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 2026-11-02T06:13:23Z in 2.490 seconds.

Showing 10 of 61647 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Platearbeidernes forening
    id:
    ARK-2298
  2. name:
    Pa 641 - Agnes sponplatearbeiderforening
    id:
    A-1750
  3. name:
    Platearbeidernes partigruppe av DNA
    id:
    ARK-1122
  4. name:
    Oscar Hanssen og Chateauet
    id:
    R.Ark.1043
  5. name:
    Platearbeidernes forening, Fredrikstad. Avdeling 13 av Norsk jern- og metallarbeiderforbund
    id:
    ARK-1928
  6. name:
    Oscar Hansen og Chateauet
    id:
    AKT-1042
  7. name:
    Chateau Neuf
    id:
    0003
  8. name:
    Platearbeidernes forening
    id:
    ARK-2298
  9. name:
    Agnes sponplatearbeiderforening
    id:
    Akt-1750
  10. name:
    Platearbeidernes partigruppe av DNA
    id:
    ARK-1122
Show all fields in HTML
total:
61647
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    9cf50984-8a8b-45b0-8a08-d3fe702f0256
    name:
    Platearbeidernes forening
    id:
    ARK-2298
    path:
    AAB/ARK-2298
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9cf50984-8a8b-45b0-8a08-d3fe702f0256
  2. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000030819
    name:
    Pa 641 - Agnes sponplatearbeiderforening
    id:
    A-1750
    path:
    VEMU/A-1750
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000030819
  3. urn:
    d2295f19-1789-406e-b970-9d2b2772e752
    name:
    Platearbeidernes partigruppe av DNA
    id:
    ARK-1122
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1122
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d2295f19-1789-406e-b970-9d2b2772e752
  4. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000000812
    name:
    Oscar Hanssen og Chateauet
    id:
    R.Ark.1043
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1043
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000000812
  5. urn:
    98459ee2-35dc-43f1-8511-5ffc5bbea560
    name:
    Platearbeidernes forening, Fredrikstad. Avdeling 13 av Norsk jern- og metallarbeiderforbund
    id:
    ARK-1928
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1928
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/98459ee2-35dc-43f1-8511-5ffc5bbea560
  6. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000000813
    name:
    Oscar Hansen og Chateauet
    id:
    AKT-1042
    path:
    ROMS/AKT-1042
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Oscar Hanssen (1881-1943) var ansatt som kontorsjef i konfeksjonsbedriften «Jacobsen og Braastad» i Ålesund da bedriftsbygningen brant under bybrannen i 1904. Bedriften flyttet midlertidig til Molde en kort periode, for så å flytte tilbake til Ålesund. Da valgte Oscar Hanssen å etablere en ny fabrik...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000000813
  7. urn:
    820b3318-fcd4-4381-9230-d1df69efc0c2
    name:
    Chateau Neuf
    id:
    0003
    path:
    OBA/A-20051/Dc/L0320/0003/0003
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/820b3318-fcd4-4381-9230-d1df69efc0c2
  8. urn:
    08e8c524-574b-47ab-a414-13751f6efe09
    name:
    Platearbeidernes forening
    id:
    ARK-2298
    path:
    AAB/ARK-2298
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Stiftet 2. februar 1890. Første formann var Karl Larsen Gran.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/08e8c524-574b-47ab-a414-13751f6efe09
  9. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000031277
    name:
    Agnes sponplatearbeiderforening
    id:
    Akt-1750
    path:
    VEMU/Akt-1750
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Agnes sponplatearbeiderforening ble stiftet i 1965. Formålet var å sikre medlemmenes lønns- og arbeidsvilkår, arbeide for demokrati på arbeidsplassen, drive kurs- og opplysningsvirksomhet samt å sikre medlemmene gode forsikringsordninger. Foreningen var tilsluttet Norsk bygningsindustriarbeiderforbu...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000031277
  10. urn:
    e9053124-7544-478f-8105-0593eebf39ce
    name:
    Platearbeidernes partigruppe av DNA
    id:
    ARK-1122
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1122
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e9053124-7544-478f-8105-0593eebf39ce
  11. urn:
    09765c97-9012-477c-9404-78631bdfe67a
    name:
    Mediateam AS
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/SAKO-A-1391/F/Fa/L0013/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/09765c97-9012-477c-9404-78631bdfe67a
  12. urn:
    5a482d83-22d9-42c7-98ad-15ab158f10e1
