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 2026-10-31T17:00:32Z in 9.045 seconds.

Showing 10 of 66287 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Johansen, Åge
    id:
    A-07-130
  2. name:
    Karmøy kommune - Veavågen skole
    id:
    A-895
  3. name:
    Bokn kommune - Øvrebø og Våge skole
    id:
    A-182
  4. name:
    Åge Magnussen
    id:
    A25-140
  5. name:
    Kræmer, Åge
    id:
    SATØ-P-1520
  6. name:
    NS på Gjøvik 1933-1940 (oppgave av Åge Solheim)
    id:
    E-A-00183
  7. name:
    Holter, Åge
    id:
    A-1009
  8. name:
    Holter, Åge Standal
    id:
    AKT-1011
  9. name:
    Lydbånd - Sven Ingvars laget av Åge
    id:
    L0002
  10. name:
    Christiansen, Åge Petter
    id:
    E-A-00281
Show all fields in HTML
total:
66287
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    20803f48-5e4c-4d20-a50e-1ed2f16e5189
    name:
    Johansen, Åge
    id:
    A-07-130
    path:
    AIN/A-07-130
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/20803f48-5e4c-4d20-a50e-1ed2f16e5189
  2. urn:
    cc916e08-89e1-4e52-8880-2d9d157de5a7
    name:
    Karmøy kommune - Veavågen skole
    id:
    A-895
    path:
    IKAR/A-895
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cc916e08-89e1-4e52-8880-2d9d157de5a7
  3. urn:
    43c5f19e-7bc1-4cd0-88d7-927f1eedcebc
    name:
    Bokn kommune - Øvrebø og Våge skole
    id:
    A-182
    path:
    IKAR/A-182
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/43c5f19e-7bc1-4cd0-88d7-927f1eedcebc
  4. urn:
    26582358-1a29-41ff-b484-6b3616b64a7f
    name:
    Åge Magnussen
    id:
    A25-140
    path:
    AIN/A25-140
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/26582358-1a29-41ff-b484-6b3616b64a7f
  5. urn:
    ba8842e0-8eb3-4550-b654-6565ade3bfeb
    name:
    Kræmer, Åge
    id:
    SATØ-P-1520
    path:
    AV/SATØ-P-1520
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ba8842e0-8eb3-4550-b654-6565ade3bfeb
  6. urn:
    2ae47c0a-f81a-433d-89ba-e466e8362dbf
    name:
    NS på Gjøvik 1933-1940 (oppgave av Åge Solheim)
    id:
    E-A-00183
    path:
    OAMM/E-A-00183
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2ae47c0a-f81a-433d-89ba-e466e8362dbf
  7. urn:
    df104473-a3a0-4bab-80e4-ac05d8e28f12
    name:
    Holter, Åge
    id:
    A-1009
    path:
    TMF/A-1009
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    MF vitenskapelig høyskole
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/df104473-a3a0-4bab-80e4-ac05d8e28f12
  8. urn:
    070e01fa-f324-4cc0-9edf-ab61b636a9b1
    name:
    Holter, Åge Standal
    id:
    AKT-1011
    path:
    TMF/AKT-1011
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    MF vitenskapelig høyskole
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Åge Standal Holter, født 1919, død 2008. Kirkehistoriker, dr. theol 1958. Professor ved Menighetsfakultetet 1974 - 1989. (snl.no).
