diff --git a/e2e/tests/react/components/react-cookie-consent-spec.ts b/e2e/tests/react/components/react-cookie-consent-spec.ts
index fc35bc1df1..f6f55d288a 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/react/components/react-cookie-consent-spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/react/components/react-cookie-consent-spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { test, expect, Page, Locator } from '@playwright/test';
-import { isLocatorSelectedOrChecked } from '../../../utils/element.util';
+import { getFocusedElement, isLocatorSelectedOrChecked } from '../../../utils/element.util';
 import {
   gotoStorybookUrlByName,
   createScreenshotFileName,
   takeScreenshotWithSpacing,
   waitFor,
+  getLocatorElement,
 } from '../../../utils/playwright.util';
 const componentName = 'cookieconsent';
 const storybook = 'react';
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ test.describe(`Banner`, () => {
 
   const storeConsentsAndWaitForBannerClose = async (
     page: Page,
-    approveType: 'all' | 'required',
+    approveType: 'all' | 'required' | 'selected',
     bannerLocator: Locator,
   ) => {
     const banner = bannerLocator || getBannerOrPageLocator(page);
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ test.describe(`Banner`, () => {
     const screenshotNameSV = createScreenshotFileName(testInfo, isMobile, 'sv language');
     await takeScreenshotWithSpacing(page, banner, screenshotNameSV);
   });
-  test('Banner is closed after approval and not shown again.', async ({ page, isMobile }, testInfo) => {
+  test('Banner is closed after approval and not shown again. Focus is moved.', async ({ page, isMobile }, testInfo) => {
     if (isMobile) {
       // viewport is too small to test with mobile view. Banner blocks the ui.
       return;
@@ -188,6 +189,9 @@ test.describe(`Banner`, () => {
     await changeTab(page, 'banner');
     const banner = getBannerOrPageLocator(page);
     await storeConsentsAndWaitForBannerClose(page, 'all', banner);
+    const focusTarget = await getLocatorElement(page.locator('#actionbar > a'));
+    const focusedElement = await getFocusedElement(page.locator('body'));
+    expect(focusTarget === focusedElement).toBeTruthy();
     const screenshotName = createScreenshotFileName(testInfo, isMobile);
     await takeScreenshotWithSpacing(page, page.locator('body'), screenshotName);
 
