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 2026-11-02T13:22:59Z in 3.037 seconds.

Showing 10 of 59094 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    The Antarctic Whaling Company AS
    id:
    ARS-A-1284
  2. name:
    Hvalfangerselskapet Antarctic AS
    id:
    ARS-A-1316
  3. name:
    Dávgi, Arctic Council
    id:
    L0005
  4. name:
    State Of The Arctic Enviroment Report On Underwater Noise
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    "Arctic" OSF
    id:
    L0296
  6. name:
    Undersøkelse av Arctic Blue lokaliteter, 1988
    id:
    0593
  7. name:
    Arctic Coal Company
    id:
    0002
  8. name:
    An arctic prologue to life
    id:
    0001
  9. name:
    The Arctic Coal Company
    id:
    P-0101
  10. name:
    Vest Aviation AS
    id:
    0003
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total:
59094
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000059908
    name:
    The Antarctic Whaling Company AS
    id:
    ARS-A-1284
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1284
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000059908
  2. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061807
    name:
    Hvalfangerselskapet Antarctic AS
    id:
    ARS-A-1316
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1316
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061807
  3. urn:
    8125877e-91dd-495d-b4bf-1f52ee148d7c
    name:
    Dávgi, Arctic Council
    id:
    L0005
    path:
    AV/SAMI-PA-1148/D/L0005
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8125877e-91dd-495d-b4bf-1f52ee148d7c
  4. urn:
    87e1e6c8-6d9a-4420-ab9a-88cbfa88f678
    name:
    State Of The Arctic Enviroment Report On Underwater Noise
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101683/Fa/L0014/0001/0003
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/87e1e6c8-6d9a-4420-ab9a-88cbfa88f678
  5. urn:
    95a558c7-5f7a-4b35-bdb9-da73ec226bdd
    name:
    "Arctic" OSF
    id:
    L0296
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/U/Ud/L0296
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95a558c7-5f7a-4b35-bdb9-da73ec226bdd
  6. urn:
    6e3c741f-1451-40d1-beab-94a8bd0911d0
    name:
    Undersøkelse av Arctic Blue lokaliteter, 1988
    id:
    0593
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0061/0593
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6e3c741f-1451-40d1-beab-94a8bd0911d0
  7. urn:
    8ee7a1de-7475-4742-a6f1-5b6a5a92dddf
    name:
    Arctic Coal Company
    id:
    0002
    path:
    SVAM/A-1077/G/Gc/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Svalbard Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ee7a1de-7475-4742-a6f1-5b6a5a92dddf
  8. urn:
    cb6aa9cb-4086-442c-a45f-fd7eea6d584e
    name:
    An arctic prologue to life
    id:
    0001
    path:
    SVAM/A-1056/F/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Svalbard Museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cb6aa9cb-4086-442c-a45f-fd7eea6d584e
  9. urn:
    fd4c9de1-e2e2-4582-be7d-cd806be68e19
    name:
    The Arctic Coal Company
    id:
    P-0101
    path:
    AV/P-0101
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    The Arctic Coal Company (heretter "ACC") ble stiftet i Boston den 6. februar 1906, med en aksjekapital på 100 000 dollar fordelt på like mange aksjer. Aksjemajoriteten ble holdt av selskapet Ayer & Longyear (som ble eid av Frederick Ayer og John Munroe Longyear) med 86 500 aksjer. De resterende 13 5...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd4c9de1-e2e2-4582-be7d-cd806be68e19
  10. urn:
    12ccf1f7-3f0d-4f7b-9706-10bcedb44ca0
    name:
    Vest Aviation AS
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6606/D/Da/L0046/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/12ccf1f7-3f0d-4f7b-9706-10bcedb44ca0
  11. urn:
    c3407cb6-7853-44a5-816d-9a1fb776a56d
    name:
    Bitmawe Aviation AS, Bærum
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AFK/0200008/E/Eb/L0002/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Akershus fylkeskommune
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c3407cb6-7853-44a5-816d-9a1fb776a56d
  12. urn:
    c427df82-875a-4570-ad6e-9ef3c39dd89f
    name:
    Norske Shell AS avd. Aviation
    id:
    0066
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1815/O/L0087/0066
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c427df82-875a-4570-ad6e-9ef3c39dd89f
  13. urn:
    13714942-3097-4db1-9f17-1e453dc49043
    name:
    SND – ordinære lån, garantier og tilskudd. Aksnes Aviation AS
    id:
    1789
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/1789
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/13714942-3097-4db1-9f17-1e453dc49043
