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 2026-10-18T17:27:34Z in 0.992 seconds.

Showing 10 of 2716 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Nergård, Olav
    id:
    NSMA-ARK-1027
  2. name:
    Nergård Fiskeoppdrett
    id:
    SAT-PA-0935
  3. name:
    Nergård, Olav
    id:
    NSMA-ARKS-1027
  4. name:
    Nergård Fiskeoppdrett
    id:
    AKT-5891
  5. name:
    Ringnes, Amund
    id:
    RA-PA-1854
  6. name:
    Amund Nerby
    id:
    A-1104
  7. name:
    Enger, Amund
    id:
    PA-19
  8. name:
    Fosnes, Amund
    id:
    E-A-00112
  9. name:
    Helland, Amund Theodor
    id:
    RA-PA-0120
  10. name:
    Sverre Nergård: korrespondanse
    id:
    0002
Show all fields in HTML
total:
2716
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    19969a12-dd1b-4072-a583-12dcc4a19051
    name:
    Nergård, Olav
    id:
    NSMA-ARK-1027
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1027
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/19969a12-dd1b-4072-a583-12dcc4a19051
  2. urn:
    52b7cc4e-9202-4c99-b5f6-27b71d91582f
    name:
    Nergård Fiskeoppdrett
    id:
    SAT-PA-0935
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0935
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/52b7cc4e-9202-4c99-b5f6-27b71d91582f
  3. urn:
    94a9ca64-a8cb-4da4-be45-e6ed0c608957
    name:
    Nergård, Olav
    id:
    NSMA-ARKS-1027
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARKS-1027
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Anno museum
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Olav Peter Nergård (1861-1934) var gårdbruker og skogeier på gården Glåmstad i Åmot kommune. Etter en del år med studier, bl. a. i Leipzig, viet han seg helt til driften av gården og oppbyggingen av det organiserte skogbruket i Norge. Nergård stiftet Åmot Skogeierforening. Han var sentralt med ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94a9ca64-a8cb-4da4-be45-e6ed0c608957
  4. urn:
    89a39a38-7baa-43ce-a29a-d62a3a8dd5e8
    name:
    Nergård Fiskeoppdrett
    id:
    AKT-5891
    path:
    AV/AKT-5891
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Brødrene Alf og Karl Nergård fikk konsesjon for å drive med oppdrett i 1977, men kom ikke i gang før 1979. I 1987 ble det stiftet et aksjeselskap under navnet Nergård Fiskeoppdrett. Konsesjonen ble overdratt til Lensvik Settefisk i 1991.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/89a39a38-7baa-43ce-a29a-d62a3a8dd5e8
  5. urn:
    27bcfa6f-cdef-494c-8678-62783f71b63f
    name:
    Ringnes, Amund
    id:
    RA-PA-1854
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1854
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/27bcfa6f-cdef-494c-8678-62783f71b63f
  6. urn:
    53135961-3f5d-4c18-96ec-07342455149f
    name:
    Amund Nerby
    id:
    A-1104
    path:
    SVAM/A-1104
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Svalbard Museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/53135961-3f5d-4c18-96ec-07342455149f
  7. urn:
    7d6c863c-ec9d-4967-9cbe-0f0c78f7d8d9
    name:
    Enger, Amund
    id:
    PA-19
    path:
    HL/PA-19
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Senter for studier av Holocaust og livsynsminoriteter
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7d6c863c-ec9d-4967-9cbe-0f0c78f7d8d9
  8. urn:
    b3abc3fe-5189-4dfe-baab-24bce8506338
    name:
    Fosnes, Amund
    id:
    E-A-00112
    path:
    OAMM/E-A-00112
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b3abc3fe-5189-4dfe-baab-24bce8506338
  9. urn:
    6fd4a1b6-5d9a-43af-b9dc-01c32f655c75
    name:
    Helland, Amund Theodor
    id:
    RA-PA-0120
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0120
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6fd4a1b6-5d9a-43af-b9dc-01c32f655c75
  10. urn:
    07046e1d-b38f-4b33-9f45-ff4ad34c5ae8
