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; page: integer, optional, default 1; 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&page=1&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit}, {page} 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&page=1&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
offsetoptionalintegerNumber 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&page=1&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&page=1&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&page=1&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-15T15:35:12Z in 0.717 seconds.

Showing 10 of 279017 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Birkenes Avholdslag
    id:
    PA-2927
  2. name:
    Birkelid skole
    id:
    SAK-1122-0001
  3. name:
    Sauda kommune - Birkeland skole
    id:
    K-100788
  4. name:
    Nordfold kommune. Plan og byggekomite for utbygging av Stamsvik skole
    id:
    K-18461.511.06
  5. name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes krets/Birkeland folkeskole frem til 1991
    id:
    KA0928-550a_91
  6. name:
    Oltedal avløpsrenseanlegg - bygg entreprise ombygging
    id:
    0049
  7. name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenesheimen
    id:
    KA0928-611a_91
  8. name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes framhaldsskole
    id:
    KA0928-531_91
  9. name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes realskole
    id:
    KA0928-532_91
  10. name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes sykehjem
    id:
    KA0928-611a_00
Show all fields in HTML
total:
279017
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    712dedb3-32a0-4922-a54e-bd5f3d8edae2
    name:
    Birkenes Avholdslag
    id:
    PA-2927
    path:
    AAMA/PA-2927
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/712dedb3-32a0-4922-a54e-bd5f3d8edae2
  2. urn:
    a70c35c1-c509-4f9a-b01e-e914b0245846
    name:
    Birkelid skole
    id:
    SAK-1122-0001
    path:
    AV/SAK-1122-0001
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a70c35c1-c509-4f9a-b01e-e914b0245846
  3. urn:
    468efe1b-989d-4016-be50-d53e4e10abe4
    name:
    Sauda kommune - Birkeland skole
    id:
    K-100788
    path:
    IKAR/K-100788
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/468efe1b-989d-4016-be50-d53e4e10abe4
  4. urn:
    2c2d3aeb-3725-4f0e-b4c0-e76dd85e7b07
    name:
    Nordfold kommune. Plan og byggekomite for utbygging av Stamsvik skole
    id:
    K-18461.511.06
    path:
    AIN/K-18461.511.06
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2c2d3aeb-3725-4f0e-b4c0-e76dd85e7b07
  5. urn:
    955e06af-ac11-4a71-93b4-5457fb68ff4a
    name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes krets/Birkeland folkeskole frem til 1991
    id:
    KA0928-550a_91
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-550a_91
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/955e06af-ac11-4a71-93b4-5457fb68ff4a
  6. urn:
    cf87c3a1-df12-4d37-8552-dc7329ff70e5
    name:
    Oltedal avløpsrenseanlegg - bygg entreprise ombygging
    id:
    0049
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0010/0049
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cf87c3a1-df12-4d37-8552-dc7329ff70e5
  7. urn:
    ff941840-67da-4ef9-9369-bf1f2a928e0e
    name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenesheimen
    id:
    KA0928-611a_91
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-611a_91
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ff941840-67da-4ef9-9369-bf1f2a928e0e
  8. urn:
    b51752e3-c85c-4b71-a2b0-3a17ed4219d3
    name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes framhaldsskole
    id:
    KA0928-531_91
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-531_91
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b51752e3-c85c-4b71-a2b0-3a17ed4219d3
  9. urn:
    fdcff954-d154-4c65-8a82-3f904b9c7f90
    name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes realskole
    id:
    KA0928-532_91
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-532_91
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fdcff954-d154-4c65-8a82-3f904b9c7f90
  10. urn:
    45d14850-9059-45d0-b357-089924f35e7c
    name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkenes sykehjem
    id:
    KA0928-611a_00
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-611a_00
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/45d14850-9059-45d0-b357-089924f35e7c
  11. urn:
    2d2a8d2c-0300-4f35-9582-2d9a925242d6
    name:
    Birkenes kommune, Birkeland vannverk
    id:
    KA0928-930_91
