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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-31T14:15:23Z in 4.361 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58355 results in compact format.

name:
Norgesnettrådet
id:
RA-S-4212
name:
Norgesnett. Norgesnettråd.
id:
0005
name:
Norgesnett-utvalg for ingeniørutdanning. Møte mellom Rådet for høgskoleutdanning i helse- og sosialfag og HH. Utredning: 'Landbruk som satsingsområde - Norgesnettet. Studentvalg - underkjenning - nyvalg.
id:
0002
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0003
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0012
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0001
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0001
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0002
name:
Norgesnett, generelt
id:
0001
name:
Norgesnett, strateginotater
id:
0002

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total:

58355

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
ddd5bce7-d694-47a9-9013-09db6881c0df
name:
Norgesnettrådet
id:
RA-S-4212
path:
AV/RA-S-4212
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ddd5bce7-d694-47a9-9013-09db6881c0df
urn:
384b4ad5-a321-40c2-845d-282f4bb925ec
name:
Norgesnett. Norgesnettråd.
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAH-SKOLE-036-01/D/Db/L0049/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/384b4ad5-a321-40c2-845d-282f4bb925ec
urn:
b4620bd3-8600-49c2-909d-611e7c236305
name:
Norgesnett-utvalg for ingeniørutdanning. Møte mellom Rådet for høgskoleutdanning i helse- og sosialfag og HH. Utredning: 'Landbruk som satsingsområde - Norgesnettet. Studentvalg - underkjenning - nyvalg.
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAH-SKOLE-036-01/D/Db/L0002/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b4620bd3-8600-49c2-909d-611e7c236305
urn:
0d0dff52-a5bc-4789-b1af-943fc46efbc8
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAKO-A-1366/D/Da/L0022/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0d0dff52-a5bc-4789-b1af-943fc46efbc8
urn:
b08782a5-4b8b-4d3a-9c73-1d3372008e51
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0012
path:
AV/SAKO-A-1402/D/Dc/L0008/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b08782a5-4b8b-4d3a-9c73-1d3372008e51
urn:
2db2360b-372e-489b-8d65-bee88c9f2773
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAO-FELT-11714/D/Dc/L0001/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2db2360b-372e-489b-8d65-bee88c9f2773
urn:
e1d74acd-ffc5-4e5b-a189-f70913f446bb
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAT-A-1688/D/Da/L0085/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e1d74acd-ffc5-4e5b-a189-f70913f446bb
urn:
9994eecf-09c1-4d13-b4e9-92dd509bfe98
name:
Norgesnett
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAT-A-1688/D/Db/L0022/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9994eecf-09c1-4d13-b4e9-92dd509bfe98
urn:
a40cae6a-180c-4248-a2d9-9bfc050417c7
name:
Norgesnett, generelt
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAT-A-4367/D/Db/L0007/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a40cae6a-180c-4248-a2d9-9bfc050417c7
urn:
3d995832-cfa5-44bc-8466-e4af5638a433
name:
Norgesnett, strateginotater
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAT-A-4367/D/Db/L0007/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3d995832-cfa5-44bc-8466-e4af5638a433
urn:
602f5beb-5555-496d-bb9e-3ff029c8067f
name:
Norgesnett utredningen
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAT-A-4373/E/Ea/L0013/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/602f5beb-5555-496d-bb9e-3ff029c8067f
urn:
2cc7cc4e-bed8-4a92-8004-f6e4daa10aef
name:
Norgesnett og knutepunktfunksjoner
id:
0010
path:
AV/SAT-A-6884/FELT-01/D/Da/L0158/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2cc7cc4e-bed8-4a92-8004-f6e4daa10aef
urn:
9fc4d62f-53de-41f4-a16d-5b71cd5010ed
name:
Norgesnett for høgre utdanning og forskning
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-4357/D/Da/L0072/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9fc4d62f-53de-41f4-a16d-5b71cd5010ed
urn:
f1d1d602-4aeb-43cc-b962-3e0cb55a0a46
name:
Norgesnett for høgere utdanning og forskning
id:
0015
path:
AV/SAT-A-4373/D/Dd/L0009/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f1d1d602-4aeb-43cc-b962-3e0cb55a0a46
urn:
a9426ca2-0572-4d01-bd36-b9b584bdd2cf
name:
Fagprofil - Norgesnett-utvalg for ingeniør/IT/maritim utdanning
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAT-A-6884/FELT-01/D/Da/L0023/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a9426ca2-0572-4d01-bd36-b9b584bdd2cf
urn:
1c996b23-bc13-44dc-b50b-d67531b433ba
name:
Møtereferater fra møter i Norgesnettrådet 1998 til 2001/Saksdokumenter fra møter i Norgesnettrådet 1998
id:
L0001
path:
AV/RA-S-4212/A/Aa/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1c996b23-bc13-44dc-b50b-d67531b433ba
urn:
8b03d1b6-f7c9-499b-ac69-af5a0332aa73
name:
Arbeidsdeling innenfor økonomisk-administrativ utdanning. Utvalg til utgreiing av fagprofil og arbeidsdeling. Informasjon til Norgesnett-utvalget for helse- og sosialfag.
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAH-SKOLE-036-01/D/Db/L0002/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8b03d1b6-f7c9-499b-ac69-af5a0332aa73
urn:
35918c75-24c6-4c27-872c-8ea5907f73cb
name:
Norgesnettrådet (48)
id:
0019
path:
AV/RA-S-1577/D/Dg/L0017/0019
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/35918c75-24c6-4c27-872c-8ea5907f73cb
urn:
eb907178-1364-463d-b4e0-8ae06f4fea22
name:
Norgesnettet
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-3666/D/Dd/Dda/L0044/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eb907178-1364-463d-b4e0-8ae06f4fea22
urn:
86b03344-4fc4-46d6-a15a-4b8a582f9f5e
name:
Norgesnettrådet
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-4212/D/Db/L0071/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/86b03344-4fc4-46d6-a15a-4b8a582f9f5e
urn:
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name:
Norgesnettrådet
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAB-A-100489/3/D/Da/L0002/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/200e19ba-3658-4e55-aef6-92b2be58b0ec
urn:
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name:
Norgesnettet
id:
0002
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AV/SAH-SKOLE-014/D/Dh/L0004/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5450231-b125-4867-995b-c30f228c94b4
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name:
Norgesnettet
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAH-SKOLE-040/D/Db/L0003/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/648ecf81-3117-4bc3-8755-0b82c0581be9
urn:
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name:
Norgesnettet
id:
0003
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AV/SAH-SKOLE-040/D/Db/L0025/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fbf8ba5f-79ba-4997-af81-d7c48092e0ec
urn:
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name:
Norgesnettet
id:
0008
path:
AV/SAKO-A-1123/D/Db/L0049/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/012a58f1-fc9a-4428-9b85-ea85762b9b17

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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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