diff --git a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/features/form/data/fetch/fetchFormDataSagas.ts b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/features/form/data/fetch/fetchFormDataSagas.ts
index 515438f635..602e1ce166 100644
--- a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/features/form/data/fetch/fetchFormDataSagas.ts
+++ b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/features/form/data/fetch/fetchFormDataSagas.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ import {
 } from 'src/utils/appUrlHelper';
 import { convertModelToDataBinding } from 'src/utils/databindings';
 import { putWithoutConfig } from 'src/utils/networking';
+import { waitFor } from 'src/utils/sagas';
 import type { IApplicationMetadata } from 'src/shared/resources/applicationMetadata';
 import type { IProcessState } from 'src/shared/resources/process';
-import type { ILayoutSets, IRuntimeState } from 'src/types';
+import type { ILayoutSets } from 'src/types';
 
 import { get } from 'altinn-shared/utils';
 import type { IInstance } from 'altinn-shared/types';
@@ -135,18 +136,6 @@ function* fetchFormDataStateless(applicationMetadata: IApplicationMetadata) {
   }
 }
 
-function* waitFor(selector) {
-  if (yield select(selector)) {
-    return;
-  }
-  while (true) {
-    yield take('*');
-    if (yield select(selector)) {
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 export function* watchFetchFormDataInitialSaga(): SagaIterator {
   while (true) {
     yield take(FormDataActions.fetchInitial);
@@ -157,10 +146,8 @@ export function* watchFetchFormDataInitialSaga(): SagaIterator {
       yield take(DataModelActions.fetchJsonSchemaFulfilled);
       const allowAnonymous = yield select(makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector());
       if (!allowAnonymous) {
-        call(
-          waitFor,
-          (state: IRuntimeState) =>
-            currentSelectedPartyIdSelector(state) !== undefined,
+        yield waitFor(
+          (state) => currentSelectedPartyIdSelector(state) !== undefined,
         );
       }
     } else if (
diff --git a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.test.ts b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.test.ts
index 959e5fd52e..47595f3400 100644
--- a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.test.ts
+++ b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   watchFetchLanguageSaga,
 } from 'src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas';
 import { LanguageActions } from 'src/shared/resources/language/languageSlice';
-import { ProfileActions } from 'src/shared/resources/profile/profileSlice';
+import { waitForFunc } from 'src/utils/sagas';
 
 import { getLanguageFromCode } from 'altinn-shared/language';
 import * as language from 'altinn-shared/language';
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ describe('fetchLanguageSagas', () => {
     expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(
       select(makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector()),
     );
-    expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(take(ProfileActions.fetchFulfilled));
+    expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(
+      call(waitForFunc, expect.anything()),
+    );
     expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(call(fetchLanguageSaga));
     expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(
       takeLatest(LanguageActions.updateSelectedAppLanguage, fetchLanguageSaga),
diff --git a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.ts b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.ts
index a3a4374bc0..ac12628997 100644
--- a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.ts
+++ b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/language/fetch/fetchLanguageSagas.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import { appLanguageStateSelector } from 'src/selectors/appLanguageStateSelector
 import { makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector } from 'src/selectors/getAllowAnonymous';
 import { ApplicationMetadataActions } from 'src/shared/resources/applicationMetadata/applicationMetadataSlice';
 import { LanguageActions } from 'src/shared/resources/language/languageSlice';
-import { ProfileActions } from 'src/shared/resources/profile/profileSlice';
 import { QueueActions } from 'src/shared/resources/queue/queueSlice';
+import { waitFor } from 'src/utils/sagas';
 
 import { getLanguageFromCode } from 'altinn-shared/language';
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function* watchFetchLanguageSaga(): SagaIterator {
 
   const allowAnonymous = yield select(makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector());
   if (!allowAnonymous) {
-    yield take(ProfileActions.fetchFulfilled);
+    yield waitFor((state) => !!state.profile.profile);
   }
 
