diff --git a/src/components/SearchFilter.vue b/src/components/SearchFilter.vue
index c359eb8bc..ec43059ff 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchFilter.vue
+++ b/src/components/SearchFilter.vue
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         </b-form-group>
       </b-card-body>
       <b-card-footer>
-        <b-button type="submit" variant="primary">{{ $t('submit') }}</b-button>
+        <b-button id="submitBtn" type="submit" variant="primary">{{ $t('submit') }}</b-button>
         <b-button type="reset" variant="danger" class="ml-3">{{ $t('reset') }}</b-button>
       </b-card-footer>
     </b-card>
@@ -151,6 +151,52 @@ function getQueryDefaults() {
   };
 }
 
+function getUrlParamValues() {
+  const searchURL = new URL(window.location);
+  const params = searchURL.searchParams;
+  const urlParams = {};
+  const arrayParams = ['bbox', 'collections', 'ids'];
+  const allowedQueryParams = [
+  'q',
+  'datetime',
+  'bbox',
+  'limit',
+  'ids',
+  'collections',
+  'sortby',
+  'filters',
+  'itemsPerPage'];
+  
+  allowedQueryParams.forEach((allowedParam) => {
+    if (params.has(allowedParam)) {
+      if( arrayParams.includes(allowedParam)) {
+        urlParams[allowedParam] = params.get(allowedParam).split(',');
+        // bbox bust be array of numbers
+        if(allowedParam === 'bbox') {
+          urlParams[allowedParam] = urlParams[allowedParam].map(Number);
+        }
+      } else if(allowedParam === 'datetime') {
+        // datetime must be array of date objects
+          urlParams[allowedParam] = params.get(allowedParam);
+          const dateArray= urlParams['datetime'].split('/').map( day => new Date(day));
+          urlParams[allowedParam] = dateArray;
+        } else {
+        // all others are strings
+        urlParams[allowedParam] = params.get(allowedParam);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  const combinedQuery = { ...getQueryDefaults(), ...urlParams};
+  return combinedQuery;
+}
+
+function bboxProvided() {
+      const searchURL = new URL(window.location);
+      const hasBbox = searchURL.searchParams.has('bbox');
+      return hasBbox;
+    }
+
 function getDefaults() {
   return {
     sortOrder: 1,
@@ -159,10 +205,60 @@ function getDefaults() {
     query: getQueryDefaults(),
     filtersAndOr: 'and',
     filters: [],
-    selectedCollections: []
+    selectedCollections: [],
   };
 }
 
+function overwriteDefaults() {
+  const searchURL = new URL(window.location);
+  const params = searchURL.searchParams;
+  const permittedOverwrites = ['sortOrder', 'sortTerm', 'provideBBox'];
+  const numericParams=['sortOrder', 'limit'];
+  const defaultOverwrites = {
+    provideBBox: bboxProvided(),
+    bboxSelectionStyle: bboxProvided() ? 'text' : 'map',
+  };
+
+
+  permittedOverwrites.forEach((allowedValue) => {
+    if(params.has(allowedValue)) {
+      // sortTerm is a json object, not a string
+      if (allowedValue === 'sortTerm') {
+        defaultOverwrites[allowedValue] = JSON.parse(params.get(allowedValue));
+      }
+      else if(numericParams.includes(allowedValue)) {
+        defaultOverwrites[allowedValue] = parseInt(params.get(allowedValue));
+      } else {
+        defaultOverwrites[allowedValue] = params.get(allowedValue);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  return {...getDefaults(), ...defaultOverwrites};
+
+}
+
+function updateUrlParamString(key, value) {
+  // remove parameters if new value is null
+  const searchURL = new URL(window.location);
+  if (value === null || value.length === 0 || value.value === null) {
+    searchURL.searchParams.delete(key);
+    window.history.pushState({}, '', searchURL);
+    return;
+  }
+  // sortTerm is an object
+  if(key === 'sortTerm') {
+    searchURL.searchParams.set(key, JSON.stringify(value));
+  } else if(key ==='datetime') {
+    const dateFormattedForPicker = `${JSON.stringify(value['0'])}/${JSON.stringify(value['1'])}`;
+    searchURL.searchParams.set(key, dateFormattedForPicker.replaceAll('"',''));
+  } else {
+    searchURL.searchParams.set(key, value);
+  }
+
+  window.history.pushState({}, '', searchURL);
+}
+
 let formId = 0;
 
