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 2026-10-23T23:44:28Z in 0.735 seconds.

Showing 10 of 1061 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
  2. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
  3. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
  4. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
  5. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
  6. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
  7. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
  8. name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
  9. name:
    1990-tallet, Black box, Carte Blanche
    id:
    0006
  10. name:
    <Reklame for Carte Blanche>
    id:
    0004
Show all fields in HTML
total:
1061
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000249443
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
    path:
    BBA/A-5158
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000249443
  2. urn:
    8603fba2-1bcc-43b5-9643-567ee05547d0
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
    path:
    SAF/A-5158
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8603fba2-1bcc-43b5-9643-567ee05547d0
  3. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000223564
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
    path:
    BBA/A-5151
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000223564
  4. urn:
    f7f65f0f-9433-40b9-a836-4f95bbc5f303
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
    path:
    SAF/A-5151
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7f65f0f-9433-40b9-a836-4f95bbc5f303
  5. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000587243
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
    path:
    BBA/A-5151
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    - Arkiveier er Carte Blanche, ArkiVest-medlem nr. 169. - Carte Blanche ble startet av en gruppe dansere i Oslo i 1985. Etter noen år kom det et politisk vedtak om at Norge skulle få sitt andre kompani utenom Operaballetten, og det ble bestemt at det skulle opprettes et regionalt dansekompani i Berge...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000587243
  6. urn:
    cb405ed1-dcfb-475e-a6d5-360b2c9c06a3
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche A/S
    id:
    A-5151
    path:
    SAF/A-5151
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    - Arkiveier er Carte Blanche, ArkiVest-medlem nr. 169. - Carte Blanche ble startet av en gruppe dansere i Oslo i 1985. Etter noen år kom det et politisk vedtak om at Norge skulle få sitt andre kompani utenom Operaballetten, og det ble bestemt at det skulle opprettes et regionalt dansekompani i Berge...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cb405ed1-dcfb-475e-a6d5-360b2c9c06a3
  7. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000597952
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
    path:
    BBA/A-5158
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Arkiveier er Carte Blanche, ArkiVest-medlem nr. 169.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000597952
  8. urn:
    d6436b41-bb7b-44ea-8490-c2dd9f75fbbd
    name:
    Nye Carte Blanche Danseskole
    id:
    A-5158
    path:
    SAF/A-5158
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Arkiveier er Carte Blanche, ArkiVest-medlem nr. 169.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d6436b41-bb7b-44ea-8490-c2dd9f75fbbd
  9. urn:
    b7d88064-21cd-4cba-9bfc-86a13633640b
    name:
    1990-tallet, Black box, Carte Blanche
    id:
    0006
    path:
    OMUS/A-2006/Z/L0023/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Oslo Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b7d88064-21cd-4cba-9bfc-86a13633640b
  10. urn:
    08e1b384-8b53-4987-ae7e-3c403cafd1ae
    name:
    <Reklame for Carte Blanche>
    id:
    0004
    path:
    SAF/A-5151/U/Ua/Uaa/L0001/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/08e1b384-8b53-4987-ae7e-3c403cafd1ae
  11. urn:
    29e142c9-7df7-4364-90b4-6d37fec8b6d1
    name:
    Major, Blanche
    id:
    PA-5
    path:
    HL/PA-5
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Senter for studier av Holocaust og livsynsminoriteter
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/29e142c9-7df7-4364-90b4-6d37fec8b6d1
  12. urn:
    d66f5de3-a2a8-4819-a0de-f720ed7b1286
    name:
    Vokalgruppa a la carte
    id:
    E-A-00762
    path:
    OAMM/E-A-00762
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d66f5de3-a2a8-4819-a0de-f720ed7b1286
  13. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000876569
    name:
    "25 år Carte Blanche"
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    BBA/A-5151/X/Xd/L0001
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000876569
  14. urn:
    c6019f0e-9a2c-46ec-99f7-479206b33e5e
    name:
    "25 år Carte Blanche"
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    SAF/A-5151/X/Xd/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c6019f0e-9a2c-46ec-99f7-479206b33e5e
  15. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000152289
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0010
    path:
    BBA/A-4265/D/Da/L0456/0010
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000152289
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000153789
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0007
    path:
    BBA/A-4265/D/Da/L0468/0007
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000153789
  17. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000160234
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0017
    path:
    BBA/A-4265/D/Da/L0478/0017
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000160234
  18. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000211865
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0003
    path:
    BBA/A-4265/E/Ec/L0002/0003
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000211865
  19. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000213490
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0002
    path:
    BBA/A-4265/E/Ed/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000213490
  20. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000002911907
    name:
    "Carte Blanche"
    id:
    0001
    path:
    BBA/A-5151/X/Xc/Xcb/L0013/0001
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000002911907
  21. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000002914343
    name:
    "Carte Blanche"
    id:
    0001
    path:
    BBA/A-5151/X/Xc/Xcb/L0018/0001
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000002914343
  22. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000002916295
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0007
    path:
    BBA/A-5151/X/Xc/Xcb/L0022/0007
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000002916295
  23. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000002916385
    name:
    Carte Blanche
    id:
    0016
    path:
    BBA/A-5151/X/Xf/L0001/0016
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000002916385
  24. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000004042267
    name:
    Carte Blanche AS
    id:
    0010
    path:
    BBA/A-8074/D/Da/Daa/L0005/0010
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004042267
  25. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000004042258
    name:
    Carte Blanche AS
    id:
    0011
    path:
    BBA/A-8074/D/Da/Daa/L0005/0011
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004042258
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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.

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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.