   yield call(fetchLanguageSaga);
diff --git a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.test.ts b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.test.ts
index 84e9910f6a..2f2aca598a 100644
--- a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.test.ts
+++ b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector } from 'src/selectors/getAllowAnonymous';
 import { profileStateSelector } from 'src/selectors/simpleSelectors';
 import { ApplicationMetadataActions } from 'src/shared/resources/applicationMetadata/applicationMetadataSlice';
 import { LanguageActions } from 'src/shared/resources/language/languageSlice';
-import { ProfileActions } from 'src/shared/resources/profile/profileSlice';
 import {
   fetchTextResources,
   watchFetchTextResourcesSaga,
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { TextResourcesActions } from 'src/shared/resources/textResources/textResourcesSlice';
 import { textResourcesUrl } from 'src/utils/appUrlHelper';
 import { get } from 'src/utils/networking';
+import { waitForFunc } from 'src/utils/sagas';
 
 import type { IProfile } from 'altinn-shared/types';
 
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ describe('fetchTextResourcesSagas', () => {
     expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(
       select(makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector()),
     );
-    expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(take(ProfileActions.fetchFulfilled));
+    expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(
+      call(waitForFunc, expect.anything()),
+    );
     expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(call(fetchTextResources));
     expect(generator.next().value).toEqual(
       takeLatest(TextResourcesActions.fetch, fetchTextResources),
diff --git a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.ts b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.ts
index 059e7bc57c..ed6ce06438 100644
--- a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.ts
+++ b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/shared/resources/textResources/fetch/fetchTextResourcesSagas.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import { appLanguageStateSelector } from 'src/selectors/appLanguageStateSelector
 import { makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector } from 'src/selectors/getAllowAnonymous';
 import { ApplicationMetadataActions } from 'src/shared/resources/applicationMetadata/applicationMetadataSlice';
 import { LanguageActions } from 'src/shared/resources/language/languageSlice';
-import { ProfileActions } from 'src/shared/resources/profile/profileSlice';
 import { QueueActions } from 'src/shared/resources/queue/queueSlice';
 import { TextResourcesActions } from 'src/shared/resources/textResources/textResourcesSlice';
 import { oldTextResourcesUrl, textResourcesUrl } from 'src/utils/appUrlHelper';
 import { get } from 'src/utils/networking';
+import { waitFor } from 'src/utils/sagas';
 
 export function* fetchTextResources(): SagaIterator {
   try {
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ export function* watchFetchTextResourcesSaga(): SagaIterator {
   ]);
 
   const allowAnonymous = yield select(makeGetAllowAnonymousSelector());
-
   if (!allowAnonymous) {
-    yield take(ProfileActions.fetchFulfilled);
+    yield waitFor((state) => !!state.profile.profile);
   }
+
   yield call(fetchTextResources);
   yield takeLatest(TextResourcesActions.fetch, fetchTextResources);
   yield takeLatest(
diff --git a/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/utils/sagas.ts b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/utils/sagas.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a3d93dfbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/altinn-app-frontend/src/utils/sagas.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { call, select, take } from 'redux-saga/effects';
+import type { SagaIterator } from 'redux-saga';
+
+import type { IRuntimeState } from 'src/types';
+
+export function* waitForFunc(
+  selector: (state: IRuntimeState) => boolean,
+): SagaIterator {
+  if (yield select(selector)) {
+    return;
+  }
+  while (true) {
+    yield take('*');
+    if (yield select(selector)) {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * This saga effect allows you to wait for a specific state to change. It will wait for new actions to be dispatched
+ * until your selector returns true, and it might be a safer way to wait than running yield take(...) on the action
+ * you wanted to wait for (as this will return immediately if the state already is as expected, instead of waiting
+ * for the event in question).
+ */
+export const waitFor = (selector: (state: IRuntimeState) => boolean) =>
+  call(waitForFunc, selector);