    name:
    Tunateam AS
    id:
    0027
    path:
    AV/SATØ-S-6374/1/E/L0021/0027
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a482d83-22d9-42c7-98ad-15ab158f10e1
  13. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000178584
    name:
    Seateam management AS
    id:
    0003
    path:
    VEMU/A-1111/G/Ga/L0043/0003
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000178584
  14. urn:
    b8623109-2eba-4bfc-b644-9becf309d480
    name:
    Platearbeidernes forening, Fredrikstad. Avdeling 13 av Norsk jern- og metallarbeiderforbund
    id:
    ARK-1928
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1928
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Platearbeidernes forening, Fredrikstad, ble stiftet 1. mai 1898 under navnet Fredrikstads Mekaniske Arbeideres Forening, etter at arbeiderne ved de mekaniske verkstedene i Fredrikstad holdt massemøte 10. april samme år. Foreningen ble innmeldt i Norsk jern- og metallarbeiderforbund 1. februar 1900, ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b8623109-2eba-4bfc-b644-9becf309d480
  15. urn:
    f8acba06-fdbc-4971-9292-0e406f7c7382
    name:
    ATEA. Service- og vedlikehaldsavtale
    id:
    0035
    path:
    IKAH/1256-022/F/Fa/L0001/0035
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f8acba06-fdbc-4971-9292-0e406f7c7382
  16. urn:
    53f81cc0-704e-4d57-9787-7d97133c31d8
    name:
    Avdeling 4. Bedrifts ID: 401770. Aquateam AS
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/D/Df/L0012/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/53f81cc0-704e-4d57-9787-7d97133c31d8
  17. urn:
    7453e3a7-5af9-4dee-beaf-5b1860f04d7f
    name:
    ATEA. Rammeavtale - forlenging av opphandlingstid
    id:
    0034
    path:
    IKAH/1256-022/F/Fa/L0001/0034
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7453e3a7-5af9-4dee-beaf-5b1860f04d7f
  18. urn:
    9fbfa3b9-855e-4472-b41c-4c2f3be69126
    name:
    Studentersamfunnets Hus (Chateau Neuf) i Slemdalsveien 1 - 7
    id:
    0002
    path:
    OBA/A-20051/Dc/L0075/0001/0002
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9fbfa3b9-855e-4472-b41c-4c2f3be69126
  19. urn:
    f028d487-ee76-4a2d-8d82-6a96213d84e7
    name:
    49/88 F16 flykjørehus stål og platearbeider - Vatvedt Mek Verksted AS
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2010/1/F/Fd/L0284/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f028d487-ee76-4a2d-8d82-6a96213d84e7
  20. urn:
    59438644-0c5d-4b58-8e15-f6c9e53c9ffe
    name:
    Aquateam AS. Årlig serviceavtale: Bistand i overvåkning av Legionella i Askøy kommune
    id:
    0004
    path:
    IKAH/1247-022/F/Fa/L0001/0001/0004
    unit_type:
    SAK
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/59438644-0c5d-4b58-8e15-f6c9e53c9ffe
  21. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000001005514
    name:
    1341 "Galatea", A/S Galatea
    id:
    0008
    path:
    BBA/A-3674/6190/D/Db/L0003/0008
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001005514
  22. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000001005641
    name:
    1616 "Galatea", A/S D/S Galatea
    id:
    0045
    path:
    BBA/A-3674/6190/D/Db/L0005/0045
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001005641
  23. urn:
    64c1f352-a5ec-4fbf-80cd-7b3483efff1d
    name:
    Bosteder med vei- eller gateadresse: Å ; Bosteder uten vei- eller gateadresse: Gnr. 1 - 8
    id:
    L0006
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-4774/3/E/Ea/L0006
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/64c1f352-a5ec-4fbf-80cd-7b3483efff1d
  24. urn:
    no-DANS_arkiv_000000004516
    name:
    "Det var en gang II" av Lise Ferner, Vikateateret, 1985. Dance Alliance, Marys stykke, "Field Memories", (Lise), Vikateateret 1986
    id:
    0004
    path:
    DI/DA-1/65/U/Ub/0004
    unit_type:
    Film
    institution:
    Danseinformasjonen
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-DANS_arkiv_000000004516
  25. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000020485
    name:
    Chateauet/Confectionsfabrikken Superb. Filmer (16 millimeter) fra Superb 50 år (1955) med lydbandkommentarer, familiefilmer 1938 mv. "Molde - glimt gjennom 100 år". Bilder fra Chateauet (glassplater) og filmer.
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1263/U/L0001
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000020485
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  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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