search_archives

Search Arkivportalen, the national archive catalogue: fonds, series and units held by Norwegian archive institutions (statsarkiv, byarkiv, private archives, ...).

Signature: search_archives(query: string, required; limit: integer, items, optional, default 25; offset: integer, items, optional, default 0)

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives/?query={query}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number of list items to skip; default 0.

Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/arkivverket/search_archives?query={query}&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "arkivverket",
  "operation": "search_archives",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}

Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T21:16:21Z in 0.108 seconds.

Showing 10 of 59016 results in compact format.

name:
Stalsberg, KS. Akivalier etter hyttemester Richard
id:
A-1843
name:
SNJ - levering av kondisjoneringskjemikalier til slamavvanning
id:
0044
name:
Grongprosjektet: Geokjemisk testing over EM-anomalier i Nordli 1977
id:
6822
name:
Grongprosjektet: Rapport over oppfølgingsarbeider av helikopteranomalier,1977
id:
6863
name:
Stalsberg, KS. Akivalier etter hyttemester Richard
id:
AKT-1843
name:
J & A Jensen og Dahl (Jajod) AS 1967-1979. Jern & Kjemikalier A/S. Harald A. Johnsen.
id:
L0035
name:
Kjemikalier. Div. kjemikalier
id:
0006
name:
"Almindelig Oversigt over Fortegnelserne over de Arkivalier der ere og vorde optagne i det Norske Rigsarkiv, samt Angivelse af de Steder hvor Arkivalierne opbevares"
id:
0004
name:
Gult hurtighefte: Innførsel av kjemikalier fra Belgia, Holland og Sverige; produkter som ikke kan eller som bare i begrenset omfang kan leveres til Norge; anvist kjemikalier til Wehrmacht IV kv. 1943
id:
0011
name:
Kronregalier
id:
T079

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total:

