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; 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&offset=0

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

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
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&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&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&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. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-13T16:18:06Z in 0.000 seconds.

Showing 10 of 10 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Kontrakt 020-9017 datalager - korr. Proact Systems as
    id:
    0006
  2. name:
    Kontrakt 020-9017. Datalager - proact, div. Korrespondanse.
    id:
    0013
  3. name:
    Kontrakt. Administrative tjenester. Digitalt lager, del 1 av 3. ProAct Systems AS
    id:
    0002
  4. name:
    Kontrakt. Administrative tjenester. Digitalt lager, del 2 av 3. ProAct Systems AS
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    Kontrakt. Administrative tjenester. Digitalt lager, del 3 av 3. ProAct Systems AS
    id:
    0004
  6. name:
    Kontrakt 020-9017 datalager - møteref. Proact. Original mappe mangler
    id:
    0008
  7. name:
    Proactivum Medical AS
    id:
    0003
  8. name:
    15/2924-12 - Lederutvikling - Proactima AS
    id:
    0007
  9. name:
    Proactive safety culture in international shipping
    id:
    0001
  10. name:
    Enkelttiltak. SRB-14/0054. Proaktiv. Proactive Youth in Rural Areas
    id:
    0386
Show all fields in HTML
total:
10
total_exact:
yes
returned:
10
page:
1
results:

10 results

  1. urn:
    3e01b8ef-cba4-4921-8aa3-457f1c669cde
    name:
    Kontrakt 020-9017 datalager - korr. Proact Systems as
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0174/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3e01b8ef-cba4-4921-8aa3-457f1c669cde
  2. urn:
    41448739-d64a-42ca-8981-5499d1453682
    name:
    Kontrakt 020-9017. Datalager - proact, div. Korrespondanse.
    id:
    0013
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0174/0013
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41448739-d64a-42ca-8981-5499d1453682
  3. urn:
    99168d54-6d41-40d2-a5ed-919c0f591db7
    name:
    Kontrakt. Administrative tjenester. Digitalt lager, del 1 av 3. ProAct Systems AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0100/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/99168d54-6d41-40d2-a5ed-919c0f591db7
  4. urn:
    6d83f05e-5281-4eb8-ab4b-971148547741
    name:
    Kontrakt. Administrative tjenester. Digitalt lager, del 2 av 3. ProAct Systems AS
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0100/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6d83f05e-5281-4eb8-ab4b-971148547741
  5. urn:
    fd33ee09-0dab-478b-aa5b-7296849a8161
    name:
    Kontrakt. Administrative tjenester. Digitalt lager, del 3 av 3. ProAct Systems AS
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0100/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd33ee09-0dab-478b-aa5b-7296849a8161
  6. urn:
    607830af-87f9-4916-b0bc-ab6b9c2eee97
    name:
    Kontrakt 020-9017 datalager - møteref. Proact. Original mappe mangler
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0174/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/607830af-87f9-4916-b0bc-ab6b9c2eee97
  7. urn:
    c307783f-605f-4293-846a-f5a49081c3d7
    name:
    Proactivum Medical AS
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1772/D/Da/L0352/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c307783f-605f-4293-846a-f5a49081c3d7
  8. urn:
    de797534-782a-4e7f-be75-cf7b37b16168
    name:
    15/2924-12 - Lederutvikling - Proactima AS
    id:
    0007
    path:
    IKAK/0702021-2/1/G/L0035/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/de797534-782a-4e7f-be75-cf7b37b16168
  9. urn:
    e8ee3096-4c4b-457b-a409-9b1f2c10ea34
    name:
    Proactive safety culture in international shipping
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0046/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e8ee3096-4c4b-457b-a409-9b1f2c10ea34
  10. urn:
    10d31e40-22c6-4904-a7c3-f53b032f0f08
    name:
    Enkelttiltak. SRB-14/0054. Proaktiv. Proactive Youth in Rural Areas
    id:
    0386
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2645/D/Dc/0386
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/10d31e40-22c6-4904-a7c3-f53b032f0f08
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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.