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 2026-11-14T22:17:56Z in 0.375 seconds.

Showing 10 of 82747 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    IV) h Introduction to Nord-50 software, A.J. Thunem (Project description)
    id:
    0007
  2. name:
    BIOcalm software
    id:
    0003
  3. name:
    Tilbud fra Software Innovation ang virksomhetsportalen publiseringsløsning og elektronisk dokumenthåndteringssystem.
    id:
    0001
  4. name:
    Bjørnør distriktsveterinær
    id:
    SAT-A-1648
  5. name:
    Bjerke & Bjørndal landhandel i Oppdal
    id:
    PA-1392
  6. name:
    Bjørn Aarseth arkiiva
    id:
    SAMI-PA-1038
  7. name:
    Ingvald Bjørneboes rederi AS
    id:
    SAK-D/1277
  8. name:
    Ørnen AS
    id:
    ARS-A-1048
  9. name:
    Software without hardware
    id:
    0006
  10. name:
    Ørnen AS
    id:
    ARS-Akt-1048
Show all fields in HTML
total:
82747
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    IV) h Introduction to Nord-50 software, A.J. Thunem (Project description)
    id:
    0007
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0029/H/Ha/Haa/L0003/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c00a5615-cacf-4997-bfce-b5452e2f7c86
  2. urn:
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    name:
    BIOcalm software
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    0003
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    UBIT/A-377/Z/L0002/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/617d082b-c7e1-4555-bbd7-22d38329d2b2
  3. urn:
    a226bf2a-4b93-440a-b054-9b015fe57847
    name:
    Tilbud fra Software Innovation ang virksomhetsportalen publiseringsløsning og elektronisk dokumenthåndteringssystem.
    id:
    0001
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    AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Db/L0256/0001
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    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  4. urn:
    529edcf5-31d9-4c8a-b9f8-f1823a6b7c3d
    name:
    Bjørnør distriktsveterinær
    id:
    SAT-A-1648
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1648
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/529edcf5-31d9-4c8a-b9f8-f1823a6b7c3d
  5. urn:
    419808d7-186c-4607-b499-d4d7f09e8ec3
    name:
    Bjerke & Bjørndal landhandel i Oppdal
    id:
    PA-1392
    path:
    TIKA/PA-1392
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/419808d7-186c-4607-b499-d4d7f09e8ec3
  6. urn:
    88626079-c5a0-41dc-94f9-73267a7cf9de
    name:
    Bjørn Aarseth arkiiva
    id:
    SAMI-PA-1038
    path:
    AV/SAMI-PA-1038
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88626079-c5a0-41dc-94f9-73267a7cf9de
  7. urn:
    bbc1dd7a-7e3b-479e-a90b-b7b3c905ca0c
    name:
    Ingvald Bjørneboes rederi AS
    id:
    SAK-D/1277
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/1277
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bbc1dd7a-7e3b-479e-a90b-b7b3c905ca0c
  8. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000056732
    name:
    Ørnen AS
    id:
    ARS-A-1048
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1048
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    2
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000056732
  9. urn:
    b7668e92-6409-4a5c-983e-8b9cd14c9b5d
    name:
    Software without hardware
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dg/L1519/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b7668e92-6409-4a5c-983e-8b9cd14c9b5d
  10. urn:
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    id:
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    VEMU/ARS-Akt-1048
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    Virksomhet
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    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    AS Ørnen ble stiftet den 10.01.1903 av verkseier Christen Christensen, Sandefjord. I 1903-1905 drev selskapet fangst ved Spitsbergen, men uten de gode resultater de første sesongene. Selskapet leide i starten et flytende kokeri S/S Telegraf fra skipsreder P. A. Grøn. De første hvalbåtene var Hauken ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ARS_arkiv_000000000528
  11. urn:
    no-NTNU_arkiv000000039023
    name:
    Trondheims-Ørn
    id:
    AKT-322
    path:
    UBIT/AKT-322
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
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    digitized_documents:
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    Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn er en norsk fotballklubb. Klubben ble stiftet i Trondheim 18. mai 1917 og begynte med kvinnefotball i 1972. Klubbens lag i kvinnefotball er (per 2009) det mestvinnende kvinnelaget i norsk fotball med 8 cupmesterskap og 7 seriemesterskap. Klubben har vunnet The Double 4 ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-NTNU_arkiv000000039023
  12. urn:
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    name:
    Trondheims-Ørn
    id:
    AKT-322
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    UBIT/AKT-322
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    Virksomhet
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    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/97eeca5d-5f0e-4617-b10d-7b5b3ebd7636
  13. urn:
    bcb5fa6a-3c90-4092-8d72-8865258e67ba
    name:
    SevenMountains Software AS
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bcb5fa6a-3c90-4092-8d72-8865258e67ba
  14. urn:
    6d9b214c-ca77-4de5-ad5f-b5c8457a712f
    name:
    Aladdin Software AS
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0079/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6d9b214c-ca77-4de5-ad5f-b5c8457a712f
  15. urn:
    765ee242-3217-451a-bfb7-837261c1685c
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    AXIS Software as
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    0008
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    AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0088/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/765ee242-3217-451a-bfb7-837261c1685c
  16. urn:
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    AV/SAB-A-100613/D/Da/L0058/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f0f86298-c2a1-4195-afdd-7fdeeb45c1f4
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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  18. urn:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68e6d45d-ba71-4d3c-a3dd-e050912cf22f
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/491bda45-afdb-405a-8079-a5a17eec9ed9
  21. urn:
    bbc0de35-56bc-4f10-84ab-17c0ee6dfbf0
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    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bbc0de35-56bc-4f10-84ab-17c0ee6dfbf0
  22. urn:
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    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  25. urn:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    link:
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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.