# Nordic Electricity Spot Prices (Day-Ahead Elspot) (`vhsgreed/nordic-elspot-api-fresh`) Actor

Hourly day-ahead electricity spot prices for Nordic bidding zones via keyless public APIs. Norway NO1-NO5 (NOK) and Denmark DK1-DK2 (DKK), with EUR/MWh and local currency/kWh. Official Nordic day-ahead data, no scraping, no API keys.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vhsgreed/nordic-elspot-api-fresh.md
- **Developed by:** [Karl Sundström](https://apify.com/vhsgreed) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.02 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Nordic Electricity Spot Prices (Day-Ahead Elspot)

> Independent tool; data from official Nordic power-exchange public APIs. Not affiliated with them.

Pull **hourly day-ahead electricity spot prices for Nordic bidding zones** from keyless public APIs. Norway NO1–NO5 (NOK) and Denmark DK1–DK2 (DKK), with EUR/MWh and local-currency/kWh values on every row. Built for energy dashboards, billing math and market monitoring. No API key, no login.

### Why Nordic Elspot?

- ⚡ **All published zones in one run** — NO1–NO5 and DK1–DK2, filtered or full.
- 💱 **Two currencies per record** — EUR/MWh plus local currency per kWh, with the ECB exchange rate used by the source.
- 📅 **Today + tomorrow by default** — or pin a single day or a range up to 7 days.
- 🤖 **Automation-ready** — hourly rows, ISO 8601 local timestamps, flat JSON.

### Use cases

Energy price dashboards · heat-pump and EV charging automation · electricity cost modelling · market research on Nordic spot dynamics

### What data you get?

| 🏷️ Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 🗺️ zone / country | Bidding zone and country |
| ⏰ time\_start / time\_end | Hour boundaries (local time, ISO 8601) |
| 💶 EUR\_per\_MWh / EUR\_per\_kWh | Euro prices |
| 💰 localCurrency\_per\_kWh / currency | Local price per kWh + currency code |
| 🔄 EXR | ECB exchange rate used by source |
| 🧾 vat\_included | Whether VAT is included |
| 🔗 sourceUrl | Link to the source data |

### How to use

1. Add the actor to your Apify account and click **Run**.
2. Choose `country` (`NO`, `DK`, or `ALL`) and optionally a `zones` filter like `NO1,NO5`.
3. Leave `date` empty for today + tomorrow, or set a single day / a `dateFrom`–`dateTo` range.
4. Export results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Input

```json
{
  "country": "NO",
  "zones": "NO1,NO5"
}
```

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `country` | enum | `NO` (NO1–NO5), `DK` (DK1–DK2), `ALL` | ALL |
| `zones` | string | Comma-separated zone filter, e.g. `NO1,NO5` or `DK1` | all zones |
| `date` | string | Single day, YYYY-MM-DD (overrides default window) | today + tomorrow |
| `dateFrom` / `dateTo` | string | Range, up to 7 days inclusive | — |

### Output

```json
{
  "zone": "NO1",
  "country": "NO",
  "time_start": "2026-09-08T00:00:00+02:00",
  "time_end": "2026-09-08T01:00:00+02:00",
  "EUR_per_MWh": 52.31,
  "EUR_per_kWh": 0.05231,
  "localCurrency_per_kWh": 0.6123,
  "currency": "NOK",
  "EXR": 11.704,
  "vat_included": false
}
```

Prices are day-ahead market values as published by the exchange — VAT handling is flagged per record via `vat_included`.

### Support

Questions or missing fields? Open an issue on the actor page or contact the developer via Apify.

# Actor input Schema

## `country` (type: `string`):

NO = Norway (NO1-NO5), DK = Denmark (DK1-DK2), ALL = both. SE/FI not supported yet (no verified keyless source).

## `zones` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated zone filter, e.g. 'NO1,NO5' or 'DK1'. Empty = all zones for the country.

## `date` (type: `string`):

Single day in YYYY-MM-DD. Overrides the default (today + tomorrow where published).

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD. Use together with dateTo for a range of up to 7 days.

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD (inclusive). Use together with dateFrom.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "country": "ALL"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `prices` (type: `string`):

Dataset of hourly zone prices. Fields: zone, country, time\_start, time\_end, EUR\_per\_MWh, EUR\_per\_kWh, localCurrency\_per\_kWh, currency, EXR, vat\_included, sourceUrl.

## `pricesJson` (type: `string`):

Full dataset items as raw JSON.

## `runStats` (type: `string`):

Key-value store entry OUTPUT\_STATS: pushed count, countries, dates, zones.

## `runView` (type: `string`):

Inspect this run, its logs and storages in Apify Console.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vhsgreed/nordic-elspot-api-fresh").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vhsgreed/nordic-elspot-api-fresh").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call vhsgreed/nordic-elspot-api-fresh --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vhsgreed/nordic-elspot-api-fresh"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/sLHwyiEF8k8XgVO4k/builds/4w3eZH2Gxf6eSYmrT/openapi.json