diff --git a/src/main/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectors.java b/src/main/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectors.java
index 833fc15..317156d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectors.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectors.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import no.digipost.concurrent.OneTimeAssignment;
 import no.digipost.stream.EmptyResultIfEmptySourceCollector;
 import no.digipost.stream.NonEmptyStream;
+import no.digipost.stream.SubjectFilter;
 import no.digipost.tuple.Tuple;
 import no.digipost.tuple.ViewableAsTuple;
 import no.digipost.util.ViewableAsOptional;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collector;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -49,6 +51,37 @@
 public final class DiggCollectors {
 
 
+    /**
+     * Create a collector used for finding and accumulating a specific result,
+     * where applying a filter is not adequate. The returned
+     * {@link SubjectFilter subject filter} is used for
+     * further specifying the final (compound) condition for the result to find.
+     * <p>
+     * When searching for a result <em>in context</em> of other elements, you must carefully
+     * ensure the source to have appropriate ordering and parallelity (or probably rather lack thereof)
+     * for the correct and expected operation of the collector.
+     * <p>
+     * Note: because {@link Collector collectors} are applied to <em>all</em> elements
+     * in a Stream, care should be taken to exclude non-applicable elements e.g. using
+     * a {@link Stream#filter(Predicate) filter}, and {@link Stream#limit(long) limit}
+     * especially for infinite Streams, before collecting.
+     *
+     *
+     * @param <T> The element type which is inspected by the subject filter. This type is
+     *            typically the same as the element type of the Stream the final collector
+     *            is applied to.
+     *
+     * @param subjectElement the predicate for selecting a subject element for further use
+     *                       in accumulating a result from applying the final collector.
+     *
+     * @return the subject filter for the collector, which must be further specified
+     *         to build the final collector
+     */
+    public static <T> SubjectFilter<T> find(Predicate<T> subjectElement) {
+        return new SubjectFilter<>(subjectElement);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * A <em>multituple</em> is similar to a <em>multimap</em> in that it consists of one {@link Tuple#first() first} value and a List of
      * values as the {@link Tuple#second() second} value,
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/AtomicReferenceFolder.java b/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/AtomicReferenceFolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53474da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/AtomicReferenceFolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Posten Norge AS
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package no.digipost.stream;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+import java.util.function.BiPredicate;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+/**
+ * A consumer function for "folding" a value with an {@link AtomicReference}.
+ *
+ * @param <T> The type of the value this function folds.
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+interface AtomicReferenceFolder<T> extends BiConsumer<AtomicReference<T>, T> {
+
+    static <T> AtomicReferenceFolder<T> clearReference() {
+        return (ref, value) -> ref.set(null);
+    }
+
+    static <T> AtomicReferenceFolder<T> keepFirst(Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
+        return (currentRef, candidateElement) ->
+            currentRef.accumulateAndGet(candidateElement, (current, candidate) -> current == null && predicate.test(candidate) ? candidate : current);
+    }
+
+    static <T> AtomicReferenceFolder<T> keepLast(Predicate<? super T> predicate) {
+        return (currentRef, candidateElement) -> {
+            if (predicate.test(candidateElement)) {
+                currentRef.set(candidateElement);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    default AtomicReferenceFolder<T> doInsteadIf(Predicate<? super T> valuePredicate, AtomicReferenceFolder<T> foldOperation) {
+        return doInsteadIf((ref, value) -> valuePredicate.test(value), foldOperation);
+    }
+
+    default AtomicReferenceFolder<T> doInsteadIf(BiPredicate<? super AtomicReference<T>, ? super T> refAndValuePredicate, AtomicReferenceFolder<T> foldOperation) {
+        return (ref, value) -> {
+            if (refAndValuePredicate.test(ref, value)) {
+                foldOperation.accept(ref, value);
+            } else {
+                this.accept(ref, value);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector.java b/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91ba473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Posten Norge AS
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package no.digipost.stream;
+
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.stream.Collector;
+
+import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableSet;
+import static java.util.stream.Collector.Characteristics.CONCURRENT;
+
+final class AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector<T> implements Collector<T, AtomicReference<T>, Optional<T>> {
+
+    private final AtomicReferenceFolder<T> accumulator;
+    private final Set<Characteristics> characteristics;
+
+    AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector(AtomicReferenceFolder<T> accumulator) {
+        this(accumulator, EnumSet.of(CONCURRENT));
+    }
+
+    AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector(AtomicReferenceFolder<T> accumulator, Set<Characteristics> characteristics) {
+        this.accumulator = accumulator;
+        this.characteristics = unmodifiableSet(characteristics);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public AtomicReferenceFolder<T> accumulator() {
+        return accumulator;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Characteristics> characteristics() {
+        return characteristics;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The combiner, while thread-safe, has essentially undefined behavior if combining two
+     * found elements, because there is no way to tell if one or the other should be prioritized.
