Uppsala University

Norse World REST-API

The Norse World REST-API, part of the Norse World research infrastructure at Uppsala University's Department of Scandinavian Languages, provides access to attestation and location records of foreign place names in medieval Nordic texts. Endpoints (getAttestationAPI.php and getLocationAPI.php) return data as JSON, GeoJSON, or JSON-LD via a ?format= parameter and are usable directly from a URL or GIS tools.

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https://www.uu.se/en/research/norseworld/infrastructure/rest-api

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: uppsala:norseworld
name: Norse World REST-API
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: 'Host norseworld.nordiska.uu.se is under the university''s own registrable domain
  uu.se, run by the Department of Scandinavian Languages. Probed 2026-08-30: 200 with Content-Type application/json
  and a valid GeoJSON FeatureCollection.'
description: The Norse World REST-API, part of the Norse World research infrastructure at Uppsala University's
  Department of Scandinavian Languages, provides access to attestation and location records of foreign
  place names in medieval Nordic texts. Endpoints (getAttestationAPI.php and getLocationAPI.php) return
  data as JSON, GeoJSON, or JSON-LD via a ?format= parameter and are usable directly from a URL or GIS
  tools.
humanURL: https://www.uu.se/en/research/norseworld/infrastructure/rest-api
baseURL: https://norseworld.nordiska.uu.se/shared/
tags:
- Research
- Linked Data
- GeoJSON
- JSON-LD
- REST
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.uu.se/en/research/norseworld/infrastructure/rest-api