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 2026-10-24T18:15:01Z in 0.479 seconds.

Showing 10 of 4310 results in compact format.

name:
US-Collection
id:
SFF-2012103
name:
414.92: Engineering - Data collection
id:
L0127
name:
Contributions to the biology of Norwegian fish food animals. II Some small collection of amphipoda and mysis relicya from norwegian lakes.
id:
0004
name:
12. Kommunadept.
id:
0002
name:
6418 - Steeringdocuments collection, copy of Ellen Bjørge
id:
0005
name:
Freight Collection
id:
0012
name:
F-2 Freight Collection
id:
0006
name:
Collection of Freight
id:
0015
name:
Collection Dept.
id:
0001
name:
Collection Dept.
id:
0008

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total:

4310

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
1418bd1d-c003-42d2-8547-c89500e2ede7
name:
US-Collection
id:
SFF-2012103
path:
VLFK/SFF-2012103
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1418bd1d-c003-42d2-8547-c89500e2ede7
urn:
ac6f0aa8-8ada-45d2-9dbf-66b9bba71367
name:
414.92: Engineering - Data collection
id:
L0127
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/14/D/Db/L0127
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ac6f0aa8-8ada-45d2-9dbf-66b9bba71367
urn:
61b5c31a-20db-4322-9cb5-b2151960b89d
name:
Contributions to the biology of Norwegian fish food animals. II Some small collection of amphipoda and mysis relicya from norwegian lakes.
id:
0004
path:
UBIT/A-0449/F/Fb/L0002/0004
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/61b5c31a-20db-4322-9cb5-b2151960b89d
urn:
7bb4337b-85aa-4c8c-9751-4512ddc6eba0
name:
12. Kommunadept.
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2763/1/D/Dc/L0063/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7bb4337b-85aa-4c8c-9751-4512ddc6eba0
urn:
5ba6bae5-79cd-4b6b-9794-5fe6a13224ae
name:
6418 - Steeringdocuments collection, copy of Ellen Bjørge
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAST-A-101251/P/L0085/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5ba6bae5-79cd-4b6b-9794-5fe6a13224ae
urn:
50c5f8ff-915d-40c3-8e07-86ee9b9c28a7
name:
Freight Collection
id:
0012
path:
AV/RA-S-2120/Fac/L0095/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/50c5f8ff-915d-40c3-8e07-86ee9b9c28a7
urn:
b42c2242-961f-4975-a509-311737e84c5f
name:
F-2 Freight Collection
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Dc/L0029/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b42c2242-961f-4975-a509-311737e84c5f
urn:
14533d7c-4df7-4533-a864-fcd6e331bdd1
name:
Collection of Freight
id:
0015
path:
AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0127/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/14533d7c-4df7-4533-a864-fcd6e331bdd1
urn:
665fae4a-d51f-4577-b3f2-4734ebc54730
name:
Collection Dept.
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2130/Fc/L0030/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/665fae4a-d51f-4577-b3f2-4734ebc54730
urn:
6e9076b9-5b34-4ac5-bcfe-c84046d7e579
name:
Collection Dept.
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-S-2134/Fa/L0005/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6e9076b9-5b34-4ac5-bcfe-c84046d7e579
urn:
9c3a87a9-d7cf-4b58-a325-aac19dc76a2a
name:
Vogel Collection
id:
0002
path:
BYST/A-2037/D/Da/L0008/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Stavanger Byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9c3a87a9-d7cf-4b58-a325-aac19dc76a2a
urn:
ebaa26e8-69bd-4190-a17e-5bb6f3d89eb2
name:
Jaisini Collection
id:
0033
path:
NMFK/NG-1001/Eba/L0077/0033
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ebaa26e8-69bd-4190-a17e-5bb6f3d89eb2
urn:
256fb19b-5429-4fb5-ba29-bae564b765d6
name:
US-Collection
id:
AKT-677
path:
VLFK/AKT-677
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/256fb19b-5429-4fb5-ba29-bae564b765d6
urn:
d92e833e-a356-4aae-bee1-4b73c0353690
name:
Collection record: inkasseringer
id:
L0001
path:
AV/RA-S-4129/R/Ra/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d92e833e-a356-4aae-bee1-4b73c0353690
urn:
ddbb16fc-3bdc-4d4d-b633-29272f07f593
name:
Data Collection Project
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-4113/D/Db/L0023/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ddbb16fc-3bdc-4d4d-b633-29272f07f593
urn:
b7b839fa-2b4c-4c9f-b5bc-fe64435772a3
name:
414.51.3: Data collection
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/14/D/Db/L0015/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b7b839fa-2b4c-4c9f-b5bc-fe64435772a3
urn:
5252f496-fe2d-47b0-8d6f-0ddb754f6587
name:
414.92: Data collection
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/14/D/Db/L0125/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5252f496-fe2d-47b0-8d6f-0ddb754f6587
urn:
4d0c813c-0b39-4c3c-a102-daaa3addfda2
name:
Valhall view collection
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAST-A-102414/2/X/Xd/L0009/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4d0c813c-0b39-4c3c-a102-daaa3addfda2
urn:
03492e97-646a-44a4-8275-e559cbafd788
name:
The RMS Collection
id:
0001
path:
BYST/A-2037/D/Da/L0008/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Stavanger Byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/03492e97-646a-44a4-8275-e559cbafd788
urn:
c5c164fd-b3c6-493a-81b4-0d5a37370241
name:
Collection Carl Møller
id:
0017
path:
OAM/A-00796/F/Fc/L0008/0001/0017
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c5c164fd-b3c6-493a-81b4-0d5a37370241
urn:
3974afd8-27d9-4b49-8dc8-1ddc1a43d408
name:
414.92: Engineering - Data collection
id:
L0124
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/14/D/Db/L0124
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3974afd8-27d9-4b49-8dc8-1ddc1a43d408
urn:
bae86b9c-5abd-46d9-92ea-f6564ac430a0
name:
414.92: Engineering - Data collection
id:
L0125
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/14/D/Db/L0125
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bae86b9c-5abd-46d9-92ea-f6564ac430a0
urn:
dbf7de88-f3d5-4559-a2ae-d6fb9b555270
name:
414.92: Engineering - Data collection
id:
L0126
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/14/D/Db/L0126
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dbf7de88-f3d5-4559-a2ae-d6fb9b555270
urn:
5b318ed8-0555-4116-be26-e85957b7fbfc
name:
Maritime Courts. Collection of Fines
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-2118/Fa/L0080/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5b318ed8-0555-4116-be26-e85957b7fbfc
urn:
48402913-0204-43a4-8a17-8069b8cba51c
name:
Hire Collection Suspense Account
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-2119/Fa/Faa/L0008/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/48402913-0204-43a4-8a17-8069b8cba51c

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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