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/070e01fa-f324-4cc0-9edf-ab61b636a9b1
  9. urn:
    5069e837-94c9-4693-89c6-200fd94af916
    name:
    Lydbånd - Sven Ingvars laget av Åge
    id:
    L0002
    path:
    AIN/A25-140/U/Ub/L0002
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5069e837-94c9-4693-89c6-200fd94af916
  10. urn:
    7d4fcf24-b995-4c84-ba35-d685d387767d
    name:
    Christiansen, Åge Petter
    id:
    E-A-00281
    path:
    OAMM/E-A-00281
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7d4fcf24-b995-4c84-ba35-d685d387767d
  11. urn:
    17d15337-6ca0-4e91-9680-d37494c3b1cf
    name:
    Solheim, Åge
    id:
    E-AS-00183
    path:
    OAMM/E-AS-00183
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Åge Solheim, studier i samtidshistorie og samfunnsfag. Nasjonal Samling på Gjøvik drev svært aktivt og hadde rela- tivt stor oppslutning før 2.verdenskrig. Partiet var repre- sentert i kommunestyret.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/17d15337-6ca0-4e91-9680-d37494c3b1cf
  12. urn:
    e5f7d8f9-f06e-4179-9d2b-aef607f0d7b1
    name:
    Haverstad
    id:
    0021
    path:
    AV/RA-EA-4025/G/L0051b/0021
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e5f7d8f9-f06e-4179-9d2b-aef607f0d7b1
  13. urn:
    5f575494-2b80-4fce-afe9-d68e24e5dba2
    name:
    A. Haverstad A/S, Ringebu
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1542/D/Dd/L0050/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5f575494-2b80-4fce-afe9-d68e24e5dba2
  14. urn:
    3ce48007-7a1a-41d8-b162-620f76cdf18d
    name:
    Haverstad, nordre
    id:
    0032
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db05/0016/0032
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3ce48007-7a1a-41d8-b162-620f76cdf18d
  15. urn:
    6b544ed2-ec53-46fe-89b4-d4eb23a2f82e
    name:
    Haverstad, nordre
    id:
    0030
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db05/0016/0030
    unit_type:
    FOTOSERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6b544ed2-ec53-46fe-89b4-d4eb23a2f82e
  16. urn:
    e3ba7e28-b1b4-4507-86e2-dfd769571da7
    name:
    Haverstad, nordre
    id:
    0031
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db05/0016/0031
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENTSERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e3ba7e28-b1b4-4507-86e2-dfd769571da7
  17. urn:
    7b1d6873-e574-4dbb-a630-138fe6da7446
    name:
    Haverstad, nordre
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6224/X/Xb/Xb05/Xb05a/0013/0005
    unit_type:
    TEGNINGSSERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7b1d6873-e574-4dbb-a630-138fe6da7446
  18. urn:
    da235247-8fff-415b-bc58-ddec1b073610
    name:
    Sak nr. 26/1945: Haverstad, gnr. 81
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAH-JORDSKIFTEO-004/F/Fe/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/da235247-8fff-415b-bc58-ddec1b073610
  19. urn:
    no-OFA_arkiv000000018054
    name:
    Bilruter. Herman Haverstad, Hundorp
    id:
    0007
    path:
    OFA/ARK/9/D/Dc/L0012/0007
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Innlandet fylkesarkiv / IKA Opplandene
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-OFA_arkiv000000018054
  20. urn:
    d766b6dd-7c2d-478d-aed6-7c5501469f40
    name:
    Åge Holter, Asheim-saken
    id:
    0004
    path:
    TMF/A-1009/E/L0001/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    MF vitenskapelig høyskole
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d766b6dd-7c2d-478d-aed6-7c5501469f40
  21. urn:
    c253ec61-23f1-4702-84ac-2a27f9540cd8
    name:
    Ringebu: 39990 Anders Haverstad (Byggearbeid)
    id:
    0014
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4852/D/De/L0754/0014
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c253ec61-23f1-4702-84ac-2a27f9540cd8
  22. urn:
    80bca338-9e25-4858-b04e-3bb8e51262e0
    name:
    Haverstad, gnr. 81, bnr. 1, 2, 25, 39, 43, 61, 67 og 68, Sør-Fron
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAH-JORDSKIFTEO-001/F/Fb/L0036/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/80bca338-9e25-4858-b04e-3bb8e51262e0
  23. urn:
    3cbd861f-cda4-4dcf-8249-858365ede725
    name:
    Sak nr. 19/1961: Haverstad - Prestgarden, gnr. 64, 76, 81, 91
    id:
    0015
    path:
    AV/SAH-JORDSKIFTEO-004/F/Fe/L0003/0015
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3cbd861f-cda4-4dcf-8249-858365ede725
  24. urn:
    aa2a044c-413c-4a5e-86d2-91c1165c2612
    name:
    Prosjektnr: 56; Byggherre: Rasmussen; Prosjekt: Hytte Børkedalen - Haverstad
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-2177/Ta/L0015/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aa2a044c-413c-4a5e-86d2-91c1165c2612
  25. urn:
    1ceca28f-1910-426d-b9e0-8e2c564e4bac
    name:
    Åge Holter, visjonene til Joran Emily Johansen 1975-1978
    id:
    0002
    path:
    TMF/A-1009/E/L0001/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    MF vitenskapelig høyskole
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ceca28f-1910-426d-b9e0-8e2c564e4bac
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.