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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-29T03:36:09Z in 0.885 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58244 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Adaptive Systems Norway AS
    id:
    0001
  2. name:
    Adaption de l'installation, T.2
    id:
    0002
  3. name:
    240.18 Technology/Adaption of Industry
    id:
    0002
  4. name:
    240.18 Technology/Adaption of Industry
    id:
    0008
  5. name:
    Usine de Mol - Adaption de l'installation, T.2
    id:
    0001
  6. name:
    Kenya. Climate Change Adaption Project
    id:
    0018
  7. name:
    8/07-A Adaption and training of rural workers
    id:
    0006
  8. name:
    Halvorsen, Eyvind Fjeld_Translation - Adaption - Imitation
    id:
    0034
  9. name:
    III. 1066 - Adapting flange for GL-71
    id:
    1135
  10. name:
    Sauvegarde et Adaption des monuments Architectonique de la Pologne
    id:
    0003
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58244
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    a8d46e32-7e37-4733-94c5-007e2120fa29
    name:
    Adaptive Systems Norway AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0626/F/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a8d46e32-7e37-4733-94c5-007e2120fa29
  2. urn:
    21163297-752f-4389-93cf-1a10255428f3
    name:
    Adaption de l'installation, T.2
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3294/F/L0052/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/21163297-752f-4389-93cf-1a10255428f3
  3. urn:
    742f4e10-4d3e-46db-8950-1a1139cceb18
    name:
    240.18 Technology/Adaption of Industry
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3000/D/Dd/L0078/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/742f4e10-4d3e-46db-8950-1a1139cceb18
  4. urn:
    9821dbdc-8799-401b-9b0f-9dac855ec4b0
    name:
    240.18 Technology/Adaption of Industry
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3000/D/Dd/L0078/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9821dbdc-8799-401b-9b0f-9dac855ec4b0
  5. urn:
    4287e3fd-f67d-49c8-84b8-d64aa681c6db
    name:
    Usine de Mol - Adaption de l'installation, T.2
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3294/F/L0053/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4287e3fd-f67d-49c8-84b8-d64aa681c6db
  6. urn:
    fe8caf8a-b09f-4541-8eed-b831b7f0c44e
    name:
    Kenya. Climate Change Adaption Project
    id:
    0018
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1641/D/Dd/L0034/0018
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe8caf8a-b09f-4541-8eed-b831b7f0c44e
  7. urn:
    7e8bfa73-40ca-4dd7-a728-47423e3c4cea
    name:
    8/07-A Adaption and training of rural workers
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1623/D/Dg/L0625/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7e8bfa73-40ca-4dd7-a728-47423e3c4cea
  8. urn:
    246d5688-2753-4ff5-bd6f-0e09d5646589
    name:
    Halvorsen, Eyvind Fjeld_Translation - Adaption - Imitation
    id:
    0034
    path:
    SPR/A-0003/L/L0015/0034
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Språksamlingane Universitetsbiblioteket, UIB
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/246d5688-2753-4ff5-bd6f-0e09d5646589
  9. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000028259
    name:
    III. 1066 - Adapting flange for GL-71
    id:
    1135
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1035/T/Ta/0004/1135
    unit_type:
    Tegning
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000028259
  10. urn:
    34c28c38-69cb-44ea-a806-c1f1f6504f04
    name:
    Sauvegarde et Adaption des monuments Architectonique de la Pologne
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbe/L0010/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/34c28c38-69cb-44ea-a806-c1f1f6504f04
  11. urn:
    a63c1c17-66a0-4945-b137-134dce42e14e
    name:
    Valuation of Integrated Operations. Adaption to an undeveloped petroleum field
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0069/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a63c1c17-66a0-4945-b137-134dce42e14e
  12. urn:
    1bb266b3-7bf1-4c90-8214-cac9bf6b1385
    name:
    Adaption to change for Russian industry: a case study approach
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fa/L0006/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1bb266b3-7bf1-4c90-8214-cac9bf6b1385
  13. urn:
    c4a94aec-b032-4ca7-99a4-226f6f26d57d
    name:
    Adaptive dynamisk posisjonering: Robust stablitet og ytelse. (Erling A. Johannesen).
    id:
    0006
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0029/G/Gb/L0004/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c4a94aec-b032-4ca7-99a4-226f6f26d57d
  14. urn:
    9c6fc4e6-5af2-4e00-be8e-b76a387977f4
    name:
    Mitchell, Edward - Pigmentation pattern evolution in delphinid cetaceans: an essay in adaptive coloration
    id:
    0046
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0013/0046
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9c6fc4e6-5af2-4e00-be8e-b76a387977f4
  15. urn:
    0170b57e-a7d4-4495-b040-a08d709f970e
    name:
    Work-sharing families - Adaptions of pioneering families with husband and wife in part-time employment
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    AAB/ARK-1168/X/L0006/0009
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    MAPPE
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    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0170b57e-a7d4-4495-b040-a08d709f970e
  16. urn:
    d4a536ce-9a35-4881-8b92-d401acbb5856
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    Kommentar til dokument DSTI/IND/77.26. "Draft Report on Agencies for Industial Development and Adaption"
    id:
    0005
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    AV/RA-S-4086/D/Da/L1822/0005
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    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d4a536ce-9a35-4881-8b92-d401acbb5856
  17. urn:
    47a6b4dd-af90-4fb2-bc24-d8808cb84769
    name:
    Non-Western Immigrats with Higher Education on the Labour Market: A study of their experiences and their adaption
    id:
    0001
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    AV/SAT-A-1647/F/Fa/L0036/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47a6b4dd-af90-4fb2-bc24-d8808cb84769
  18. urn:
    adff7179-4dc0-4f27-872f-47dab6e72fa1
    name:
    Mitchell, Edward og Lipps, Jere H. - Trophic model for the adaptive radiations and extinctions of pelagic marine mammals
    id:
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    AV/SAB-A-100272/3/001/001b/L0014/0056
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/adff7179-4dc0-4f27-872f-47dab6e72fa1
  19. urn:
    dc31eeac-d814-4a6b-b769-e9df967aea59
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    Revising rules and reviving knowledge - Adapting hierarchical and risk-based approaches to safety rule modifications in the Norwegian railway system
    id:
    0003
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  20. urn:
    87e32fe5-a072-435f-932f-9f0cf3444fac
    name:
    XA01-01 A80 Trans Scandinavia Gas Pipeline Project, Gas Pipelines in North Norway, Feasibility Study, Report Phase 3, Appendix 2, Route Revisions, Welding, Submarine Pipeline, Landscape Adaption
    id:
    0003
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  21. urn:
    d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
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    Bodø - Nymo Maskin AS - Norsk sikteduk AS - Norsk Haukultur AS - Nord Norges Salgslag AS - Norlandsbryggeriet AS - Nordland Betongindustri AS - Max Mat AS - Margarinfabrikken Norge - Løvolds industri AS - Landego Fiske - K.S Helligværfisk - Fiskekroken AS
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    0001
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
  22. urn:
    b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
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    Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
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    E
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
  23. urn:
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    Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
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  24. urn:
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    Aksjonæravtale Haakon Koch - Otto Koch AS.
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  25. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000164394
    name:
    Utklippsbok Pyrox AS
    id:
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    link:
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limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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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