@@ -207,6 +211,22 @@ test.describe(`Banner`, () => {
     const consents = await approveRequiredAndCheckStoredConsents(page);
     expect(consents).toEqual(['essential', 'test_essential']);
   });
+  test('Element given in openBanner is focused on banner close', async ({ page, isMobile }, testInfo) => {
+    if (isMobile) {
+      // viewport is too small to test with mobile view. Banner blocks the ui.
+      return;
+    }
+    const openerSelector = '#banner-opener';
+    await gotoStorybookUrlByName(page, 'Example', componentName, storybook);
+    await changeTab(page, 'actions');
+    const bannerOpener = page.locator(openerSelector);
+    const banner = getBannerOrPageLocator(page);
+    await bannerOpener.click();
+    await storeConsentsAndWaitForBannerClose(page, 'selected', banner);
+    const focusTarget = await getLocatorElement(page.locator(openerSelector));
+    const focusedElement = await getFocusedElement(page.locator('body'));
+    expect(focusTarget === focusedElement).toBeTruthy();
+  });
   test('Stored consents are changed via settings page', async ({ page, isMobile }, testInfo) => {
     if (isMobile) {
       // viewport is too small to test with mobile view. Banner blocks the ui.
diff --git a/e2e/tests/react/components/react-cookie-consent-spec.ts-snapshots/banner-is-closed-after-approval-and-not-shown-again--desktop-png.png b/e2e/tests/react/components/react-cookie-consent-spec.ts-snapshots/banner-is-closed-after-approval-and-not-shown-again--desktop-png.png
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diff --git a/e2e/utils/playwright.util.ts b/e2e/utils/playwright.util.ts
index f64c5954e0..03beb8a2c4 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/playwright.util.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/playwright.util.ts
@@ -205,3 +205,8 @@ export const gotoStorybookUrlByName = async (page: Page, name: string, component
   await page.goto(targetUrl);
   return targetUrl;
 };
+
+export const getLocatorElement = async (locator: Locator): Promise<HTMLElement | SVGElement | null> => {
+  const first = locator.first();
+  return first.evaluate((el) => el);
+};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsent/CookieConsent.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsent/CookieConsent.stories.tsx
index ae9e5a1ff4..8156deff53 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsent/CookieConsent.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsent/CookieConsent.stories.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const Actions = () => {
   };
   const openBanner = async () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log('Spawning banner', await window.hds.cookieConsent.openBanner(['statistics', 'chat']));
+    console.log('Spawning banner', await window.hds.cookieConsent.openBanner(['statistics', 'chat'], '#banner-opener'));
   };
   return (
     <div>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const Actions = () => {
         <Button data-testid="remove-cookie-button" onClick={removeConsentCookie}>
           Remove all consents
         </Button>
-        <Button data-testid="open-banner-button" onClick={openBanner}>
+        <Button id="banner-opener" data-testid="open-banner-button" onClick={openBanner}>
           Open banner with highlighted groups &quot;chat&quot; and &quot;statistics&quot;
         </Button>
       </div>
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ export const Example = ({ currentTabIndex }: { currentTabIndex?: number } = {})
   return (
     <CookieConsentContextProvider
       onChange={onChange}
-      options={{ language, theme }}
+      // focusing the logo link, because the tab component loses focus on re-render.
+      options={{ language, focusTargetSelector: '#actionbar > a', theme }}
       siteSettings={{ ...siteSettings, remove: false, monitorInterval: 0 }}
     >
       <Header languages={languages} onDidChangeLanguage={onLangChange} defaultLanguage={language}>
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export const Example = ({ currentTabIndex }: { currentTabIndex?: number } = {})
           titleHref="https://hel.fi"
           logo={<Logo src={logoFi} alt="City of Helsinki" />}
           logoAriaLabel="Service logo"
+          id="actionbar"
         >
           <Header.LanguageSelector aria-label="aria" languageHeading="other" />
         </Header.ActionBar>
@@ -157,13 +159,13 @@ export const Example = ({ currentTabIndex }: { currentTabIndex?: number } = {})
           <span data-testid="page-tab" />
         </Tabs.TabPanel>
         <Tabs.TabPanel>
-          <h1>Banner ( {language} )</h1>
+          <h1 tabIndex={-1}>Banner ( {language} )</h1>
           <p>Banner is shown if required consents are not consented.</p>
           <CookieBanner />
           <span data-testid="banner-tab" />
         </Tabs.TabPanel>
         <Tabs.TabPanel>
-          <h1>Consents ( {language} )</h1>
+          <h1 tabIndex={-1}>Consents ( {language} )</h1>
           <p>Banner is also shown here when needed.</p>
           <ConsentOutput />
           <CookieBanner />
@@ -205,9 +207,10 @@ export const Banner = () => {
     <CookieConsentContextProvider
       onChange={onChange}
       siteSettings={{ ...siteSettings, remove: false, monitorInterval: 0 }}
+      options={{ focusTargetSelector: 'main h1' }}
     >
       <main>
-        <h1>Cookie consent banner</h1>
+        <h1 tabIndex={-1}>Cookie consent banner</h1>
         <p>The banner is shown only if necessary.</p>
         <CookieBanner />
       </main>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/CookieConsentCore.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/CookieConsentCore.stories.tsx
index 15dbab4f0b..6f17216320 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/CookieConsentCore.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/CookieConsentCore.stories.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const Actions = () => {
   };
   const openBanner = async () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log('Spawning banner', await window.hds.cookieConsent.openBanner(['statistics', 'chat']));
+    console.log('Spawning banner', await window.hds.cookieConsent.openBanner(['statistics', 'chat'], '#banner-opener'));
   };
   return (
     <>
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ const Actions = () => {
         <Button onClick={addChatCookie}>Add chat group</Button>
         <Button onClick={addUnallowedCookie}>Add unallowed group</Button>
         <Button onClick={removeConsentCookie}>Remove consent cookie</Button>
-        <Button onClick={openBanner}>Open banner</Button>
+        <Button id="banner-opener" onClick={openBanner}>
+          Open banner
+        </Button>
       </div>
     </>
   );
@@ -71,20 +73,22 @@ const DummyContent = () => (
 );
 
 export const Banner = (options: Options = {}) => {
+  const focusTargetSelector = 'main h1';
+  const combinedOptions: Options = { ...options, focusTargetSelector, submitEvent: true };
   return (
     <main>
       <Info />
-      <h1>Cookie consent banner</h1>
+      <h1 tabIndex={-1}>Cookie consent banner</h1>
       <p>The banner is shown only if necessary.</p>
       <Actions />
       <DummyContent />
-      <BannerComponent siteSettings={siteSettingsJsonUrl} options={options} />
+      <BannerComponent siteSettings={siteSettingsJsonUrl} options={combinedOptions} />
     </main>
   );
 };
 
