Norway Archives

io.github.ianderso/norway-archives-mcp

Norway's church books, censuses and scans, National Library books, and place names.

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Add this to your MCP client config — claude_desktop_config.json (Claude Desktop) or .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor).Suits: Claude Desktop · Cursor.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "norway-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "norway-archives-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "~/.cache/norway-archives-mcp",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "30",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL": "5",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET": "600"
      }
    }
  }
}
Environment variables
  • NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIRDirectory for the on-disk cache and the daily request count.
  • NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUTHTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Image downloads get 120 s to read.
  • NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVALLeast seconds between two Digitalarkivet requests. Never below 5.
  • NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGETMost live Digitalarkivet requests per UTC day. Cached answers are free.

A starting point — check the repository for exact arguments and setup. Restart your client after editing the config.

Category
Developer Tools
Version
0.1.0
Registry
active
Published
10/11/2026

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