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io.github.ianderso/norway-archives-mcp ยท v0.1.0

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

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Terminal
claude mcp add norway-archives-mcp -e NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR=<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR> -e NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT=<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT> -e NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL=<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL> -e NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET=<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET> -e NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT=<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT> -e NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR=<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR> -- uvx norway-archives-mcp==0.1.0
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "norway-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "norway-archives-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "norway-archives-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "norway-archives-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "norway-archives-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "norway-archives-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT>",
        "NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "<NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

NameDescription
NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CACHE_DIR
Optional		Directory for the on-disk cache and the daily request count.
NORWAY_ARCHIVES_TIMEOUT
Optional		HTTP timeout in seconds for one request. Image downloads get 120 s to read.
NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_INTERVAL
Optional		Least seconds between two Digitalarkivet requests. Never below 5.
NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DA_DAILY_BUDGET
Optional		Most live Digitalarkivet requests per UTC day. Cached answers are free.
NORWAY_ARCHIVES_CONTACT
Optional		An email address or URL appended to the User-Agent, so an archive can reach whoever runs the server.
NORWAY_ARCHIVES_DOWNLOAD_DIR
Optional		An existing folder. When set, the downloads save only inside it; needed to save under ~/Library, such as an iCloud Drive folder.

Details

Package[email protected] (PYPI, stdio)
First published11 Oct 2026
Last updated11 Oct 2026
Registry nameio.github.ianderso/norway-archives-mcp

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