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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 2026-11-11T21:46:20Z in 4.726 seconds.

Showing 7 of 7 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Accenture
    id:
    0001
  2. name:
    Accenture. Cinet
    id:
    0002
  3. name:
    Programmer. Accenture ANS
    id:
    0036
  4. name:
    Accenture: Kortfabrikk i Skandinavia 2001.
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    Prosjekter. SKARP/MVA3. Avtale med Accenture og Andersen Consulting
    id:
    0004
  6. name:
    Klimagasskvoter. SDS workshops sommer 2004. Cap Gemini SDS kortfabrikk 2001 Accenture: Kortfabrikk i Skandinavia 2001.
    id:
    L0005
  7. name:
    Vidar Johansson. Escosoft Norge AS. Accenture. Opus One AS. X-ray Soft. Computas. Teamco. Tieto Enator. Siamo. Citrix. Help 4 Job. Tevik Karakguelle. Promis. A T Kearny. Caleb
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
7
total_exact:
yes
returned:
7
page:
1
results:

7 results

  1. urn:
    5d9ece85-90a4-40c8-a3c3-e183c1adf4c3
    name:
    Accenture
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1339/D/L0014/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5d9ece85-90a4-40c8-a3c3-e183c1adf4c3
  2. urn:
    2a243e66-d127-4e59-9763-73c1a78de8c6
    name:
    Accenture. Cinet
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1536/F/Fb/L0005/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2a243e66-d127-4e59-9763-73c1a78de8c6
  3. urn:
    a6e853be-36b4-480f-832c-c0fe3898e7e0
    name:
    Programmer. Accenture ANS
    id:
    0036
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/0036
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a6e853be-36b4-480f-832c-c0fe3898e7e0
  4. urn:
    e472b73e-a58e-4882-bd1a-60a56b76def6
    name:
    Accenture: Kortfabrikk i Skandinavia 2001.
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101656/0004/E/Ea/L0005/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e472b73e-a58e-4882-bd1a-60a56b76def6
  5. urn:
    8497f585-6933-4b8e-8dcc-0f1100a77614
    name:
    Prosjekter. SKARP/MVA3. Avtale med Accenture og Andersen Consulting
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-S-5394/2/H/Ha/Haa/L0007/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8497f585-6933-4b8e-8dcc-0f1100a77614
  6. urn:
    82cc1829-9b32-4e31-9a68-7f7daf8914eb
    name:
    Klimagasskvoter. SDS workshops sommer 2004. Cap Gemini SDS kortfabrikk 2001 Accenture: Kortfabrikk i Skandinavia 2001.
    id:
    L0005
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101656/0004/E/Ea/L0005
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/82cc1829-9b32-4e31-9a68-7f7daf8914eb
  7. urn:
    a03e6800-b215-4b71-9a42-807bfe2af136
    name:
    Vidar Johansson. Escosoft Norge AS. Accenture. Opus One AS. X-ray Soft. Computas. Teamco. Tieto Enator. Siamo. Citrix. Help 4 Job. Tevik Karakguelle. Promis. A T Kearny. Caleb
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1536/F/Fb/L0005/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a03e6800-b215-4b71-9a42-807bfe2af136
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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.

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