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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`offset`	optional	integer	Number 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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-29T05:07:24Z in 1.897 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58682 results in compact format.

name:
5th World Wilderness Congress
id:
SATØ-P-0142
name:
Tenth International Leprosy Congress 1973
id:
A-8460
name:
4th World productivity congress, Oslo.: The new world of productivity
id:
0006
name:
XIX. Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology oslo June 18. – 21.. 1979 SULFUR METABOLISM IN VARIANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTING THE URINARY TRACT. .
id:
0020
name:
Follett, W.I. - An Unofficial Interpretation of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature AS Amended by the XIII International Congress of Zoology, Paris 1948 and by the XIV International Congress of Zoology Copenhagen, 1953
id:
0042
name:
Benefit Congress AS. Utviklingsprosjekt
id:
0005
name:
Benefit Congress AS. Vedlikehold
id:
0006
name:
Benefit Congress AS. Web-basert bookingsystem
id:
0004
name:
Congress-mappe Notater fra XI Viking Congress i Kirkwall 21/8-31/8 1989
id:
0003
name:
Kristen Nygaard. Profession Oriented Languages. To be presented as Keynote speech at Medical Informatics Congress Europe 1984, Brussels. Identisk manus med annen tittel: User Oriented Languages. 1984. 7 s.
id:
0024

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total:

58682

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
574ac126-93aa-49a6-8de4-06f3024fdd20
name:
5th World Wilderness Congress
id:
SATØ-P-0142
path:
AV/SATØ-P-0142
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/574ac126-93aa-49a6-8de4-06f3024fdd20
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000004190097
name:
Tenth International Leprosy Congress 1973
id:
A-8460
path:
BBA/A-8460
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004190097
urn:
933d4d51-4c5d-44d7-9e60-414e36139564
name:
4th World productivity congress, Oslo.: The new world of productivity
id:
0006
path:
UBIT/Tek-0029/I/Ib/L0003/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/933d4d51-4c5d-44d7-9e60-414e36139564
urn:
77e67f2f-dfc5-4ad5-91e9-3871d76d273f
name:
XIX. Scandinavian Congress of Pathology and Microbiology oslo June 18. – 21.. 1979 SULFUR METABOLISM IN VARIANTS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTING THE URINARY TRACT. .
id:
0020
path:
UBIT/A-0378/F/Fa/L0002/0020
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/77e67f2f-dfc5-4ad5-91e9-3871d76d273f
urn:
12f7116e-9b06-4126-ac39-bb0f2bb10275
name:
Follett, W.I. - An Unofficial Interpretation of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature AS Amended by the XIII International Congress of Zoology, Paris 1948 and by the XIV International Congress of Zoology Copenhagen, 1953
id:
0042
path:
AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0022/0042
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/12f7116e-9b06-4126-ac39-bb0f2bb10275
urn:
ef315516-07c6-4681-a7f1-3e860bc676e7
name:
Benefit Congress AS. Utviklingsprosjekt
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAT-A-6883/D/Da/L0125/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ef315516-07c6-4681-a7f1-3e860bc676e7
urn:
e6735e41-ccbb-43eb-bf9b-8c7ed70cc6b7
name:
Benefit Congress AS. Vedlikehold
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-6883/D/Da/L0125/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e6735e41-ccbb-43eb-bf9b-8c7ed70cc6b7
urn:
8dca8fff-fbca-41c2-847d-f5a9729f501f
name:
Benefit Congress AS. Web-basert bookingsystem
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAT-A-6883/D/Da/L0125/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8dca8fff-fbca-41c2-847d-f5a9729f501f
urn:
d5ce28de-93da-4320-995b-fdc4c8da8aa9
name:
Congress-mappe Notater fra XI Viking Congress i Kirkwall 21/8-31/8 1989
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1842/F/L0025/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5ce28de-93da-4320-995b-fdc4c8da8aa9
urn:
bbdc8faf-5b58-4108-a2f7-d2d70f12f959
name:
Kristen Nygaard. Profession Oriented Languages. To be presented as Keynote speech at Medical Informatics Congress Europe 1984, Brussels. Identisk manus med annen tittel: User Oriented Languages. 1984. 7 s.
id:
0024
path:
AV/RA-PA-1398/F/Fz/L0002/0024
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bbdc8faf-5b58-4108-a2f7-d2d70f12f959
urn:
53a4f869-5655-4419-bc0f-00743443657a
name:
World congress
id:
L0045
path:
AV/RA-PA-1278/1/F/L0045
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/53a4f869-5655-4419-bc0f-00743443657a
urn:
60b4d3d5-a42e-449a-9572-e74ab776d6bf
name:
IHEU: Congress
id:
0001
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AV/RA-PA-1365/D/Db/L0016/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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cf5233c0-1fb2-4545-a131-74604c0050e5
name:
Congress Documents
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0020
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AV/RA-PA-1556/D/L0012/0001/0020
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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f4644be6-3eca-4196-a8c4-398235ed4173
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Congress Agenda
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0021
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AV/RA-PA-1556/D/L0012/0001/0021
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f4644be6-3eca-4196-a8c4-398235ed4173
urn:
3e605254-8fe1-4549-9bb8-942afa2a27ae
name:
International Congress
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-1560/1/D/L0006/0003/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3e605254-8fe1-4549-9bb8-942afa2a27ae
urn:
568cf032-8ca9-44a3-bc3a-c14574a83bef
name:
Library of Congress
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0385/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/568cf032-8ca9-44a3-bc3a-c14574a83bef
urn:
182e16ef-9711-4059-8dc8-a9cfcb63a7f9
name:
Library of Congress
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-4102/D/Dh/L0032/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/182e16ef-9711-4059-8dc8-a9cfcb63a7f9
urn:
87af798a-caf9-4962-839f-1e424370fe9c
name:
Library of Congress
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0689
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AV/SAT-A-6869/D/Da/0689
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/87af798a-caf9-4962-839f-1e424370fe9c
urn:
32335f78-17b5-4882-8d5e-3c85f436f97e
name:
Library of Congress
id:
0690
path:
AV/SAT-A-6869/D/Da/0690
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/32335f78-17b5-4882-8d5e-3c85f436f97e
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7184e2e9-bb24-420f-aeee-1b421b5a8986
name:
Library of Congress
id:
0691
path:
AV/SAT-A-6869/D/Da/0691
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7184e2e9-bb24-420f-aeee-1b421b5a8986
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c09764a0-3b2a-4456-897c-3a6f6a3b6323
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IUSY congress 01
id:
0057
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AAB/ARK-1409/U/Ue/L0001/0057
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FILM
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c09764a0-3b2a-4456-897c-3a6f6a3b6323
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4ec0b5bd-f81d-426d-a777-a95bff451408
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International Congress of Nurses
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L0007
path:
AV/RA-PA-0873/F/L0007
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4ec0b5bd-f81d-426d-a777-a95bff451408
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3b4dafe2-4ad3-406a-a9a7-594f9a7133ee
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Socialist International Congress
id:
0005
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AAB/ARK-1001/D/De/L0024/0005
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3b4dafe2-4ad3-406a-a9a7-594f9a7133ee
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aef1bb70-9e95-45b9-8129-145836f5e182
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C6/3. Pan-Africanist Congress
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0003
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AAB/ARK-2182/D/Db/L0005/0003
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aef1bb70-9e95-45b9-8129-145836f5e182
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8aabd36a-4d95-43e7-a2da-c285762540ba
name:
Tibetan Youth Congress
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-PA-1254/D/Db/L0083/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8aabd36a-4d95-43e7-a2da-c285762540ba

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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