Nordic Data

What nordic-data does

The nordic-data MCP server gives AI agents access to Nordic procurement information and Norwegian business data through 28 MCP tools. The hosted service combines public-sector filings, company registry records, annual accounts, ownership data, officer relationships, Norwegian-language news, EU research grants, technology indicators, and sanctions lists.

Procurement tools search Nordic and EU-wide notices, including Norwegian municipal and county tenders below EU thresholds. Agents can retrieve tender details, inspect contract awards, rank public-sector buyers, and find contracts won by a Norwegian company. Company tools support searches by name, industry, and location, then return registry records, contacts, summaries, peer benchmarks, changes, subsidiaries, accounts, shareholders, or a combined company snapshot.

The data also supports relationship and compliance research. An agent can trace shared officers between companies, inspect a person’s role history and board connections, search Norwegian news, identify companies using a technology, search EU R&D grant participation, or screen a name, company, and its officers against international sanctions lists.

How it works

The service is hosted at https://api.nordicdata.cloud/mcp, so there is no local installation step. MCP clients connect using Streamable HTTP and send an X-API-Key header with a key obtained from nordicdata.cloud. Once connected, the tools appear in the client’s MCP interface and can be selected by the model according to the user’s request.

The tool set is organized around distinct data operations rather than one general search endpoint. For example, search_tenders finds procurement notices, get_tender retrieves a specific filing, and bulk_get_companies enriches up to 100 companies in one call. Company relationship queries use Norwegian officer and ownership records, while sanctions operations provide either name-based screening or company screening that includes officers.

The repository also documents agent-oriented plan management endpoints for discovering plans, subscribing with a payment method, and changing plans. These endpoints are separate from the MCP tool interface.

Setup and configuration

Create an API key through nordicdata.cloud, then add the hosted MCP URL and key to the client configuration. For Claude Desktop, configure an nordic-data entry with the URL and an X-API-Key header, then restart the application. Cursor uses the same JSON structure in ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

Other MCP-aware clients can use the following connection details:

• URL: https://api.nordicdata.cloud/mcp
• Header: X-API-Key: <your key>
• Transport: Streamable HTTP

The documented pricing includes a free plan with 5,000 requests per month and paid plans starting at €29 per month. The repository does not describe a local process, package installation, or local environment-variable configuration.

Tools and capabilities

The main tool groups are:

• Procurement: tender and award search, tender retrieval, buyer leaderboards, and company contract wins.
• Company registry: company search, full records, contacts, narratives, peers, snapshots, changes, subsidiaries, and batch enrichment.
• Financial and ownership data: annual accounts, shareholder positions, and ownership portfolios.
• Officer networks: person search, role history, company paths, and shared-board connections.
• News and grants: Norwegian company news, headline search, and EU R&D grant participation.
• Technology and compliance: technology-use discovery plus sanctions screening for names and Norwegian companies with their officers.

The documented examples include finding upcoming sub-threshold snow-clearing tenders, retrieving accounts and shareholders by organization number, locating Norwegian users of a named technology, comparing company board links, screening suppliers, and finding clean-energy EU grants involving Norwegian small and medium-sized businesses.

Limitations and notes

Coverage is not uniform across all countries and data types. Several company, ownership, officer, news, technology, and compliance tools are specifically described as Norwegian, while procurement tools cover Nordic or EU-wide sources depending on the operation and filters used. search_tenders can distinguish EU-wide data from Norway-specific below-threshold notices through its source filter.

The README describes 28 tools, even though other listing material may use a different total. The service requires an API key, and the repository provides setup instructions rather than a local server implementation. Results should therefore be evaluated against the relevant registry, procurement source, or sanctions authority before making high-impact decisions.