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 2026-10-22T18:14:23Z in 0.788 seconds.

Showing 10 of 2307 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Grieg Investor AS AON Grieg
    id:
    0003
  2. name:
    Grieg, Per sr. Skipsreder og konsernsjef
    id:
    A-8542
  3. name:
    Grieg, Per sr. Skipsreder og konsernsjef
    id:
    A-8542
  4. name:
    Investor A/S
    id:
    RA-PA-1130
  5. name:
    Grieg Investor AS
    id:
    0002
  6. name:
    Grieg Investor AS
    id:
    0001
  7. name:
    A/S Bergen Investor
    id:
    A-6405
  8. name:
    Investor A/S
    id:
    P-13103
  9. name:
    A/S Bergen Investor
    id:
    A-6405
  10. name:
    Joachim Grieg & Co
    id:
    A-7654
Show all fields in HTML
total:
2307
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    f72cbf08-d918-48f7-964a-18aa43cc3d55
    name:
    Grieg Investor AS AON Grieg
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0374/I/Ib/L0007/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f72cbf08-d918-48f7-964a-18aa43cc3d55
  2. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000004237623
    name:
    Grieg, Per sr. Skipsreder og konsernsjef
    id:
    A-8542
    path:
    BBA/A-8542
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004237623
  3. urn:
    775b59e6-bf8a-4ce6-bb29-1d1828255c08
    name:
    Grieg, Per sr. Skipsreder og konsernsjef
    id:
    A-8542
    path:
    SAF/A-8542
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/775b59e6-bf8a-4ce6-bb29-1d1828255c08
  4. urn:
    b5a46b59-eaba-4164-8a70-8629b9544b65
    name:
    Investor A/S
    id:
    RA-PA-1130
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1130
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b5a46b59-eaba-4164-8a70-8629b9544b65
  5. urn:
    e4e9e73d-2fde-4d3d-8930-5b4908e485a7
    name:
    Grieg Investor AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0374/I/Ib/L0007/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e4e9e73d-2fde-4d3d-8930-5b4908e485a7
  6. urn:
    6330e3b1-c325-4b0c-822e-8e6122932f83
    name:
    Grieg Investor AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0374/I/Ib/L0008/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6330e3b1-c325-4b0c-822e-8e6122932f83
  7. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000855843
    name:
    A/S Bergen Investor
    id:
    A-6405
    path:
    BBA/A-6405
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000855843
  8. urn:
    f24cdf92-c133-48b4-a2b7-f61c0d49ec44
    name:
    Investor A/S
    id:
    P-13103
    path:
    AV/P-13103
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    "Investor A/S" hadde som formål "å anskaffe, eie og drive borefartøyer og delta i selskaper med samme formål, garantistillelse eller annen sikkerhetsstillelse, samt alt som står i forbindelse med dette". Selskapet var en fortsettelse av A/S Investor-X, men endret navn til Investor A/S i 1979. Arkivs...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f24cdf92-c133-48b4-a2b7-f61c0d49ec44
  9. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000855842
    name:
    A/S Bergen Investor
    id:
    A-6405
    path:
    BBA/A-6405
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Endrer navn til Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab A/S i 1985. Antakeligvis inlemmes A/S Bergen Investor inn i BDS.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000855842
  10. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003799183
    name:
    Joachim Grieg & Co
    id:
    A-7654
    path:
    BBA/A-7654
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003799183
  11. urn:
    11a006cf-352c-4334-894e-fa47bea74645
    name:
    John Grieg A/S
    id:
    NHNR-0008
    path:
    MUVE/NHNR-0008
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Museum Vest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/11a006cf-352c-4334-894e-fa47bea74645
  12. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000704084
    name:
    Grieg Star Shipping AS
    id:
    A-6081
    path:
    BBA/A-6081
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000704084
  13. urn:
    dbcfca48-a3ed-49b4-89a9-f6fe1613cfed
    name:
    Forsvarsdepartementet, Otto Grieg Tidemand
    id:
    RA-RAFA-3594
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-3594
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dbcfca48-a3ed-49b4-89a9-f6fe1613cfed
  14. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003799135
    name:
    Harald Grieg Martens rederi
    id:
    A-7653
    path:
    BBA/A-7653
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003799135