+     * In all cases of combining one found element with a not found, the found element will be
+     * returned from the function.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public BinaryOperator<AtomicReference<T>> combiner() {
+        return (ref1, ref2) -> {
+            ref1.compareAndSet(null, ref2.get());
+            return ref1;
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Function<AtomicReference<T>, Optional<T>> finisher() {
+        return ref -> Optional.ofNullable(ref.get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Supplier<AtomicReference<T>> supplier() {
+        return AtomicReference::new;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/SubjectFilter.java b/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/SubjectFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..532f624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/no/digipost/stream/SubjectFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Posten Norge AS
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package no.digipost.stream;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Collector;
+
+import static java.util.function.Predicate.isEqual;
+import static no.digipost.stream.AtomicReferenceFolder.clearReference;
+import static no.digipost.stream.AtomicReferenceFolder.keepFirst;
+import static no.digipost.stream.AtomicReferenceFolder.keepLast;
+
+/**
+ * The initial subject filter for building a searching {@code Collector}.
+ * The {@link Collector} is acquired by invoking a method to finalize the
+ * (compound) condition for accumulating the result across the elements
+ * the collector will be applied to.
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of elements this subject filter inspects
+ *
+ * @see #keepFirstNotFollowedBy(Predicate)
+ * @see #keepLastNotFollowedBy(Predicate)
+ */
+public final class SubjectFilter<T> {
+    private final Predicate<T> subjectElement;
+
+    public SubjectFilter(Predicate<T> subjectElement) {
+        this.subjectElement = subjectElement;
+    }
+
+    public Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> keepFirstNotFollowedBy(T cancellingElement) {
+        return keepFirstNotFollowedBy(isEqual(cancellingElement));
+    }
+
+    public Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> keepFirstNotFollowedBy(Predicate<? super T> cancellingElement) {
+        return new AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector<>(keepFirst(subjectElement).doInsteadIf(cancellingElement, clearReference()));
+    }
+
+    public Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> keepLastNotFollowedBy(T cancellingElement) {
+        return keepLastNotFollowedBy(isEqual(cancellingElement));
+    }
+
+    public Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> keepLastNotFollowedBy(Predicate<? super T> cancellingElement) {
+        return new AtomicReferenceFoldingCollector<>(keepLast(subjectElement).doInsteadIf(cancellingElement, clearReference()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectorsTest.java b/src/test/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectorsTest.java
index 49cac1e..0f1bb6c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectorsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/no/digipost/DiggCollectorsTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 import no.digipost.tuple.Tuple;
 import no.digipost.tuple.ViewableAsTuple;
 import no.digipost.util.ViewableAsOptional;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.RepeatedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 import org.quicktheories.core.Gen;
 import uk.co.probablyfine.matchers.OptionalMatchers;
 
@@ -31,6 +34,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@
 import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.allowAtMostOne;
 import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.allowAtMostOneOrElseThrow;
 import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.asSuppressedExceptionsOf;
+import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.find;
 import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.toMultimap;
 import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.toMultituple;
 import static no.digipost.DiggCollectors.toSingleExceptionWithSuppressed;
@@ -50,6 +56,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.emptyArray;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.everyItem;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.sameInstance;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
@@ -207,4 +214,45 @@ public void allowAtMostOneFailsWithCustomException() {
                 assertThat(thrown, sameInstance(customException));
             });
     }
+
+    @Nested
+    class FindTest {
+
+        @Test
+        void emptyStream() {
+            assertThat(Stream.empty().collect(find(e -> true).keepLastNotFollowedBy(null)), whereNot(Optional::isPresent));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void findsLastItemInStreamNothingIsVoided() {
+            assertThat(Stream.of(1, 2, 3, 4).collect(find((Integer n) -> n > 2).keepLastNotFollowedBy(0)), contains(4));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void findsLastMatchingItemAndNotCancelledByAnyFollowingElement() {
+            assertThat(Stream.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).collect(find((Integer n) -> n > 2 && n < 6).keepLastNotFollowedBy(0)), contains(5));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void findsLastMatchingItemNotFollowedByCertainValue() {
+            assertThat(Stream.of(1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).collect(find((Integer n) -> n > 3 && n < 6).keepLastNotFollowedBy(8)), contains(5));
+        }
+
+        @Test
+        void findsFirstMatchingItemNotFollowedByCertainValue() {
+            assertThat(Stream.of(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).collect(find((Integer n) -> n > 3 && n < 6).keepFirstNotFollowedBy(8)), contains(4));
+        }
+
+        @RepeatedTest(20) @Timeout(10)
+        void parallelStreamsWorksButBehaviorIsNotReallyDefined() {
+            Random random = new Random();
+            Optional<Integer> result = Optional.empty();
+            while(!result.isPresent()) {
+                result = IntStream.generate(() -> random.nextInt(1000)).limit(500_000).boxed()
+                        .parallel()
+                        .collect(find((Integer n) -> n < 100).keepLastNotFollowedBy(n -> n > 990));
+            }
+            assertThat(result, contains(lessThan(100)));
+        }
+    }
 }