diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/search/DisambiguationPicker.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/search/DisambiguationPicker.svelte
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+<script lang="ts">
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import { m } from '$lib/paraglide/messages.js';
+import { clickOutside } from '$lib/shared/actions/clickOutside';
+import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
+
+type PersonHint = components['schemas']['PersonHint'];
+
+let { persons, onSelect }: { persons: PersonHint[]; onSelect: (person: PersonHint) => void } =
+	$props();
+
+let open = $state(false);
+let triggerEl = $state<HTMLButtonElement>();
+let listEl = $state<HTMLUListElement>();
+
+const panelId = 'disambiguation-panel';
+const names = $derived(persons.map((person) => person.displayName).join(', '));
+
+async function openPicker() {
+	open = true;
+	await tick();
+	listEl?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('button')?.focus();
+}
+
+function closePicker() {
+	open = false;
+	triggerEl?.focus();
+}
+
+function toggle() {
+	if (open) closePicker();
+	else openPicker();
+}
+
+function select(person: PersonHint) {
+	open = false;
+	onSelect(person);
+}
+
+function onKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+	if (event.key === 'Escape' && open) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
+		closePicker();
+	}
+}
+</script>
+
+<svelte:window onkeydown={onKeydown} />
+
+<div class="relative inline-block" use:clickOutside onclickoutside={() => open && closePicker()}>
+	<button
+		bind:this={triggerEl}
+		type="button"
+		aria-haspopup="true"
+		aria-expanded={open}
+		aria-controls={panelId}
+		aria-label={m.search_disambiguation_trigger_label()}
+		onclick={toggle}
+		class="inline-flex min-h-[44px] items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-line bg-muted px-3 text-sm text-ink-2 outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-brand-navy"
+	>
+		<span class="max-w-[8rem] truncate sm:max-w-[12rem]">{names}</span>
+		<span class="text-ink-3">{m.search_disambiguation_cue()}</span>
+	</button>
+
+	{#if open}
+		<ul
+			bind:this={listEl}
+			id={panelId}
+			aria-label={m.search_disambiguation_heading()}
+			class="absolute left-0 z-10 mt-1 min-w-[12rem] rounded-sm border border-line bg-surface py-1 shadow-md"
+		>
+			{#each persons as person (person.id)}
+				<li>
+					<button
+						type="button"
+						aria-label={m.search_disambiguation_select_label({ name: person.displayName })}
+						onclick={() => select(person)}
+						class="flex min-h-[44px] w-full items-center px-4 text-left text-sm text-ink outline-none hover:bg-muted focus-visible:bg-muted focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-brand-navy"
+					>
+						{person.displayName}
+					</button>
+				</li>
+			{/each}
+		</ul>
+	{/if}
+</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/search/DisambiguationPicker.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/search/DisambiguationPicker.svelte.spec.ts
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+import { describe, expect, it, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
+import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
+import DisambiguationPicker from './DisambiguationPicker.svelte';
+import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
+
+type PersonHint = components['schemas']['PersonHint'];
+
+afterEach(() => cleanup());
+
+const persons: PersonHint[] = [
+	{ id: 'w1', displayName: 'Walter Raddatz' },
+	{ id: 'w2', displayName: 'Walter Müller' }
+];
+
+function pressEscape() {
+	(document.activeElement as HTMLElement).dispatchEvent(
+		new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', bubbles: true })
+	);
+}
+
+describe('DisambiguationPicker', () => {
+	it('opens the picker and shows a select option per ambiguous person', async () => {
+		render(DisambiguationPicker, { persons, onSelect: vi.fn() });
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /Mehrere Personen gefunden/ }).click();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Walter Raddatz auswählen' }))
+			.toBeInTheDocument();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Walter Müller auswählen' }))
+			.toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+
+	it('moves focus into the picker list on open', async () => {
+		render(DisambiguationPicker, { persons, onSelect: vi.fn() });
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /Mehrere Personen gefunden/ }).click();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Walter Raddatz auswählen' }))
+			.toHaveFocus();
+	});
+
+	it('returns focus to the trigger when closed with Escape', async () => {
+		render(DisambiguationPicker, { persons, onSelect: vi.fn() });
+		const trigger = page.getByRole('button', { name: /Mehrere Personen gefunden/ });
+		await trigger.click();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Walter Raddatz auswählen' }))
+			.toHaveFocus();
+		pressEscape();
+		await expect.element(trigger).toHaveFocus();
+	});
+
+	it('does not call onSelect when dismissed without choosing', async () => {
+		const onSelect = vi.fn();
+		render(DisambiguationPicker, { persons, onSelect });
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /Mehrere Personen gefunden/ }).click();
+		await expect
+			.element(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Walter Raddatz auswählen' }))
+			.toHaveFocus();
+		pressEscape();
+		expect(onSelect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('calls onSelect with the chosen person', async () => {
+		const onSelect = vi.fn();
+		render(DisambiguationPicker, { persons, onSelect });
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: /Mehrere Personen gefunden/ }).click();
+		await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Walter Müller auswählen' }).click();
+		expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenCalledWith(persons[1]);
+	});
+});