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 2026-10-24T06:00:24Z in 0.658 seconds.

Showing 10 of 54766 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Airlift AS - mappe 1
    id:
    L0005
  2. name:
    Airlift AS - mappe 2
    id:
    L0006
  3. name:
    Airlift AS - mappe 3
    id:
    L0007
  4. name:
    Airlift
    id:
    0006
  5. name:
    Airlift A/S
    id:
    0001
  6. name:
    Medic airlift
    id:
    0001
  7. name:
    6.1.3 Etiopia. ECE (Asmara). Airlift (5 mapper)
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    Prosjekter - Airlift - Gorongosa and Machaze. Prosjektnr. 4881
    id:
    0009
  9. name:
    Bangladesh. Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Service (BERRS). Airlift
    id:
    0008
  10. name:
    Progress-rapport nr 3 fra ingeniørene Aanderud-Larsen og Knudsens reise til Syd-Georgia 1951/52 i forbindelse med airlift-tørket hvalgraks
    id:
    0016
Show all fields in HTML
total:
54766
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    9247da9f-a74f-4b7a-87b1-395698a1f101
    name:
    Airlift AS - mappe 1
    id:
    L0005
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1339/I/L0005
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9247da9f-a74f-4b7a-87b1-395698a1f101
  2. urn:
    36da3af5-ce62-461b-a7d2-0b30e1dffd81
    name:
    Airlift AS - mappe 2
    id:
    L0006
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1339/I/L0006
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/36da3af5-ce62-461b-a7d2-0b30e1dffd81
  3. urn:
    00233df2-958b-4d45-ac42-7e4375e200d1
    name:
    Airlift AS - mappe 3
    id:
    L0007
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1339/I/L0007
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/00233df2-958b-4d45-ac42-7e4375e200d1
  4. urn:
    7f444d12-ed19-4ef9-aaec-12f4a56e82b3
    name:
    Airlift
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01b/L0072/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7f444d12-ed19-4ef9-aaec-12f4a56e82b3
  5. urn:
    98969a4d-4339-47e6-9628-8c94df21e40d
    name:
    Airlift A/S
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1071/G/Gc/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/98969a4d-4339-47e6-9628-8c94df21e40d
  6. urn:
    ab62590e-eca9-4382-9589-d6bff3c5f794
    name:
    Medic airlift
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0390/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ab62590e-eca9-4382-9589-d6bff3c5f794
  7. urn:
    84a570d6-a078-4584-b5a7-b968867fe35b
    name:
    6.1.3 Etiopia. ECE (Asmara). Airlift (5 mapper)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1641/E/Ea/L0167/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/84a570d6-a078-4584-b5a7-b968867fe35b
  8. urn:
    fd8c96fd-6724-4dfc-8a75-65f5f2fe51b6
    name:
    Prosjekter - Airlift - Gorongosa and Machaze. Prosjektnr. 4881
    id:
    0009
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1481/F/Ff/L0089/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd8c96fd-6724-4dfc-8a75-65f5f2fe51b6
  9. urn:
    3f527086-64af-4693-bef4-e42c80a1484c
    name:
    Bangladesh. Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Service (BERRS). Airlift
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1641/E/Eb/L0036/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3f527086-64af-4693-bef4-e42c80a1484c
  10. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061210
    name:
    Progress-rapport nr 3 fra ingeniørene Aanderud-Larsen og Knudsens reise til Syd-Georgia 1951/52 i forbindelse med airlift-tørket hvalgraks
    id:
    0016
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1002/E/Ea/L0026/0016
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061210
  11. urn:
    8b4aa811-01bf-4d25-ac98-f32c587f007f
    name:
    Behandling på Rikshospitalet av sårede fra Nigeria og Biafra, "Medicairlift Biafra / Dr. H. Borchgrevink"
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1679/D/Da/L0045/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8b4aa811-01bf-4d25-ac98-f32c587f007f
  12. urn:
    d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
    name:
    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
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AIN/NFK-23-113/D/Da/L0126/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
  13. urn:
    b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
    name:
    Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
    id:
    E
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1488/E
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
  14. urn:
    6343c273-4af5-4064-9743-6928d4ae0380
    name:
    Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
    id:
    Ea
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1488/E/Ea
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6343c273-4af5-4064-9743-6928d4ae0380
  15. urn:
    28820749-a8f4-4460-a946-585c89cfe081
    name:
    Aksjonæravtale Haakon Koch - Otto Koch AS.
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AIN/A-19-180/F/Fa/L0003/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28820749-a8f4-4460-a946-585c89cfe081
  16. urn:
    fea031aa-5102-48ff-b146-b7a435c3ce24
    name:
    Avdeling 9, medlem 12337 - yrkesskade. Bedrift 710969 Ringnes AS Arendal Bryggeri. Saksnummer: 19.02.2007-13628
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/E/Eh/L0005/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fea031aa-5102-48ff-b146-b7a435c3ce24
  17. urn:
    4db12553-b9d5-4731-bd0b-532ef93efccf
    name:
    Avdeling 9, medlem 12337 - yrkesskade. Bedrift 710969 Ringnes AS Arendal Bryggeri. Saksnummer: 19.02.2007-13628
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/E/Eh/L0006/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4db12553-b9d5-4731-bd0b-532ef93efccf
  18. urn:
    70227be2-076f-4d10-a143-6315111f8fe2
    name:
    Avdeling 88 - "Drøfting av kriterier for ansiennitetsprinsippet". Bedrift 712562 Weifa AS. Saksnummer: 09.01.2012-16424
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/E/Eh/L0027/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/70227be2-076f-4d10-a143-6315111f8fe2
  19. urn:
    nb-NLM_arkiv000000004702
    name:
    As 5
    id:
    0008
    path:
    NLM/As-1001/03/D/L0014/0008
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Norsk luftfartsmuseum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/nb-NLM_arkiv000000004702
  20. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000164394
    name:
    Utklippsbok Pyrox AS
    id:
    L0007
    path:
    VEMU/A-2939/Z/Ze/L0007
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000164394
  21. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000110797
    name:
    Årsberetninger AS Ørnen og AS Nor
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1048/X/L0001
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000110797
  22. urn:
    417916b4-36fd-4a36-8595-9dac58e67da5
    name:
    Lisensavtale - Norge 2000 as
    id:
    L0009
    path:
    TEMU/TGM-A-1074/J/Ja/Jaa/Jaaa/L0009
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Telemark Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/417916b4-36fd-4a36-8595-9dac58e67da5
  23. urn:
    72c69731-8979-4cff-9ee2-461d5242a1ff
    name:
    Flittige Hender AS
    id:
    L0016
    path:
    KRAM/A-0111/G/Gd/L0016
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Kraftmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72c69731-8979-4cff-9ee2-461d5242a1ff
  24. urn:
    3ef0b272-78df-4367-839a-a47465c5b6ac
    name:
    Teknisk Ukeblad Media AS
    id:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3ef0b272-78df-4367-839a-a47465c5b6ac
  25. urn:
    746152ac-3008-4b08-b056-5e35661d221a
    name:
    Avdeling 4. Bedrifts ID: 1400150 (1400049). Indico Produkter AS
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/D/Df/L0046/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/746152ac-3008-4b08-b056-5e35661d221a
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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.