diff --git a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/nlb-default.scss b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/nlb-default.scss
index 1f74876f5d..e162241fdc 100644
--- a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/nlb-default.scss
+++ b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/nlb-default.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ $page-width: 40 !default;
 $hyphenation: true !default;
 $force-norwegian: true !default;
 $duplex: true !default;
+$include-strong: true !default;
+$include-em: true !default;
 
 @import "page-numbers";
 @import "line-spacing";
diff --git a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/text-formatting.scss b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/text-formatting.scss
index fc0f51c188..665e0e29cf 100644
--- a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/text-formatting.scss
+++ b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/css/text-formatting.scss
@@ -26,15 +26,23 @@
     close: "⠐⠂";
 }
 
-strong, b {
-    text-transform: strong;
-    :root:not(:has(em, i)) & {
-        text-transform: em;
+@if ($include-strong) {
+    strong, b {
+        @if ($include-em) {
+            text-transform: strong;
+            :root:not(:has(em, i)) & {
+                text-transform: em;
+            }
+        } @else {
+            text-transform: em;
+        }
     }
 }
 
-em, i {
-    text-transform: em;
+@if ($include-em) {
+    em, i {
+        text-transform: em;
+    }
 }
 
 u {
diff --git a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/dtbook-to-pef.xpl b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/dtbook-to-pef.xpl
index 8bef3ccd39..e767388a71 100644
--- a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/dtbook-to-pef.xpl
+++ b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/dtbook-to-pef.xpl
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
     <p:option name="include-obfl"/>
     <p:option name="include-captions"/>
     <p:option name="include-images"/>
+    <p:option name="include-strong"/>
+    <p:option name="include-em"/>
     <p:option name="include-notes"/>
     <p:option name="notes-placement"/>
     <p:option name="include-production-notes"/>
diff --git a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/epub3-to-pef.xpl b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/epub3-to-pef.xpl
index 9e9fb7a57f..87783eceb2 100644
--- a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/epub3-to-pef.xpl
+++ b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/epub3-to-pef.xpl
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
     <p:option name="include-obfl"/>
     <p:option name="include-captions"/>
     <p:option name="include-images"/>
+    <p:option name="include-strong"/>
+    <p:option name="include-em"/>
     <p:option name="include-notes"/>
     <p:option name="notes-placement"/>
     <p:option name="include-production-notes"/>
diff --git a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/html-to-pef.xpl b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/html-to-pef.xpl
index ea5e6e083f..28f6498f42 100644
--- a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/html-to-pef.xpl
+++ b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/html-to-pef.xpl
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
     <p:option name="include-obfl"/>
     <p:option name="include-captions"/>
     <p:option name="include-images"/>
+    <p:option name="include-strong"/>
+    <p:option name="include-em"/>
     <p:option name="include-notes"/>
     <p:option name="notes-placement"/>
     <p:option name="include-production-notes"/>
diff --git a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/xml-to-pef.xpl b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/xml-to-pef.xpl
index 91c928c528..3569a99e12 100644
--- a/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/xml-to-pef.xpl
+++ b/modules/nlb/book-to-pef/src/main/resources/xml/xml-to-pef.xpl
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ Dette kan være nyttig for å løse problemer med formatering av PEF'en.</p>
     <!-- =============== -->
     <!-- Tekst-elementer -->
     <!-- =============== -->
+    <p:option name="include-strong" select="'true'" px:type="boolean">
+        <p:documentation xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+            <h2 px:role="name">Tekstelementer: Inkluder em</h2>
+            <h2 px:role="desc">Når boksen er tom, blir em utelatt fra produksjonen.</h2>
+        </p:documentation>
+    </p:option>
+    <p:option name="include-em" select="'true'" px:type="boolean">
+        <p:documentation xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+            <h2 px:role="name">Tekstelementer: Inkluder strong</h2>
+            <h2 px:role="desc">Når boksen er tom, vil strong bli utelatt fra produksjonen.</h2>
+        </p:documentation>
+    </p:option>
     <p:option name="include-notes" select="'true'" px:type="boolean">
         <p:documentation xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
             <h2 px:role="name">Tekstelementer: Inkluder noter</h2>