  14. urn:
    6f88b96b-43fe-4e9e-ba9b-6855f856efe3
    name:
    SND – ordinære lån, garantier og tilskudd. Aksnes Aviation AS
    id:
    1790
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/1790
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6f88b96b-43fe-4e9e-ba9b-6855f856efe3
  15. urn:
    36dd0ffc-7630-42ce-be3b-ef49ebaf0c83
    name:
    SND – ordinære lån, garantier og tilskudd. Manage IT Aviation AS
    id:
    2090
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/2090
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/36dd0ffc-7630-42ce-be3b-ef49ebaf0c83
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003326832
    name:
    7247-S Brev dat.9.3.92 fra Lufthansa vedr. framtiden for flyrute Bergen-Hamburg. forsl til vinterprogram 1992/93 for Brathens Safe, SAS, Widerøes Flyveselskap, Widerøe Norsk Air og West Aviation samt Coast Air K/S. SAS- internasjonalt
    id:
    0011
    path:
    BBA/A-3382/D/L0128/0011
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003326832
  17. urn:
    f420d68d-f37d-4f8e-8a50-75bbe2dbeb9e
    name:
    Durability of marine concrete structures under arctic conditions
    id:
    0001
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0059/I/L0018/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f420d68d-f37d-4f8e-8a50-75bbe2dbeb9e
  18. urn:
    21cea98f-6ad2-400d-9338-574ebfe9431f
    name:
    International civil aviation organization. Aeronautical information services. To the convention on international civil aviation
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3927/2/X/Xa/Xaa/L0008/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/21cea98f-6ad2-400d-9338-574ebfe9431f
  19. urn:
    no-ARS_arkiv_000000008103
    name:
    The Antarctic Whaling Company AS
    id:
    ARS-Akt-1284
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-Akt-1284
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    The Antarctic Whaling Company AS ble stiftet 8. Januar 1912 etter initiativ fra I.M. Larsen (bror til C. A. Larsen). I styret satt grosserer H. L. Meyer som styreformann og apoteker H. T. Offerdahl som viseformann. Selskapet ble disponert av firmaet Bugge & Olsen. Selskapet begynte med fangst utenfo...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ARS_arkiv_000000008103
  20. urn:
    936f1b68-e2df-49d0-a8e2-d9a935662468
    name:
    Diverse materiale angående International civil aviation organization (ACAO) og Provisional international civil aviation organization (PICAO)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3927/2/X/Xa/Xaa/L0012/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/936f1b68-e2df-49d0-a8e2-d9a935662468
  21. urn:
    8134dc0a-fbde-49fb-88b3-1f189aa22e42
    name:
    International civil aviation organization. Lexicon of terms in connexion with international civil aviation organization. English-frensh-spanish
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3927/2/X/Xa/Xaa/L0013/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8134dc0a-fbde-49fb-88b3-1f189aa22e42
  22. urn:
    e1e9acf6-642b-4ea4-bcb3-bc3f417fe83c
    name:
    George A. Reynolds: Aviation pioneer Bernt Balchen proved his vision, and mettle, in war as well as peace
    id:
    0018
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1642/X/L0001/0018
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e1e9acf6-642b-4ea4-bcb3-bc3f417fe83c
  23. urn:
    b376591d-3090-4d3f-8dca-e24fb7d854af
    name:
    International civil aviation organization. International standards and recommended practices. Aerodromes. Annex 14 to the convention of international civil aviation
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3927/2/X/Xa/Xaa/L0013/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b376591d-3090-4d3f-8dca-e24fb7d854af
  24. urn:
    7c478ac7-06bb-438b-a532-420fafa4cb7d
    name:
    International civil aviation organization. International standards and recommended practices. Operation of aircraft. International commercial air transport. Annex 4/6 to the international civil aviation
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3927/2/X/Xa/Xaa/L0013/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7c478ac7-06bb-438b-a532-420fafa4cb7d
  25. urn:
    d05705ad-76ab-4796-8388-a6068d087ad5
    name:
    Chemistry and the aeroplane, Aviation fueling guide, Aviation refueling training program, Håndbok i flyservice, Pris- og analysebog, Kysthåndbok, Notatbok Spring forecast 1959
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-100448/E/Ea/L0012/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d05705ad-76ab-4796-8388-a6068d087ad5
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