59016

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
no-BU_arkiv_000000005260
name:
Stalsberg, KS. Akivalier etter hyttemester Richard
id:
A-1843
path:
BU/A-1843
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Privatarkiv i Buskerud
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000005260
urn:
5285ede9-c67e-427f-a9c5-9e84d58758c8
name:
SNJ - levering av kondisjoneringskjemikalier til slamavvanning
id:
0044
path:
IKAR/A-1169/G/Ge/L0006/0044
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5285ede9-c67e-427f-a9c5-9e84d58758c8
urn:
cb1cdb56-5db1-483b-91da-906e4e9720ab
name:
Grongprosjektet: Geokjemisk testing over EM-anomalier i Nordli 1977
id:
6822
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0614/6822
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cb1cdb56-5db1-483b-91da-906e4e9720ab
urn:
a2f40307-dd9e-4c13-b05a-d2dc51d01b5c
name:
Grongprosjektet: Rapport over oppfølgingsarbeider av helikopteranomalier,1977
id:
6863
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0618/6863
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a2f40307-dd9e-4c13-b05a-d2dc51d01b5c
urn:
no-BU_arkiv_000000004716
name:
Stalsberg, KS. Akivalier etter hyttemester Richard
id:
AKT-1843
path:
BU/AKT-1843
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Privatarkiv i Buskerud
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Arkivene er registrert i arbeidet med Bevaringsplan for privatarkiv i Buskerud https://vestfoldmuseene.no/vestfoldarkivet/for-buskerud/ Arkivene blir bevart i bevaringsinstitusjonen som står oppført under andre aktører. Alle henvendelser om bruk, rettes til den enkelte bevaringsinstitusjon.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000004716
urn:
d0189c7b-6b48-4a2f-bf2b-e264343ae961
name:
J & A Jensen og Dahl (Jajod) AS 1967-1979. Jern & Kjemikalier A/S. Harald A. Johnsen.
id:
L0035
path:
AV/SAH-ARK-230/D/L0035
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d0189c7b-6b48-4a2f-bf2b-e264343ae961
urn:
023e1315-d470-4d44-bbfb-a2c8cbb8fe1b
name:
Kjemikalier. Div. kjemikalier
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-1403/D/Da/L0050/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/023e1315-d470-4d44-bbfb-a2c8cbb8fe1b
urn:
9efbf409-6504-4f88-b273-5db4ab1ef78f
name:
"Almindelig Oversigt over Fortegnelserne over de Arkivalier der ere og vorde optagne i det Norske Rigsarkiv, samt Angivelse af de Steder hvor Arkivalierne opbevares"
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-PA-0009/F/L0016/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9efbf409-6504-4f88-b273-5db4ab1ef78f
urn:
5d41182a-1440-4e24-8554-c8c173cf2f1f
name:
Gult hurtighefte: Innførsel av kjemikalier fra Belgia, Holland og Sverige; produkter som ikke kan eller som bare i begrenset omfang kan leveres til Norge; anvist kjemikalier til Wehrmacht IV kv. 1943
id:
0011
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2174/E/Ec/Ece/L0125/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5d41182a-1440-4e24-8554-c8c173cf2f1f
urn:
d7d8dfc0-ae03-4a71-8534-b53a9435af34
name:
Kronregalier
id:
T079
path:
AV/RA-EA-5930/T/T079
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d7d8dfc0-ae03-4a71-8534-b53a9435af34
urn:
109f889c-20d7-412d-8728-c341c6de8228
name:
REGALIER
id:
M
path:
AV/SAO-A-11085/M
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/109f889c-20d7-412d-8728-c341c6de8228
urn:
a599dc26-b45c-4ff3-af4c-4f12f62f5dce
name:
Kassamemoralier
id:
Reb
path:
IKAH/1245-572/R/Re/Reb
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
IKA Hordaland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a599dc26-b45c-4ff3-af4c-4f12f62f5dce
urn:
17ea826b-b0ac-4978-a79e-e966f8ab0b6c
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0006
path:
ANNO/NOMA-FGA-0202/G/Gj/L0006
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Anno museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/17ea826b-b0ac-4978-a79e-e966f8ab0b6c
urn:
44526bda-0eff-448e-8c27-d88b1e22a2b4
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0009
path:
ANNO/NOMA-FGA-0202/G/Gj/L0009
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Anno museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/44526bda-0eff-448e-8c27-d88b1e22a2b4
urn:
f7da3884-dd3f-4da7-a714-53a82fb4f336
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0012
path:
ANNO/NOMA-FGA-0202/G/Gj/L0012
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Anno museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7da3884-dd3f-4da7-a714-53a82fb4f336
urn:
c89dc1e8-bcc6-42d1-af82-12945896ea94
name:
H-6 Kjemikalier
id:
L0297
path:
AV/RA-S-1322/D/L0297
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c89dc1e8-bcc6-42d1-af82-12945896ea94
urn:
788f9738-65a6-487f-9537-2b824545a785
name:
H-6 Kjemikalier
id:
L0298
path:
AV/RA-S-1322/D/L0298
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/788f9738-65a6-487f-9537-2b824545a785
urn:
e9e6cbb0-2889-4466-91ad-4f3e861c9fcb
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0264
path:
AV/RA-S-1391/1/D/L0264
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e9e6cbb0-2889-4466-91ad-4f3e861c9fcb
urn:
bfae8543-c508-41d6-b8c7-81571529c17f
name:
Kjemikalier A-Ø
id:
L0035
path:
AV/RA-S-1640/D/Da/L0035
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bfae8543-c508-41d6-b8c7-81571529c17f
urn:
8f8c7078-be5a-472d-a277-fa813fc4b369
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0012
path:
AV/RA-S-1640/D/Dc/L0012
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f8c7078-be5a-472d-a277-fa813fc4b369
urn:
8d8eb032-12e1-43b1-8655-944712a893d2
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0013
path:
AV/RA-S-1640/D/Dc/L0013
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8d8eb032-12e1-43b1-8655-944712a893d2
urn:
41f6d2c3-ee31-40eb-a8cd-96c01ab9fde5
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0014
path:
AV/RA-S-1640/D/Dc/L0014
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41f6d2c3-ee31-40eb-a8cd-96c01ab9fde5
urn:
bfadda94-b8e7-4a71-84fc-c5bf93192981
name:
10. Kjemikalier
id:
L0193
path:
AV/RA-S-4153/D/Dg/L0193
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bfadda94-b8e7-4a71-84fc-c5bf93192981
urn:
5de0af23-c464-4030-ab1a-37730797ba9f
name:
10. Kjemikalier
id:
L0194
path:
AV/RA-S-4153/D/Dg/L0194
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5de0af23-c464-4030-ab1a-37730797ba9f
urn:
b0f3223a-3027-46b8-b16b-d078bf9276fe
name:
Kjemikalier
id:
L0001
path:
AV/SAKO-P-1307/F/Fe/Feb/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b0f3223a-3027-46b8-b16b-d078bf9276fe

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