diff --git a/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.spec.ts b/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.spec.ts
index 5953f3d8cc..9e2b1c7edf 100644
--- a/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Angulartics2GoogleTagManager } from 'angulartics2';
+import { Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics, Angulartics2GoogleTagManager } from 'angulartics2';
 import { of } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from './google-analytics.service';
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ import { GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY } from '../shared/cookies/klaro-configuratio
 
 describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
   const trackingIdProp = 'google.analytics.key';
-  const trackingIdTestValue = 'mock-tracking-id';
+  const trackingIdV4TestValue = 'G-mock-tracking-id';
+  const trackingIdV3TestValue = 'UA-mock-tracking-id';
   const innerHTMLTestValue = 'mock-script-inner-html';
   const srcTestValue = 'mock-script-src';
   let service: GoogleAnalyticsService;
-  let angularticsSpy: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager;
+  let googleAnalyticsSpy: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics;
+  let googleTagManagerSpy: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager;
   let configSpy: ConfigurationDataService;
   let klaroServiceSpy: jasmine.SpyObj<KlaroService>;
   let scriptElementMock: any;
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
   });
 
   beforeEach(() => {
-    angularticsSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('Angulartics2GoogleTagManager', [
+    googleAnalyticsSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics', [
+      'startTracking',
+    ]);
+    googleTagManagerSpy = jasmine.createSpyObj('Angulartics2GoogleTagManager', [
       'startTracking',
     ]);
 
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
       'getSavedPreferences': jasmine.createSpy('getSavedPreferences')
     });
 
-    configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdTestValue);
+    configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdV4TestValue);
 
     scriptElementMock = {
       set src(newVal) { /* noop */ },
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
       GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY: true
     }));
 
-    service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(angularticsSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy );
+    service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy );
   });
 
   it('should be created', () => {
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
           GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY: true
         }));
 
-        service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(angularticsSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
+        service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
       });
 
       it('should NOT add a script to the body', () => {
@@ -100,7 +105,8 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
 
       it('should NOT start tracking', () => {
         service.addTrackingIdToPage();
-        expect(angularticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+        expect(googleAnalyticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+        expect(googleTagManagerSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
       });
     });
 
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
           klaroServiceSpy.getSavedPreferences.and.returnValue(of({
             [GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY]: true
           }));
-          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(angularticsSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
+          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
         });
 
         it('should NOT add a script to the body', () => {
@@ -121,15 +127,16 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
 
         it('should NOT start tracking', () => {
           service.addTrackingIdToPage();
-          expect(angularticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          expect(googleAnalyticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          expect(googleTagManagerSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
         });
       });
 
       describe('when google-analytics cookie preferences are not existing', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
-          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdTestValue);
+          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdV4TestValue);
           klaroServiceSpy.getSavedPreferences.and.returnValue(of({}));
-          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(angularticsSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
+          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
         });
 
         it('should NOT add a script to the body', () => {
@@ -139,18 +146,19 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
 
         it('should NOT start tracking', () => {
           service.addTrackingIdToPage();
-          expect(angularticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          expect(googleAnalyticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          expect(googleTagManagerSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
         });
       });
 
 
       describe('when google-analytics cookie preferences are set to false', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
-          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdTestValue);
+          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdV4TestValue);
           klaroServiceSpy.getSavedPreferences.and.returnValue(of({
             [GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY]: false
           }));
-          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(angularticsSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
+          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
         });
 
         it('should NOT add a script to the body', () => {
@@ -160,18 +168,19 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
 
         it('should NOT start tracking', () => {
           service.addTrackingIdToPage();
-          expect(angularticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          expect(googleAnalyticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+          expect(googleTagManagerSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
         });
       });
 
