diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ActivityForm.svelte b/frontend/src/components/ActivityForm.svelte
index 40ec2c3..ef0ad95 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ActivityForm.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ActivityForm.svelte
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@
       : '',
   );
   // svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally
+  let description = $state(
+    existing
+      ? (existing.visibility === 'private'
+          ? initialPriv?.description ?? ''
+          : existing.description ?? '')
+      : '',
+  );
+  // svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally
   let tags: string[] = $state(
     existing
       ? (existing.visibility === 'private' ? initialPriv?.tags ?? [] : [...existing.tags])
@@ -103,6 +111,7 @@
       const payload: PrivatePayload = {
         title: title.trim(),
         tags,
+        description: description.trim() || undefined,
         loc_label: locLabel || undefined,
         scheduled_at: scheduledEpoch() ?? undefined,
       };
@@ -116,6 +125,7 @@
     return {
       visibility,
       title: title.trim(),
+      description: description.trim() || null,
       tags,
       loc_label: locLabel || null,
       scheduled_at: scheduledEpoch(),
@@ -195,6 +205,10 @@
   <label for="title">Tittel</label>
   <input id="title" type="text" bind:value={title} required />
 
+  <label for="desc">Beskrivelse (valgfritt)</label>
+  <textarea id="desc" rows="4" bind:value={description}
+            placeholder="Detaljer, lenker, hva som helst"></textarea>
+
   <div id="tags-label" style="margin: 0.75rem 0 0.25rem; font-weight: 500;">Etiketter</div>
   <div role="group" aria-labelledby="tags-label">
     <TagInput visibility={visibility} bind:tags onChange={(t) => (tags = t)} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ActivityRow.svelte b/frontend/src/components/ActivityRow.svelte
index 81673fe..740fd3e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ActivityRow.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ActivityRow.svelte
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
         </a>
         <span class="vis-badge private">Privat</span>
       </h3>
+      {#if decrypted.description}
+        <p style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0.25rem 0;">{decrypted.description}</p>
+      {/if}
       {#if decrypted.tags.length}
         <div>
           {#each decrypted.tags as t}<span class="tag private">{t}</span>{/each}
@@ -202,6 +205,9 @@
         {activity.visibility === 'semi' ? 'Anonym' : 'Offentlig'}
       </span>
     </h3>
+    {#if activity.description}
+      <p style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0.25rem 0;">{activity.description}</p>
+    {/if}
     {#if activity.tags.length}
       <div>
         {#each activity.tags as t}<span class="tag">{t}</span>{/each}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte b/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte
index 7d0b4e2..870e3de 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Home.svelte
@@ -84,14 +84,15 @@
     if (a.visibility === 'private') {
       const p = privateCleartext.get(a.id);
       if (!p) return false;
-      return [p.title, p.loc_label ?? '', ...p.tags]
+      return [p.title, p.description ?? '', p.loc_label ?? '', ...p.tags]
         .some((s) => s.toLowerCase().includes(needle));
     }
     return [
       a.title,
+      a.description ?? '',
       a.loc_label ?? '',
       ...a.tags,
-      a.visibility === 'public' ? a.owner_display : '',
+      a.visibility === 'public' ? a.owner_display ?? '' : '',
     ].some((s) => s.toLowerCase().includes(needle));
   }
 