 export default {
@@ -202,6 +298,10 @@ export default {
     value: {
       type: Object,
       default: () => ({})
+    },
+    searchLink: {
+      type: Object,
+      default: () => ({})
     }
   },
   data() {
@@ -214,7 +314,7 @@ export default {
       collections: [],
       collectionsLoadingTimer: null,
       additionalCollectionCount: 0
-    }, getDefaults());
+    }, overwriteDefaults());
   },
   computed: {
     ...mapState(['itemsPerPage', 'uiLanguage']),
@@ -297,7 +397,7 @@ export default {
       immediate: true,
       deep: true,
       handler(value) {
-        let query = Object.assign(getQueryDefaults(), value);
+        let query = Object.assign(getUrlParamValues(), value);
         if (Array.isArray(query.datetime)) {
           query.datetime = query.datetime.map(Utils.dateFromUTC);
         }
@@ -312,7 +412,8 @@ export default {
           });
         }
       }
-    }
+    },
+    $route() {},
   },
   beforeCreate() {
     formId++;
@@ -341,6 +442,14 @@ export default {
     }
     Promise.all(promises).finally(() => this.loaded = true);
   },
+  mounted() {
+    // submit form if loaded with url params
+  const searchURL = new URL(window.location);
+  const params = searchURL.searchParams;
+    if(params.size > 1) {
+      document.getElementById("submitBtn").click();
+    }
+  },
   methods: {
     resetSearchCollection() {
       clearTimeout(this.collectionsLoadingTimer);
@@ -465,9 +574,11 @@ export default {
     },
     sortFieldSet(value) {
       this.sortTerm = value;
+      updateUrlParamString('sortTerm', value);
     },
     sortDirectionSet(value) {
       this.sortOrder = value;
+      updateUrlParamString('sortOrder', value);
     },
     buildFilter() {
       if (this.filters.length === 0) {
@@ -498,6 +609,7 @@ export default {
     async onReset() {
       Object.assign(this, getDefaults());
       this.$emit('input', {}, true);
+      this.removeQueryParams();
     },
     setLimit(limit) {
       limit = Number.parseInt(limit, 10);
@@ -508,15 +620,24 @@ export default {
         limit = null;
       }
       this.$set(this.query, 'limit', limit);
+      updateUrlParamString('limit', limit);
     },
     addSearchTerm(term) {
       if (!Utils.hasText(term)) {
         return;
       }
       this.query.q.push(term);
+      updateUrlParamString('q', term);
     },
     setSearchTerms(terms) {
       this.$set(this.query, 'q', terms);
+      updateUrlParamString('q', terms);
+    },
+    updateBBoxArray(entry, position) {
+      const bbox = this.query.bbox;
+      bbox[position] = Number(entry);
+      this.$set(this.query, 'bbox', bbox);
+      updateUrlParamString('bbox', bbox);
     },
     setBBox(bounds) {
       let bbox = null;
@@ -537,6 +658,7 @@ export default {
         }
       }
       this.$set(this.query, 'bbox', bbox);
+      updateUrlParamString('bbox', bbox);
     },
     setDateTime(datetime) {
       if (datetime.find(dt => dt instanceof Date)) {
@@ -546,6 +668,7 @@ export default {
         datetime = null;
       }
       this.$set(this.query, 'datetime', datetime);
+      updateUrlParamString('datetime', datetime);
     },
     addCollection(collection) {
       if (!this.collectionSelectOptions.taggable) {
@@ -556,16 +679,20 @@ export default {
       this.selectedCollections.push(opt);
       this.collections.push(opt);
       this.query.collections.push(collection);
+      updateUrlParamString('collections', collection);
     },
     setCollections(collections) {
       this.selectedCollections = collections;
       this.$set(this.query, 'collections', collections.map(c => c.value));
+      updateUrlParamString('collections', collections.map(c => c.value));
     },
     addId(id) {
       this.query.ids.push(id);
+      updateUrlParamString('ids', id);
     },
     setIds(ids) {
       this.$set(this.query, 'ids', ids);
+      updateUrlParamString('ids', ids);
     },
     formatSort() {
       if (this.sortTerm && this.sortTerm.value && this.sortOrder) {
@@ -575,8 +702,11 @@ export default {
       else {
         return null;
       }
-    }
-  }
+    },
+    removeQueryParams() {
+      this.$router.replace({name: "search"});
+    },
+  },
 };
 </script>