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 2026-10-14T03:28:23Z in 1.254 seconds.

Showing 10 of 344 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    095: Equipment, 219: Air and Water Conservation , Anti-pollution OPOL (Offshore Pollution Liabilities Agreement Incl. State Pollution Control correpondence)
    id:
    L0003
  2. name:
    Oil pollution control - research and development program PFO final report
    id:
    0005
  3. name:
    214: Recombination Sample Analysis, 219: Air and Water Conservations, anti - pollution, 220: Analysis and Samples of crude Oil
    id:
    L0004
  4. name:
    IMCO. Sub-Committees on Oil Pollution and Marine Pollution
    id:
    0002
  5. name:
    219.1 - Air and water pollution, anti pollution OPOL
    id:
    0001
  6. name:
    IMCO. Sub-Committees on Oil Pollution and Marine Pollution (3 mapper)
    id:
    0001
  7. name:
    Oil Pollution of the Seas - Oil Pollution around Great Britain
    id:
    0014
  8. name:
    020: Publications, news services, etc., and requests for publications , 022: Universities and colleges, 023: Technical societies, institutes and trade associations , 219: Air and Water Conservation , Anti-pollution OPOL
    id:
    L0004
  9. name:
    Pollution
    id:
    0002
  10. name:
    Air pollution
    id:
    0004
Show all fields in HTML
total:
344
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    095: Equipment, 219: Air and Water Conservation , Anti-pollution OPOL (Offshore Pollution Liabilities Agreement Incl. State Pollution Control correpondence)
    id:
    L0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102405/18/D/Db/L0003
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d649fcfd-cf90-4dda-824d-294717afb62e
  2. urn:
    8ab92488-c2b6-4b68-857b-ff24bd7a8f20
    name:
    Oil pollution control - research and development program PFO final report
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101683/F/L0016/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ab92488-c2b6-4b68-857b-ff24bd7a8f20
  3. urn:
    0d76a08c-e71e-4017-9c25-395ebc04038a
    name:
    214: Recombination Sample Analysis, 219: Air and Water Conservations, anti - pollution, 220: Analysis and Samples of crude Oil
    id:
    L0004
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102405/04/D/Da/L0004
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0d76a08c-e71e-4017-9c25-395ebc04038a
  4. urn:
    895265d3-3aa6-4f45-af96-21c696330ab5
    name:
    IMCO. Sub-Committees on Oil Pollution and Marine Pollution
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1409/2/E/Ea/L0127/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/895265d3-3aa6-4f45-af96-21c696330ab5
  5. urn:
    8799af43-4a2a-42c3-91e8-2b441a875e24
    name:
    219.1 - Air and water pollution, anti pollution OPOL
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102405/04/D/Da/L0021/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8799af43-4a2a-42c3-91e8-2b441a875e24
  6. urn:
    e8b0b677-a660-4e23-8ce8-921c1c8a0676
    name:
    IMCO. Sub-Committees on Oil Pollution and Marine Pollution (3 mapper)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1409/2/E/Ea/L0128/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e8b0b677-a660-4e23-8ce8-921c1c8a0676
  7. urn:
    f274f9d7-5132-447a-911a-dc8b01ee2380
    name:
    Oil Pollution of the Seas - Oil Pollution around Great Britain
    id:
    0014
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0053/0014
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f274f9d7-5132-447a-911a-dc8b01ee2380
  8. urn:
    ceac1aeb-4bf2-4962-ba54-dcbfd6212edb
    name:
    020: Publications, news services, etc., and requests for publications , 022: Universities and colleges, 023: Technical societies, institutes and trade associations , 219: Air and Water Conservation , Anti-pollution OPOL
    id:
    L0004
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102405/18/D/Db/L0004
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ceac1aeb-4bf2-4962-ba54-dcbfd6212edb
  9. urn:
    e84dc906-a397-487a-afa6-093a711e73b2
    name:
    Pollution
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/F/L0014/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e84dc906-a397-487a-afa6-093a711e73b2
  10. urn:
    8638b494-b947-4374-b3ab-76152a2869c6
    name:
    Air pollution
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1391/2/D/Da/L0492/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8638b494-b947-4374-b3ab-76152a2869c6
  11. urn:
    e9c50317-8643-4942-bf54-4fa99076cb4f
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    0003
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    AV/RA-S-1605/2/G/L0359/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e9c50317-8643-4942-bf54-4fa99076cb4f
  12. urn:
    981f7c15-9ee5-4499-9d2a-fbb7c4cdb363
    name:
    Oil Pollution
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    0002
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    AV/RA-S-2130/Fc/L0056/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/981f7c15-9ee5-4499-9d2a-fbb7c4cdb363
  13. urn:
    f8756bad-ad4f-4be7-8c6c-bfa0d8080fcc
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    Oil Pollution fines
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0642/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f8756bad-ad4f-4be7-8c6c-bfa0d8080fcc
  14. urn:
    a6903b7e-37ef-453b-a602-7103edb866ff
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    Transfrontier Pollution Group
    id:
    0002
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    AV/RA-S-3000/E/Em/L0308/0002
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    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a6903b7e-37ef-453b-a602-7103edb866ff
  15. urn:
    1fca5db2-4d53-4b19-8d15-68878f7fe81e
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    ECE. Water pollution
    id:
    0005
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    AV/RA-S-5946/D/Da/L0086/0005
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    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1fca5db2-4d53-4b19-8d15-68878f7fe81e
  16. urn:
    b6132d07-cdb7-486e-8270-16b455b1ba4d
    name:
    ECE. Water pollution
    id:
    0001
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    AV/RA-S-5946/D/Da/L0087/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b6132d07-cdb7-486e-8270-16b455b1ba4d
  17. urn:
    99d54b62-9871-442b-b5ba-b4abde002714
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    SiC, Furnacing, pollution, control
    id:
    0001
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    AAMA/PA-2063/I03/L0004/0001
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    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
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  18. urn:
    2dedec39-33ea-4a47-8b15-e1795f91a7ec
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    Eurometaux - EHS - IP Industrial Pollution gr.
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    0005
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    AV/RA-PA-1405/02/D/L0033/0005
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  19. urn:
    e0e343ab-333d-4856-b55d-91333bf38755
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    link:
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  20. urn:
    2c5397cc-33d2-42e9-8df1-8281ddb33f03
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    AV/RA-S-2130/Fc/L0033/0001
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  21. urn:
    17b8ad45-6bb6-482d-b63d-8e1338e19a7d
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    Oil and Refuse Pollution
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    AV/RA-S-2131/D/Da/L0074/0007
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  22. urn:
    dda6e3c8-1503-4092-bd54-d727b44cc51b
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    0005
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dda6e3c8-1503-4092-bd54-d727b44cc51b
  23. urn:
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  24. urn:
    7e2fac12-65bb-485c-b3e4-605509dc6b05
    name:
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    unit_type:
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    link:
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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.

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.