    name:
    Sverre Nergård: korrespondanse
    id:
    0002
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1027/D/L0001/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/07046e1d-b38f-4b33-9f45-ff4ad34c5ae8
  11. urn:
    no-VAMU_arkiv_000000004174
    name:
    E.M. Amundsen
    id:
    A-0525
    path:
    VAMU/A-0525
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Varanger museum IKS
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VAMU_arkiv_000000004174
  12. urn:
    ec062bcd-2edf-41b3-b495-c731542b0e7a
    name:
    Randi Amundsen
    id:
    GRI-1032
    path:
    AFM/GRI-1032
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ec062bcd-2edf-41b3-b495-c731542b0e7a
  13. urn:
    b4be0ec4-f748-4ac8-88a2-9b5cb2302ec1
    name:
    Amundsen, B. Lauksund
    id:
    NA185
    path:
    AIN/NA185
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b4be0ec4-f748-4ac8-88a2-9b5cb2302ec1
  14. urn:
    7319a995-04f3-4381-aae0-c88d51f5451a
    name:
    Amundsen, Anton
    id:
    SATØ-P-1523
    path:
    AV/SATØ-P-1523
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7319a995-04f3-4381-aae0-c88d51f5451a
  15. urn:
    994a7892-ac84-45ae-9cc2-b4ca5ce12789
    name:
    Amundsen, Roald
    id:
    SATØ-P-1581
    path:
    AV/SATØ-P-1581
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/994a7892-ac84-45ae-9cc2-b4ca5ce12789
  16. urn:
    e69dcd9a-0621-42c0-9b7d-ba498019858e
    name:
    Amundgård, Arne
    id:
    T-A-00367
    path:
    OAMM/T-A-00367
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e69dcd9a-0621-42c0-9b7d-ba498019858e
  17. urn:
    2f87bf36-45b5-4306-a65b-8a6dd345589e
    name:
    Wiel & Amundsen
    id:
    HHSP-1550
    path:
    OSTM/HHSP-1550
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2f87bf36-45b5-4306-a65b-8a6dd345589e
  18. urn:
    71d07dee-c284-4553-8bc5-60fc47d189bf
    name:
    Oddmund Amundstad
    id:
    A-0465
    path:
    UBIT/A-0465
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/71d07dee-c284-4553-8bc5-60fc47d189bf
  19. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061723
    name:
    Sameie Jamunda
    id:
    ARS-A-1189
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1189
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061723
  20. urn:
    eacad3c7-54e9-48bc-998a-8293db78776a
    name:
    Amundsen, Berit
    id:
    SFF-2001013
    path:
    VLFK/SFF-2001013
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eacad3c7-54e9-48bc-998a-8293db78776a
  21. urn:
    81739192-6b54-4efb-81d3-51708aa9401c
    name:
    Roald Amundsens arkiv
    id:
    FHM-1005
    path:
    AFM/FHM-1005
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/81739192-6b54-4efb-81d3-51708aa9401c
  22. urn:
    e59d4b77-a61c-4cab-a77f-3fb01b3da1af
    name:
    Pa 1735 - Salveson, Aamund
    id:
    SAST-A-102399
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102399
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e59d4b77-a61c-4cab-a77f-3fb01b3da1af
  23. urn:
    90331c79-fd55-4cbc-83a6-9d1e70a35515
    name:
    PA-0708, Salveson, Aamund
    id:
    A-1761
    path:
    BYST/A-1761
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Stavanger Byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/90331c79-fd55-4cbc-83a6-9d1e70a35515
  24. urn:
    17d643b4-525a-4aa2-a23b-ac7328c04ab8
    name:
    B. Amundsen , Laksund, Vesterålen
    id:
    A24-188
    path:
    AIN/A24-188
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/17d643b4-525a-4aa2-a23b-ac7328c04ab8
  25. urn:
    4a9203cb-6d7b-432f-a953-730345f101c4
    name:
    Holm, Alfred Amundsen
    id:
    RA-PA-0376
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0376
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4a9203cb-6d7b-432f-a953-730345f101c4
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.