  15. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000840939
    name:
    Edvard Grieg Museum KF Troldhaugen og Siljustøl
    id:
    A-6354
    path:
    BBA/A-6354
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000840939
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000157221
    name:
    Edvard Grieg-uken 1931
    id:
    A-4266
    path:
    BBA/A-4266
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000157221
  17. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000157224
    name:
    Moe, Anne Sofi Grieg
    id:
    A-3839
    path:
    BBA/A-3839
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000157224
  18. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000004231878
    name:
    Grieg, Per sr., skipsreder og konsernsjef
    id:
    A-8542
    path:
    BBA/A-8542
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Per Grieg senior var en norsk skipsreder og skipsmegler og sønn av Per Geelmuyden Grieg. Fra 1960 var Grieg skipsmegler i familiebedriften Joachim Grieg & Co., fra 1963 medeier og fra 1972 til 1999 selskapets sjef, i det som senere ble Grieg Gruppen. Grieg var en aktiv støttespiller for Bergens musi...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004231878
  19. urn:
    e8491e52-778d-4b31-851d-9b04d59d5d6c
    name:
    Grieg, Per sr., skipsreder og konsernsjef
    id:
    A-8542
    path:
    SAF/A-8542
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Per Grieg senior var en norsk skipsreder og skipsmegler og sønn av Per Geelmuyden Grieg. Fra 1960 var Grieg skipsmegler i familiebedriften Joachim Grieg & Co., fra 1963 medeier og fra 1972 til 1999 selskapets sjef, i det som senere ble Grieg Gruppen. Grieg var en aktiv støttespiller for Bergens musi...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e8491e52-778d-4b31-851d-9b04d59d5d6c
  20. urn:
    7147acce-2e92-44ad-b40a-6339d84a8ef9
    name:
    Grieg, Johan Vilhelm Cato, cand.theol., lektor
    id:
    SAH-ARK-014
    path:
    AV/SAH-ARK-014
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7147acce-2e92-44ad-b40a-6339d84a8ef9
  21. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003799134
    name:
    Harald Grieg Martens & Co
    id:
    A-7653
    path:
    BBA/A-7653
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Harald Grieg Martens rederi ble etablert 12 febraur 1915. I 1950 ble Birger Hille Halvorsen opptatt som kompanjong, og firmanavnet ble endret til Harald Grieg Martens & Co.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003799134
  22. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000840920
    name:
    Edvard Grieg Museum KF
    id:
    A-6354
    path:
    BBA/A-6354
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen ble stiftet av Fana kommune i 1928 med den hensikt "at værne om og bevare eiendommen som et minde om tonedigteren Edvard Grieg". Museet Siljustøl ble stiftet i 1995 på grunnlag av testamentarisk gave fra komponisten Harald Sæverud og forvaltet av Edvard Grieg Museum. ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000840920
  23. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000004237576
    name:
    Grieg Foundation
    id:
    N-10615
    path:
    BBA/N-10615
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Grieg Foundation er en norsk allmennyttig stiftelse med sete i Bergen. Stiftelsen ble opprettet i 2002 ved overføring av midler fra PG Longtail Foundation, opprettet av skipsreder Per Grieg senior i 1988.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004237576
  24. urn:
    2a7a22ce-5006-45d1-b898-bdc4087749fb
    name:
    Grieg Foundation
    id:
    N-10615
    path:
    SAF/N-10615
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Grieg Foundation er en norsk allmennyttig stiftelse med sete i Bergen. Stiftelsen ble opprettet i 2002 ved overføring av midler fra PG Longtail Foundation, opprettet av skipsreder Per Grieg senior i 1988.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2a7a22ce-5006-45d1-b898-bdc4087749fb
  25. urn:
    68779c5e-d9e4-46b3-9157-db27085fa87c
    name:
    Grieg-feier
    id:
    0012
    path:
    MIST/RMT-A-1011/Z/L0002/0002/0012
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Museene i Sør-Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68779c5e-d9e4-46b3-9157-db27085fa87c
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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.

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  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.

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