 export const SettingsPage = (options: Options = {}) => {
-  const combinedOptions = { ...options, submitEvent: true };
+  const combinedOptions: Options = { ...options, submitEvent: true };
   return (
     <main>
       <Info />
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/cookieConsentCore.js b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/cookieConsentCore.js
index 6b8d96e417..5a3ad80791 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/cookieConsentCore.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/cookieConsentCore.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
   #pageContentSelector;
   #submitEvent = false;
   #settingsPageSelector;
+  #focusTargetSelector;
   #disableAutoRender;
   #monitor;
   #cookieHandler;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
    * @param {string} [options.pageContentSelector='body'] - The selector for where to add scroll-margin-bottom.
    * @param {boolean} [options.submitEvent=false] - If set to true, do not reload the page, but submit the string as an event after consent.
    * @param {string} [options.settingsPageSelector=null] - If this string is set and a matching element is found on the page, show cookie settings in a page replacing the matched element.
+   * @param {string} [options.focusTargetSelector=null] - Selector for the element that will receive focus once the banner is closed.
    * @param {boolean} [options.disableAutoRender=false] - If true, neither banner or page are rendered automatically
    * @param {boolean} [calledFromCreate=false] - Indicates if the constructor was called from the create method.
    * @throws {Error} Throws an error if called from outside the create method.
@@ -89,6 +91,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
       pageContentSelector = 'body', // Where to add scroll-margin-bottom
       submitEvent = false, // if set, do not reload page, but submit 'hds-cookie-consent-changed' as event after consent
       settingsPageSelector = null, // If this string is set and a matching element is found on the page, show cookie settings in a page replacing the matched element.
+      focusTargetSelector = null,
       disableAutoRender = false,
     },
     calledFromCreate = false,
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
     this.#pageContentSelector = pageContentSelector;
     this.#submitEvent = submitEvent;
     this.#settingsPageSelector = settingsPageSelector;
+    this.#focusTargetSelector = focusTargetSelector;
     this.#disableAutoRender = disableAutoRender;
 
     CookieConsentCore.addToHdsScope('cookieConsent', this);
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
    * @param {string} [options.pageContentSelector='body'] - The selector for where to add scroll-margin-bottom.
    * @param {boolean} [options.submitEvent=false] - If set, do not reload the page, but submit 'hds-cookie-consent-changed' event after consent.
    * @param {string} [options.settingsPageSelector=null] - If this string is set and a matching element is found on the page, show cookie settings in a page replacing the matched element.
+   * @param {string} [options.focusTargetSelector=null] - Selector for the element that will receive focus once the banner is closed.
    * @param {boolean} [options.disableAutoRender=false] - If...
    * @return {Promise<CookieConsentCore>} A promise that resolves to a new instance of the CookieConsent class.
    * @throws {Error} Throws an error if the siteSettingsParam is not a string or an object.
@@ -246,13 +251,19 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
 
   /**
    * Opens banner when not on cookie settings page.
+   * * @param {Array} highlightedGroups - Groups to highlight when opened
+   * * @param {string} focusTargetSelector - Selector for the element that will receive focus once the banner is closed. Overrides the options.focusTargetSelector
    */
-  openBanner(highlightedGroups = []) {
+  openBanner(highlightedGroups = [], focusTargetSelector = '') {
     if (this.#settingsPageSelector && document.querySelector(this.#settingsPageSelector)) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.error(`Cookie consent: The user is already on settings page`);
       return;
     }
+
+    if (focusTargetSelector) {
+      this.#focusTargetSelector = focusTargetSelector;
+    }
     this.removeBanner();
     this.#render(this.#language, this.#siteSettings, true, null, highlightedGroups);
   }
@@ -342,7 +353,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
    * Removes the banner and related elements.
    * @returns {void}
    */
-  removeBanner() {
+  removeBanner(setFocus = false) {
     this.killTimeout();
     // Remove banner size observer
     if (this.#resizeReference.resizeObserver && this.#resizeReference.bannerHeightElement) {
@@ -360,6 +371,13 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
 
     // Remove scroll-margin-bottom variable from all elements inside the contentSelector
     document.documentElement.style.removeProperty('--hds-cookie-consent-height');
+
+    if (setFocus && this.#focusTargetSelector) {
+      const element = document.querySelector(this.#focusTargetSelector);
+      if (element) {
+        element.focus();
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // MARK: Private methods
@@ -417,7 +435,7 @@ export class CookieConsentCore {
     } else {
       window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(cookieEventType.CHANGE, { detail: { acceptedGroups } }));
       if (!this.#settingsPageElement) {
-        this.removeBanner();
+        this.removeBanner(true);
         // removeBanner() removes the setTimeout that shows notification
         // announceSettingsSaved() must be called after the removeBanner()
         this.#announceSettingsSaved();
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/types.ts b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/types.ts
index 94d3ef1816..6eaacba93b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/types.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/cookieConsentCore/types.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export type Options = {
   pageContentSelector?: string | undefined;
   submitEvent?: boolean | undefined;
   settingsPageSelector?: string | undefined;
+  focusTargetSelector?: string | undefined;
   disableAutoRender?: boolean | undefined;
 };