diff --git a/src/app/api/guess/dataProvider.ts b/src/app/api/guess/dataProvider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9aa06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/guess/dataProvider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import type { Match } from "@/types";
+
+export async function findNorwegianPerson(input: string): Promise<Match> {
+  const apiUrl = `https://snl.no/api/v1/search?query=${encodeURIComponent(input)}&limit=5`;
+  const response = await fetch(apiUrl);
+  const data = await response.json();
+
+  function isNorwegianPerson(item: any): boolean {
+    // Must be a biography
+    if (item.article_type_id !== 2) return false;
+
+    if (typeof item.rank !== "number" || item.rank <= 100) return false;
+
+    // Must mention Norwegian-ness in any relevant field
+    const combinedText = [
+      item.taxonomy_title || "",
+      item.subject_title || "",
+      item.first_sentences || "",
+      item.snippet || "",
+    ].join(" ");
+    return /(norsk|norske|norges|norge)/i.test(combinedText);
+  }
+
+  // Filter for Norwegian biographies with strong match
+  const people = (data.hits || data).filter(isNorwegianPerson);
+
+  if (people.length > 0) {
+    const person = people[0];
+    const description = await (async () => {
+      try {
+        const articleJsonRes = await fetch(person.article_url_json);
+        const articleJson = await articleJsonRes.json();
+
+        if (articleJson.metadata && articleJson.metadata.occupation) {
+          return articleJson.metadata.occupation;
+        } else if (articleJson.subject_title) {
+          return articleJson.subject_title;
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        // fallback to undefined
+      }
+      return undefined;
+    })();
+
+    return {
+      input,
+      name: person.title || person.headword,
+      description,
+      correct: true,
+    };
+  } else {
+    return {
+      input,
+      name: undefined,
+      description: undefined,
+      correct: false,
+    };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/api/guess/route.ts b/src/app/api/guess/route.ts
index b553637..d3012b4 100644
--- a/src/app/api/guess/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/guess/route.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import type { Match } from "@/types";
 import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { findNorwegianPerson } from "./dataProvider";
 
 export async function POST(request: Request) {
   const { input } = await request.json();
-  const correct = input === "test" || input === "test2";
-  return NextResponse.json({ input, name: input.toUpperCase(), correct, description: "title of person" });
+  const match: Match = await findNorwegianPerson(input);
+  return NextResponse.json(match);
 }