-      describe('when both google-analytics cookie and the tracking id are non-empty', () => {
+      describe('when both google-analytics cookie and the tracking v4 id are non-empty', () => {
 
         beforeEach(() => {
-          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdTestValue);
+          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdV4TestValue);
           klaroServiceSpy.getSavedPreferences.and.returnValue(of({
             [GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY]: true
           }));
-          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(angularticsSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
+          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
         });
 
         it('should create a script tag whose innerHTML contains the tracking id', () => {
@@ -183,10 +192,10 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
           expect(documentSpy.createElement('script')).toBe(scriptElementMock);
 
           expect(srcSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-          expect(srcSpy.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toContain(trackingIdTestValue);
+          expect(srcSpy.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toContain(trackingIdV4TestValue);
 
           expect(innerHTMLSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-          expect(innerHTMLSpy.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toContain(trackingIdTestValue);
+          expect(innerHTMLSpy.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toContain(trackingIdV4TestValue);
         });
 
         it('should add a script to the body', () => {
@@ -196,9 +205,46 @@ describe('GoogleAnalyticsService', () => {
 
         it('should start tracking', () => {
           service.addTrackingIdToPage();
-          expect(angularticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(googleAnalyticsSpy.startTracking).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(googleTagManagerSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
         });
       });
+
+      describe('when both google-analytics cookie and the tracking id v3 are non-empty', () => {
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          configSpy = createConfigSuccessSpy(trackingIdV3TestValue);
+          klaroServiceSpy.getSavedPreferences.and.returnValue(of({
+            [GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY]: true
+          }));
+          service = new GoogleAnalyticsService(googleAnalyticsSpy, googleTagManagerSpy, klaroServiceSpy, configSpy, documentSpy);
+        });
+
+        it('should create a script tag whose innerHTML contains the tracking id', () => {
+          service.addTrackingIdToPage();
+          expect(documentSpy.createElement).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(documentSpy.createElement).toHaveBeenCalledWith('script');
+
+          // sanity check
+          expect(documentSpy.createElement('script')).toBe(scriptElementMock);
+
+          expect(innerHTMLSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(innerHTMLSpy.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toContain(trackingIdV3TestValue);
+        });
+
+        it('should add a script to the body', () => {
+          service.addTrackingIdToPage();
+          expect(bodyElementSpy.appendChild).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        });
+
+        it('should start tracking', () => {
+          service.addTrackingIdToPage();
+          expect(googleAnalyticsSpy.startTracking).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+          expect(googleTagManagerSpy.startTracking).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      });
+
     });
+
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.ts b/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.ts
index d8a9c65959..9c5883d183 100644
--- a/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/statistics/google-analytics.service.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { DOCUMENT } from '@angular/common';
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { Angulartics2GoogleTagManager } from 'angulartics2';
+import { Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics, Angulartics2GoogleTagManager } from 'angulartics2';
 import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { ConfigurationDataService } from '../core/data/configuration-data.service';
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import { GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY } from '../shared/cookies/klaro-configuratio
 export class GoogleAnalyticsService {
 
   constructor(
-    // private angulartics: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics,
-    private angulartics: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager,
+    private googleAnalytics: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics,
+    private googleTagManager: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager,
     private klaroService: KlaroService,
     private configService: ConfigurationDataService,
     @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document: any,
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export class GoogleAnalyticsService {
     const googleKey$ = this.configService.findByPropertyName('google.analytics.key').pipe(
       getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
     );
-    combineLatest([this.klaroService.getSavedPreferences(), googleKey$])
+    const preferences$ = this.klaroService.getSavedPreferences();
+
+    combineLatest([preferences$, googleKey$])
       .subscribe(([preferences, remoteData]) => {
         // make sure user has accepted Google Analytics consents
         if (isEmpty(preferences) || isEmpty(preferences[GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY]) || !preferences[GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KLARO_KEY]) {
@@ -55,18 +57,37 @@ export class GoogleAnalyticsService {
           return;
         }
 
