diff --git a/changelog.d/+.added.md b/changelog.d/+.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0084758571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/+.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add database model for JWT refresh tokens
diff --git a/python/nav/models/api.py b/python/nav/models/api.py
index d3ac6213c9..a546e4a4b7 100644
--- a/python/nav/models/api.py
+++ b/python/nav/models/api.py
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
 #
 """Models for the NAV API"""
 
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 from django.contrib.postgres.fields import HStoreField
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.db.models import JSONField
 
 from nav.models.fields import VarcharField
 from nav.models.profiles import Account
@@ -66,3 +67,26 @@ def get_absolute_url(self):
 
     class Meta(object):
         db_table = 'apitoken'
+
+
+class JWTRefreshToken(models.Model):
+
+    name = VarcharField(unique=True)
+    description = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
+    data = JSONField()
+    hash = VarcharField()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+    def is_active(self) -> bool:
+        """True if token is active. A token is considered active when
+        the nbf claim is in the past and the exp claim is in the future
+        """
+        now = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+        nbf = datetime.fromtimestamp(self.data['nbf'], tz=timezone.utc)
+        exp = datetime.fromtimestamp(self.data['exp'], tz=timezone.utc)
+        return now >= nbf and now < exp
+
+    class Meta(object):
+        db_table = 'jwtrefreshtoken'
diff --git a/python/nav/models/sql/changes/sc.05.13.0001.sql b/python/nav/models/sql/changes/sc.05.13.0001.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f95f3ff775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/nav/models/sql/changes/sc.05.13.0001.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE TABLE manage.JWTRefreshToken (
+    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    data JSON NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    description VARCHAR,
+    hash VARCHAR NOT NULL
+);
diff --git a/tests/integration/models/jwtrefreshtoken_test.py b/tests/integration/models/jwtrefreshtoken_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f32d188da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/models/jwtrefreshtoken_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import pytest
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+from nav.models.api import JWTRefreshToken
+
+
+class TestIsActive:
+    def test_should_return_false_if_nbf_is_in_the_future(self, token):
+        now = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+        token.data['nbf'] = (now + timedelta(hours=1)).timestamp()
+        token.data['exp'] = (now + timedelta(hours=1)).timestamp()
+        assert not token.is_active()
+
+    def test_should_return_false_if_exp_is_in_the_past(self, token):
+        now = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+        token.data['nbf'] = (now - timedelta(hours=1)).timestamp()
+        token.data['exp'] = (now - timedelta(hours=1)).timestamp()
+        assert not token.is_active()
+
+    def test_should_return_true_if_nbf_is_in_the_past_and_exp_is_in_the_future(
+        self, token
+    ):
+        now = datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc)
+        token.data['nbf'] = (now - timedelta(hours=1)).timestamp()
+        token.data['exp'] = (now + timedelta(hours=1)).timestamp()
+        assert token.is_active()
+
+
+def test_string_representation_should_match_token(token):
+    assert str(token) == token.name
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def token(data) -> JWTRefreshToken:
+    return JWTRefreshToken(
+        name="testtoken",
+        description="this is a test token",
+        data=data,
+        hash="dummyhash",
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def data() -> dict:
+    data = {
+        "exp": 1516339022,
+        "nbf": 1516239022,
+        "iat": 1516239022,
+        "aud": "nav",
+        "iss": "nav",
+        "token_type": "refresh_token",
+    }
+    return data