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 2026-10-30T20:15:30Z in 3.944 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58313 results in compact format.

name:
Karmøy kommune - PA 008 Edith Apeland
id:
A-15
name:
Karmøy kommune - PA 008 Edith Apeland
id:
AKT-15
name:
Apeland, Amund / Apeland, Aksel / Status
id:
0013
name:
Kveim-Apeland-Ausland og Kveim-Apeland-Kjønnbekkfossen-Gunnufstad
id:
0022
name:
Christoffer T. Apeland og hustru Anne Marthe Apelands legat
id:
0002
name:
Apeland, O.
id:
0020
name:
Apeland
id:
0003
name:
Abbas - Apeland
id:
L0001
name:
Apeland, A - Anderson, J
id:
L0081
name:
Apeland, I - Breivik, E
id:
L0001

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total:

58313

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
ba0045b4-23dc-4ad0-9648-8ebce24b4708
name:
Karmøy kommune - PA 008 Edith Apeland
id:
A-15
path:
IKAR/A-15
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ba0045b4-23dc-4ad0-9648-8ebce24b4708
urn:
342c08f2-c50b-41f9-8219-3534d8de5c72
name:
Karmøy kommune - PA 008 Edith Apeland
id:
AKT-15
path:
IKAR/AKT-15
unit_type:
Person
institution:
Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Dette er et aktomslag/et legg med noen gratulasjonstelegram og strikkeoppskrifter som er bevart etter Edit Apeland for årene 19 43 - 1946. Edith ble født i 1928.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/342c08f2-c50b-41f9-8219-3534d8de5c72
urn:
fe544011-de02-4bae-9958-a949e2dc1336
name:
Apeland, Amund / Apeland, Aksel / Status
id:
0013
path:
AV/SAST-A-102140/D/Da/L0002/0013
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe544011-de02-4bae-9958-a949e2dc1336
urn:
76175eb5-4073-4d27-ada3-07ec7647d55e
name:
Kveim-Apeland-Ausland og Kveim-Apeland-Kjønnbekkfossen-Gunnufstad
id:
0022
path:
AV/SAK-1271-0002/H/Hgd/L1400/0022
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/76175eb5-4073-4d27-ada3-07ec7647d55e
urn:
7382920f-e4cf-4793-a32f-8efb3e3f3917
name:
Christoffer T. Apeland og hustru Anne Marthe Apelands legat
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAST-A-100440/Y/Yg/L0001/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7382920f-e4cf-4793-a32f-8efb3e3f3917
urn:
d2422a2c-5503-4de9-aa3c-21fc14ce1b69
name:
Apeland, O.
id:
0020
path:
AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0049/0020
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d2422a2c-5503-4de9-aa3c-21fc14ce1b69
urn:
42231482-b055-4b15-82d1-f8bb0ed23e61
name:
Apeland
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db02/0024/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42231482-b055-4b15-82d1-f8bb0ed23e61
urn:
2cc4ee6d-98ee-44cc-abb5-88f7da861d93
name:
Abbas - Apeland
id:
L0001
path:
AV/SAO-A-10224/E/Ea/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2cc4ee6d-98ee-44cc-abb5-88f7da861d93
urn:
9fb132c0-89ea-4f95-b4e5-af265a8ceb69
name:
Apeland, A - Anderson, J
id:
L0081
path:
AV/SAST-A-100160/K/Ka/Kaa/L0081
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9fb132c0-89ea-4f95-b4e5-af265a8ceb69
urn:
083dd653-26f1-4163-8e95-8937c14bc1fd
name:
Apeland, I - Breivik, E
id:
L0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-100160/K/Ka/Kab/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/083dd653-26f1-4163-8e95-8937c14bc1fd
urn:
e72c949e-6f8f-4c67-ae1f-d3f9c13b6267
name:
Apeland Gjerstad
id:
0001
path:
AAMA/PA-1319/F/L0146/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e72c949e-6f8f-4c67-ae1f-d3f9c13b6267
urn:
09e4d961-b1a2-4d02-8d07-10a3c75d375e
name:
Apeland - Østrem
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2560/P/Pb/L0013/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/09e4d961-b1a2-4d02-8d07-10a3c75d375e
urn:
621a46ba-d450-442b-af65-79c5ccab1551
name:
Aadland - Apeland
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2560/P/Pd/L0052/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/621a46ba-d450-442b-af65-79c5ccab1551
urn:
f94d14f7-5462-43a3-955f-befdef4e0f78
name:
Apeland. Misc. A - Z
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Da/L0038/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f94d14f7-5462-43a3-955f-befdef4e0f78
urn:
e2d2005f-a25d-40ea-a76d-6713a736297f
name:
Apeland, Johannes
id:
0019
path:
AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0049/0019
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e2d2005f-a25d-40ea-a76d-6713a736297f
urn:
fd988db0-2286-4463-96df-037529a076e7
name:
Konsulent Nils M. Apeland
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Ea/L0783/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd988db0-2286-4463-96df-037529a076e7
urn:
fdb2e990-1060-4acd-90de-a55c8d94ab71
name:
Dr.Tech. Kristoffer Apeland
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-1605/2/E/Ea/Eaa/L0001/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fdb2e990-1060-4acd-90de-a55c8d94ab71
urn:
94a71db7-1a79-4560-a66c-bbbe472df9f1
name:
Apeland, Kristoffer dr.tech
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-1605/2/G/L0014/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94a71db7-1a79-4560-a66c-bbbe472df9f1
urn:
e2e11004-1d75-4e27-a761-c04f8a2833b4
name:
Apeland, Kristoffer dr.tech
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-1605/2/G/L0014/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e2e11004-1d75-4e27-a761-c04f8a2833b4
urn:
62f2d761-57ba-42a7-a688-dfff747aa5dc
name:
Apeland, Capt. E., "Konghaug"
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Da/L0038/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/62f2d761-57ba-42a7-a688-dfff747aa5dc
urn:
c0de0bf8-2714-4b79-afe0-86b98344591d
name:
Apeland, Carl T. / Status
id:
0014
path:
AV/SAST-A-102140/D/Da/L0002/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c0de0bf8-2714-4b79-afe0-86b98344591d
urn:
b2238a90-f836-45bd-ae73-a58ef542bdfe
name:
Heide, O. A., Apeland, Gjerstad
id:
0017
path:
AAMA/PA-2065/D02/L0009/0002/0017
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2238a90-f836-45bd-ae73-a58ef542bdfe
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9de8cc5e-e018-44ca-8bff-5c80036b5dfc
name:
Heide, O. A., Apeland, Gjerstad
id:
0018
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AAMA/PA-2065/D02/L0009/0002/0018
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DOKUMENT
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9de8cc5e-e018-44ca-8bff-5c80036b5dfc
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name:
Heide, O. A., Apeland, Gjerstad
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0031
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AAMA/PA-2065/D02/L0010/0002/0031
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DOKUMENT
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Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ef758a3c-efb9-4411-a323-2aa469472221
urn:
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name:
Heide, O. A., Apeland, Gjerstad
id:
0006
path:
AAMA/PA-2065/D02/L0012/0010/0006
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2294df77-6cdb-41eb-aa03-65a6a9677414

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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