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 2026-11-02T12:58:18Z in 1.139 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58586 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Analyseinstrumenter, diverse. Montebello Diagnostics AS
    id:
    0001
  2. name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Blodtyping med reagensavtale. Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics AS
    id:
    0001
  3. name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Analysator, hematologi. Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics AS
    id:
    0003
  4. name:
    Kontrakt 020-033e - korr Spesielle artikler for morfologi, tissue array maskin - AH Diagnostics a/s
    id:
    0002
  5. name:
    Kontrakt 020-031a - korr - spesielle art for medisinsk biokjemi og immunolog, lyskasse liten for Gel - AH Diagnostics
    id:
    0008
  6. name:
    Klubben ved AH Produksjon (AHP) AS, Grinder og OTIS AS, Kirkenær
    id:
    ARK-516
  7. name:
    Generelt - nye preparater. Warner Chilcott Diagnostics. USA
    id:
    0007
  8. name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Spesielle artikler for molekylærbiologi. Roche Diagnostics Scandinavia
    id:
    0003
  9. name:
    Kontrakt 020-034b spesielle artikler for molekylærbiologi, nykleinsyre-ekstraktor, PCr storvolum -Roche Diagnostics Scandinavia ab
    id:
    0005
  10. name:
    Møteprotokoll for klubben ved AH Produksjon AS og OTIS AS
    id:
    L0001
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total:
58586
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Analyseinstrumenter, diverse. Montebello Diagnostics AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0047/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d6ddac7c-aff0-4e1d-a834-dc7c7560cea5
  2. urn:
    e91698e4-a201-4e72-893d-5e608c6a87d0
    name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Blodtyping med reagensavtale. Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0024/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e91698e4-a201-4e72-893d-5e608c6a87d0
  3. urn:
    88834b24-8ff4-4196-a854-ba3783a501f5
    name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Analysator, hematologi. Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics AS
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0046/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88834b24-8ff4-4196-a854-ba3783a501f5
  4. urn:
    4280ccbd-0b02-4b87-b240-e1238cd8c531
    name:
    Kontrakt 020-033e - korr Spesielle artikler for morfologi, tissue array maskin - AH Diagnostics a/s
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0139/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4280ccbd-0b02-4b87-b240-e1238cd8c531
  5. urn:
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    name:
    Kontrakt 020-031a - korr - spesielle art for medisinsk biokjemi og immunolog, lyskasse liten for Gel - AH Diagnostics
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0143/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/59d82a5e-c2d3-4a71-af31-8539c4b6b565
  6. urn:
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    name:
    Klubben ved AH Produksjon (AHP) AS, Grinder og OTIS AS, Kirkenær
    id:
    ARK-516
    path:
    ANNO/ARK-516
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Anno museum
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Arkivskaperen (aktøren) organiserte ansatte ved bedriftene AH Produskjon (AHP) på Grinder og Otis AS på Kirkenær i Grue kommune. Heisprodusenten Otis AS kjøpte opp AHP på Grinder høsten 2001. Otis AS la ned virksomheten på Kirkenær i 2002. Den lokale bedriftsklubben ved AHP/OTIS var en del Felles...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/61cd2c1f-4617-4578-8af6-b9ce75ebbcc4
  7. urn:
    cf7e2a2a-2a0e-45cd-adc5-760547d0224b
    name:
    Generelt - nye preparater. Warner Chilcott Diagnostics. USA
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1229/1/D/Dd/Ddd/L0020/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cf7e2a2a-2a0e-45cd-adc5-760547d0224b
  8. urn:
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    name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Spesielle artikler for molekylærbiologi. Roche Diagnostics Scandinavia
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0022/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2c5bde34-89dc-4ab5-8f97-a4632dc5e645
  9. urn:
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    name:
    Kontrakt 020-034b spesielle artikler for molekylærbiologi, nykleinsyre-ekstraktor, PCr storvolum -Roche Diagnostics Scandinavia ab
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0148/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ca07b7b1-9fd8-42ab-88c6-5564f45d117c
  10. urn:
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    name:
    Møteprotokoll for klubben ved AH Produksjon AS og OTIS AS
    id:
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    ANNO/ARK-516/A/L0001
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f47e5c9a-dea7-4715-a500-b67916dad1df
  11. urn:
    d4cc2208-dc62-4f78-b063-29c22b13bbe1
    name:
    Flyktningemapper
    id:
    L0002
    path:
    AIN/K-18200.610.01/Fa/L0002
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
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    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d4cc2208-dc62-4f78-b063-29c22b13bbe1
  12. urn:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6a7f879c-a152-4ae1-94a5-761c19b28faf
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    IKAR/K-100320/T/Tf/Tfw/L0029
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    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c9e5dbd6-b44e-4aca-8511-4ef778fc82d9
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/376634c0-52ce-4ba0-a36a-517c22fbdc2a
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  17. urn:
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    link:
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    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  21. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000367870
    name:
    Statistikk, Mottagelsesutvalget
    id:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9f518c79-9622-4dde-8e62-cd5d9ce6ab08
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    id:
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    link:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  25. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e3298eb3-2af2-4f52-a130-e786547ac47e
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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.