diff --git a/server/activities.ts b/server/activities.ts
index 2dc5a3b..754e254 100644
--- a/server/activities.ts
+++ b/server/activities.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface ActivityRow {
   ciphertext: Uint8Array | null;
   nonce: Uint8Array | null;
   title: string | null;
+  description: string | null;
   scheduled_at: number | null;
   loc_label: string | null;
   loc_lat: number | null;
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ function serialize(row: ActivityRow, viewerId: string | null): Activity {
       id: row.id,
       visibility: 'semi',
       title: row.title ?? '',
+      description: row.description,
       tags,
       loc_label: row.loc_label,
       loc_lat: row.loc_lat,
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ function serialize(row: ActivityRow, viewerId: string | null): Activity {
     owner_display: attrib.display,
     owner_username: attrib.username,
     title: row.title ?? '',
+    description: row.description,
     tags,
     loc_label: row.loc_label,
     loc_lat: row.loc_lat,
@@ -237,11 +240,13 @@ activitiesRoutes.post('/', requireAuth, async (c) => {
   } else {
     db.prepare(`
       INSERT INTO activities
-        (id, owner_id, visibility, title, scheduled_at, loc_label, loc_lat, loc_lng, created_at, updated_at)
-      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+        (id, owner_id, visibility, title, description, scheduled_at,
+         loc_label, loc_lat, loc_lng, created_at, updated_at)
+      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
     `).run(
       id, userId, body.visibility,
       body.title!.trim(),
+      body.description?.trim() || null,
       body.scheduled_at ?? null,
       body.loc_label ?? null,
       body.loc_lat ?? null,
@@ -282,6 +287,7 @@ activitiesRoutes.patch('/:id', requireAuth, async (c) => {
         ciphertext = ?,
         nonce = ?,
         title = NULL,
+        description = NULL,
         scheduled_at = NULL,
         loc_label = NULL,
         loc_lat = NULL,
@@ -296,6 +302,7 @@ activitiesRoutes.patch('/:id', requireAuth, async (c) => {
       UPDATE activities SET
         visibility = ?,
         title = ?,
+        description = ?,
         scheduled_at = ?,
         loc_label = ?,
         loc_lat = ?,
@@ -307,6 +314,7 @@ activitiesRoutes.patch('/:id', requireAuth, async (c) => {
     `).run(
       body.visibility,
       body.title!.trim(),
+      body.description?.trim() || null,
       body.scheduled_at ?? null,
       body.loc_label ?? null,
       body.loc_lat ?? null,
diff --git a/server/db.ts b/server/db.ts
index 776a072..5df5f61 100644
--- a/server/db.ts
+++ b/server/db.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ const SCHEMA_STATEMENTS: readonly string[] = [
     ciphertext BLOB,
     nonce BLOB,
     title TEXT,
+    -- Optional free-text body. Plain text for now (markdown is a possible
+    -- future polish). For private rows this column stays NULL — the
+    -- description lives inside the encrypted payload alongside the title.
+    description TEXT,
     scheduled_at INTEGER,
     loc_label TEXT,
     loc_lat REAL,
@@ -184,6 +188,7 @@ export function getDb(): Database {
   // Feedback triage columns (added after the feedback feature shipped).
   ensureColumn(db, 'feedback', 'done_at', 'INTEGER');
   ensureColumn(db, 'feedback', 'done_by', 'TEXT');
+  ensureColumn(db, 'activities', 'description', 'TEXT');
   ensureColumn(db, 'users', 'username', 'TEXT');
   ensureColumn(db, 'users', 'public_list_enabled', 'INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0');
   // UNIQUE index on username via separate CREATE INDEX so the ALTER TABLE
diff --git a/server/users.ts b/server/users.ts
index 0e31cf0..cecd5a6 100644
--- a/server/users.ts
+++ b/server/users.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ interface ActivityRow {
   id: string;
   owner_id: string;
   title: string | null;
+  description: string | null;
   scheduled_at: number | null;
   loc_label: string | null;
   loc_lat: number | null;
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ usersRoutes.get('/:username/list', (c) => {
 
   const rows = db
     .prepare(`
-      SELECT id, owner_id, title, scheduled_at, loc_label, loc_lat, loc_lng,
-             created_at, updated_at
+      SELECT id, owner_id, title, description, scheduled_at, loc_label,
+             loc_lat, loc_lng, created_at, updated_at
       FROM activities
       WHERE owner_id = ? AND visibility = 'public'
       ORDER BY created_at DESC
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ usersRoutes.get('/:username/list', (c) => {
       // Surfacing it on each row keeps ActivityRow's rendering uniform.
       owner_username: username,
       title: r.title ?? '',
+      description: r.description,
       tags: tagsFor(r.id),
       loc_label: r.loc_label,
       loc_lat: r.loc_lat,
diff --git a/shared/crypto.ts b/shared/crypto.ts
index d4c3e12..e5199c5 100644
--- a/shared/crypto.ts
+++ b/shared/crypto.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ export function unwrapDek(sealed: Sealed, kek: Bytes): Bytes {
 export interface PrivatePayload {
   title: string;
   tags: string[];
+  /** Optional free-text body. Plain text (markdown rendering is a future polish). */
+  description?: string;
   loc_label?: string;
   loc_lat?: number;
   loc_lng?: number;
diff --git a/shared/types.ts b/shared/types.ts
index 546b371..ae75f7d 100644
--- a/shared/types.ts
+++ b/shared/types.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ export interface ActivityPublic {
   // client renders the owner attribution as a link to /<owner_username>/list.
   owner_username: string | null;
   title: string;
+  /** Optional free-text body. Plain text. Empty string and null treated the same client-side. */
+  description: string | null;
   tags: string[];
   loc_label: string | null;
   loc_lat: number | null;
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ export interface ActivitySemi {
   // anyone else. Stripped server-side for any other viewer; see SECURITY.md.
   owner_id?: string;
   title: string;
+  description: string | null;
   tags: string[];
   loc_label: string | null;
   loc_lat: number | null;
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ export interface CreateActivityRequest {
   visibility: Visibility;
   // For semi/public:
   title?: string;
+  description?: string | null;
   tags?: string[];
   loc_label?: string | null;
   loc_lat?: number | null;