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, 1-100 (default 25). 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, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T04:17:24Z in 4.901 seconds.

Showing 10 of 60448 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/II (1)
    id:
    0004
  2. name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/II (3)
    id:
    0001
  3. name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1990/I
    id:
    0002
  4. name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1990/II
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/I (1)
    id:
    0002
  6. name:
    Hovedregnskapsbøker "Ledger"
    id:
    Rb
  7. name:
    Ledger. L.16. (Private ledger nr.1.)
    id:
    L0001
  8. name:
    Arne Wang. What is good and what is bad – sorry, not so good – in SIMULA? As seen from an academic point of view. s.a. 3 s.
    id:
    0062
  9. name:
    General ledger
    id:
    L0168
  10. name:
    General ledger A-E
    id:
    L0169
Show all fields in HTML
total:
60448
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/II (1)
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    0004
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/G/L0002/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41c73001-c4b5-4e95-9b81-33788722c50c
  2. urn:
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    name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/II (3)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/G/L0003/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3aaf6aa3-4553-4057-a93e-d52e9818da1f
  3. urn:
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    name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1990/I
    id:
    0002
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/G/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/56c464d4-b6ee-4140-81e1-e78a7683f855
  4. urn:
    7bc845c6-cb8d-4be4-8b94-856cc561a016
    name:
    Reports/Cost price ledger 1990/II
    id:
    0003
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/G/L0003/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7bc845c6-cb8d-4be4-8b94-856cc561a016
  5. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/G/L0002/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/da164637-c5e1-400f-af29-75fba4cac659
  6. urn:
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    name:
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    AV/RA-S-3273/R/Rb
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    SERIE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9191804b-2888-4418-accc-a7b7476a1aa3
  7. urn:
    413ad230-00c3-4c82-af4b-bfd5ce786de2
    name:
    Ledger. L.16. (Private ledger nr.1.)
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3273/R/Rb/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/413ad230-00c3-4c82-af4b-bfd5ce786de2
  8. urn:
    c413c7c2-fdbd-4891-a5ee-f37e2b3339fc
    name:
    Arne Wang. What is good and what is bad – sorry, not so good – in SIMULA? As seen from an academic point of view. s.a. 3 s.
    id:
    0062
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    AV/RA-PA-1398/F/Fz/L0005/0062
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c413c7c2-fdbd-4891-a5ee-f37e2b3339fc
  9. urn:
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    id:
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    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e28c069e-90b2-4b1a-bddd-f04ae83a9667
  10. urn:
    ca991873-74c0-46bd-b94c-41642f2dc68d
    name:
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    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-S-1441/R/L0169
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ca991873-74c0-46bd-b94c-41642f2dc68d
  11. urn:
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    name:
    General ledger F-L
    id:
    L0170
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1441/R/L0170
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b0dd5e17-5075-439e-9b93-4c91e70cc498
  12. urn:
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    path:
    AV/RA-S-1441/R/L0171
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/672b47f4-bae7-4716-9fd5-f3f15dbd09c4
  13. urn:
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    name:
    General ledger S-Z
    id:
    L0172
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1441/R/L0172
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4e2ba5b6-af63-4db8-912e-724c7e473f5e
  14. urn:
    36fa481e-ed3f-41e9-bf0b-daf7debb14be
    name:
    Administrasjon, ledger
    id:
    L0182
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1441/R/L0182
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/36fa481e-ed3f-41e9-bf0b-daf7debb14be
  15. urn:
    3ea80290-e9fa-4b0f-a704-c53390d9a5b0
    name:
    Ships Ledger A-Ar
    id:
    L0791
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    AV/RA-S-2119/Fd/Fdy/L0791
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3ea80290-e9fa-4b0f-a704-c53390d9a5b0
  16. urn:
    d1f07a31-9c41-4076-b33f-a151bc4c7db7
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    Ships Ledger Ar-Av
    id:
    L0792
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2119/Fd/Fdy/L0792
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d1f07a31-9c41-4076-b33f-a151bc4c7db7
  17. urn:
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    id:
    L0793
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2119/Fd/Fdy/L0793
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fba10a5c-f68f-4a1d-a486-1864fb7b9a40
  18. urn:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2bf2ce53-35c0-49a1-ab5c-424743aa0205
  19. urn:
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    AV/RA-S-2119/Fd/Fdy/L0795
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  20. urn:
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    AV/RA-S-2119/Fd/Fdy/L0796
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  21. urn:
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    AV/RA-S-2119/Fd/Fdy/L0798
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  23. urn:
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    name:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    link:
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  24. urn:
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    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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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.

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.