diff --git a/src/main/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtil.java b/src/main/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtil.java
index 102478d2..8d56e96e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtil.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ private static String cleanString(String name) {
                 .replaceAll("æ", "a")
                 .replaceAll("ø", "o")
                 .replaceAll("å", "a")
+                .replaceAll("–", "-")
                 .trim();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtilTest.java
index 8ebceb6e..0ab20fa9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/no/ndla/taxonomy/util/PrettyUrlUtilTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ void test_create_pretty_url_with_punctuation() {
                 "/r/this-is-a-title-and-a-12/hash",
                 PrettyUrlUtil.createPrettyUrl(Optional.empty(), "This is a title and a 1/2", "hash", NodeType.RESOURCE)
                         .get());
+        assertEquals(
+                "/r/this-is-a-title---with-long-dash/hash",
+                PrettyUrlUtil.createPrettyUrl(Optional.empty(), "This is a title – with long dash", "hash", NodeType.RESOURCE)
+                        .get());
     }
 
     @Test