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-930_91
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2d2a8d2c-0300-4f35-9582-2d9a925242d6
  12. urn:
    a87dba58-5729-4c31-9f65-0f3ca0e11502
    name:
    Bygg og Forskalingsteknikk AS, Birkeland - bedriftsregister
    id:
    0027
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-121/D5/L0166/0027
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a87dba58-5729-4c31-9f65-0f3ca0e11502
  13. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003125339
    name:
    Neumann Bygg A/S
    id:
    A-7077
    path:
    BBA/A-7077
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    - Arkiveier er Rieber & Søn AS (tidl. AS Atlantis Vest), ArkiVest-medlem nr. 234. - Jacob Neumann AS er en fusjon mellom Rieber Bygg og Jacob Neumann A/S. Neumann Bygg AS blir i 1997 en del av konsernet Danske Trælast. I 2006 ble DT Group blir en del av Wolseley. I 2007 endrer DT Group navn til STA...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003125339
  14. urn:
    2a471841-9ab2-4b51-b3d8-fa351a0ae275
    name:
    Neumann Bygg A/S
    id:
    A-7077
    path:
    SAF/A-7077
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    - Arkiveier er Rieber & Søn AS (tidl. AS Atlantis Vest), ArkiVest-medlem nr. 234. - Jacob Neumann AS er en fusjon mellom Rieber Bygg og Jacob Neumann A/S. Neumann Bygg AS blir i 1997 en del av konsernet Danske Trælast. I 2006 ble DT Group blir en del av Wolseley. I 2007 endrer DT Group navn til STA...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2a471841-9ab2-4b51-b3d8-fa351a0ae275
  15. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000012323
    name:
    Birkeland, Erling (f. 1898) og Birkeland, Kasper (f. 1872)
    id:
    R.Ark.1128
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1128
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000012323
  16. urn:
    bd84ec70-947e-477a-8c40-7311c77d1713
    name:
    Fylkesbyggesjefen i Troms
    id:
    SATØ-S-1496
    path:
    AV/SATØ-S-1496
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd84ec70-947e-477a-8c40-7311c77d1713
  17. urn:
    5c9e5b54-7d9b-4f60-8a62-4e20623da846
    name:
    Pantebøker - Sorenskriveriet, Svanø Birk og Lenet
    id:
    Gba
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-3201/1/G/Gb/Gba
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5c9e5b54-7d9b-4f60-8a62-4e20623da846
  18. urn:
    fca66a10-583f-448a-bf77-042cd8877c57
    name:
    Medlemsstatistikk og AS Bygg konkursbo
    id:
    L0011
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100366/D/Da/L0011
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fca66a10-583f-448a-bf77-042cd8877c57
  19. urn:
    8ca73337-5e04-432d-b2ac-a44427a95bf4
    name:
    Ungbirken
    id:
    HHSP-1109
    path:
    OSTM/HHSP-1109
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ca73337-5e04-432d-b2ac-a44427a95bf4
  20. urn:
    35db57a3-d8ac-41d5-82a8-a652989e957f
    name:
    Birkenes kommune
    id:
    KA0928-PK
    path:
    AAMA/KA0928-PK
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/35db57a3-d8ac-41d5-82a8-a652989e957f
  21. urn:
    e9d2250f-8de4-43c9-868c-c5e99965770f
    name:
    Tveide i Birkenes
    id:
    PA-1625
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1625
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e9d2250f-8de4-43c9-868c-c5e99965770f
  22. urn:
    e4fc1a51-e183-4603-8f6f-fb1575815096
    name:
    Birkenes Helselag
    id:
    PA-1849
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1849
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e4fc1a51-e183-4603-8f6f-fb1575815096
  23. urn:
    8f06a61a-9e11-4848-9e1b-0862c9dc3d6d
    name:
    Birkenes Veiarbeiderforening
    id:
    PA-2212
    path:
    AAMA/PA-2212
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f06a61a-9e11-4848-9e1b-0862c9dc3d6d
  24. urn:
    1b15b414-4254-4838-860e-e6e93e2a8c96
    name:
    Birkenes Lærerlag
    id:
    PA-2883
    path:
    AAMA/PA-2883
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1b15b414-4254-4838-860e-e6e93e2a8c96
  25. urn:
    f6a16295-6d82-4e7a-b979-0e405df743d0
    name:
    Birkenes Sanitetsforening
    id:
    PA-2969
    path:
    AAMA/PA-2969
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6a16295-6d82-4e7a-b979-0e405df743d0
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
Will you use the result in generated code?

Open the same result as JSON

Is data missing or incorrect? Send feedback about this result.

Continue exploring

How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the search_archives lookup

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.