-        // add GTag snippet to page
-        const keyScript = this.document.createElement('script');
-        keyScript.src = `https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=${trackingId}`;
-        this.document.body.appendChild(keyScript);
+        if (this.isGTagVersion(trackingId)) {
 
-        const libScript = this.document.createElement('script');
-        libScript.innerHTML = `window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){window.dataLayer.push(arguments);}
+          // add GTag snippet to page
+          const keyScript = this.document.createElement('script');
+          keyScript.src = `https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=${trackingId}`;
+          this.document.body.appendChild(keyScript);
+
+          const libScript = this.document.createElement('script');
+          libScript.innerHTML = `window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){window.dataLayer.push(arguments);}
                                gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', '${trackingId}');`;
-        this.document.body.appendChild(libScript);
+          this.document.body.appendChild(libScript);
 
-        // start tracking
-        this.angulartics.startTracking();
+          // start tracking
+          this.googleTagManager.startTracking();
+        } else {
+          // add trackingId snippet to page
+          const keyScript = this.document.createElement('script');
+          keyScript.innerHTML =   `(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
+                              (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
+                              m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
+                              })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
+                              ga('create', '${trackingId}', 'auto');`;
+          this.document.body.appendChild(keyScript);
+
+          // start tracking
+          this.googleAnalytics.startTracking();
+        }
       });
   }
+
+  private isGTagVersion(trackingId: string) {
+    return trackingId && trackingId.startsWith('G-');
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts b/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
index 404c624a8a..6e3ebf5d37 100644
--- a/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
+++ b/src/modules/app/browser-app.module.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ import { AppModule } from '../../app/app.module';
 import { ClientCookieService } from '../../app/core/services/client-cookie.service';
 import { CookieService } from '../../app/core/services/cookie.service';
 import { AuthService } from '../../app/core/auth/auth.service';
-import { Angulartics2RouterlessModule } from 'angulartics2';
+import { Angulartics2GoogleTagManager, Angulartics2RouterlessModule } from 'angulartics2';
 import { SubmissionService } from '../../app/submission/submission.service';
 import { StatisticsModule } from '../../app/statistics/statistics.module';
 import { BrowserKlaroService } from '../../app/shared/cookies/browser-klaro.service';
 import { KlaroService } from '../../app/shared/cookies/klaro.service';
 import { HardRedirectService } from '../../app/core/services/hard-redirect.service';
-import { BrowserHardRedirectService, locationProvider, LocationToken } from '../../app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service';
+import {
+  BrowserHardRedirectService,
+  locationProvider,
+  LocationToken
+} from '../../app/core/services/browser-hard-redirect.service';
 import { LocaleService } from '../../app/core/locale/locale.service';
 import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from '../../app/statistics/google-analytics.service';
 import { AuthRequestService } from '../../app/core/auth/auth-request.service';
@@ -95,6 +99,10 @@ export function getRequest(transferState: TransferState): any {
       provide: GoogleAnalyticsService,
       useClass: GoogleAnalyticsService,
     },
+    {
+      provide: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager,
+      useClass: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager
+    },
     {
       provide: AuthRequestService,
       useClass: BrowserAuthRequestService,
diff --git a/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts b/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
index 8565db3e23..fa529c4ad9 100644
--- a/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
+++ b/src/modules/app/server-app.module.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ServerModule, ServerTransferStateModule } from '@angular/platform-serve
 
 import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
-import { Angulartics2, Angulartics2GoogleTagManager } from 'angulartics2';
+import { Angulartics2, Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics, Angulartics2GoogleTagManager } from 'angulartics2';
 
 import { AppComponent } from '../../app/app.component';
 
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export function createTranslateLoader(transferState: TransferState) {
       provide: Angulartics2,
       useClass: Angulartics2Mock
     },
+    {
+      provide: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics,
+      useClass: AngularticsProviderMock
+    },
     {
       provide: Angulartics2GoogleTagManager,
       useClass: AngularticsProviderMock