Norway Postal Code Search

Get location data including city and municipality from Norwegian postal codes (zip codes).

Simply provide a list of postal codes and get back structured location data for each one.

No login required. No cookies needed. Pay-per-event pricing.

Why Choose This Actor?

"Enrich your data with Norwegian location information in seconds"

Our Norway Postal Code / Zip Code Search provides:

• Very Fast Responses: Parallel processing for large batches
• Cost-Effective: Pay only for the postal codes you need: $2.00 / 1k postal codes
• Complete Data: Get city, municipality code, municipality name, and category

Quick Start

1. Open the actor on Apify and go to the Input tab.
2. Paste the example input below (or edit the prefilled list).
3. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
4. Open the Output (dataset) tab to view or export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

{
  "postalcodes": ["0001"]
}

Example output item:

{
  "postalcode": "0001",
  "city": "OSLO",
  "municipality_code": "0301",
  "municipality_name": "OSLO",
  "category": "P",
  "error": null
}

Usage Examples

Resolve a Single Postal Code

{
  "postalcodes": ["0001"]
}

Resolve Multiple Postal Codes

{
  "postalcodes": ["0001", "5003", "7010"]
}

Returns one record per postal code found, with the same fields as the example output item in Quick Start (here three records, for 0001, 5003 and 7010).

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
postalcodes	array	Yes	-	List of Norwegian postal codes (zip codes) to resolve (4 digits each). 1-1000 per run; duplicates are ignored, invalid or too many codes fail the run

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
postalcode	string	4-digit Norwegian postal code
city	string	City/place name
municipality_code	string	4-digit municipality code
municipality_name	string	Municipality name
category	string	Category code (see below)
error	null/string	Error message if lookup failed

Category Codes

Code	Description
P	PO Box (Postboks)
B	Business address (Bedrift)
G	Street address (Gate/vei)
S	Service postal code

Free plan

Free-plan users get 5 runs in total. Each free run processes only the first 10 codes in your input (the rest is ignored without an error) and returns at most 10 results.

Pricing

Cost	Description
$0.0001 / start	Charged per actor run
$2.00 / 1,000 postal codes	Charged per postal code returned

API Integration

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("bite-sized-insights/norwegian-postalcode-to-city-name").call(
    run_input={
        "postalcodes": ["0001", "5003", "7010", "9990"]
    }
)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"{item['postalcode']}: {item['city']}, {item['municipality_name']}")

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('bite-sized-insights/norwegian-postalcode-to-city-name').call({
    postalcodes: ['0001', '5003', '7010']
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach(item => {
    console.log(`${item.postalcode}: ${item.city}, ${item.municipality_name}`);
});

Use Cases

• Data Enrichment: Add location data to customer records using postal codes or zip codes
• Address Validation: Verify Norwegian postal codes (zip codes) exist
• Geographic Analysis: Map postal codes to municipalities
• Logistics: Determine delivery regions from zip codes

Going global?

Looking for postal code data in other countries? Check out our other actors:

• US ZIP Code Search - US ZIP codes (5-digit)
• India PIN Code Search - Indian PIN codes (6-digit)
• France Postal Code Search - French postal codes (5-digit)

Notes

• Postal codes (zip codes) must be provided as strings (e.g., "0001" not 1)
• Norwegian postal codes are 4 digits (0001-9991)
• Invalid or non-existent postal codes will not appear in results
• Results are returned in no particular order
• Large requests are automatically split into batches and processed in parallel

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