreActions
+
+export const useUserProfileStore = create<UserProfileStore>()(
+  subscribeWithSelector((set) => ({
+    loggedInUser: O.none(),
+    setLoggedInUser: (user: User) => set(() => ({ loggedInUser: O.some(user) })),
+  }))
+)
+
+useUserProfileStore.subscribe(
+  (state) => state.loggedInUser,
+  (user) => Effect.log('USER LOGGED IN:', O.getOrNull(user)).pipe(Effect.provide(customLogger), Effect.runPromise)
+)