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; 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&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit} 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&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. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
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&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&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&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. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T10:57:45Z in 0.928 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58406 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Arcon AS
    id:
    0010
  2. name:
    S 233 radarkurs nr. 2 på Marconi College. (Marinens radarinspeksjon/23 jun 1958/499)
    id:
    0091
  3. name:
    Arcon A/S - Bodø
    id:
    0010
  4. name:
    Norsk Marconi AS
    id:
    0005
  5. name:
    Tadiran Li/SOCI2 batterier. Norsk Marconi AS.
    id:
    0005
  6. name:
    Heimdal chokolade ARCON Ringnes Health by Nature Gro Industrier
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    Norsk Arbeiderpresse/Norlands Framtid. Alstad II, Arcon A/S, Hillestad. Forlik, sluttoppgjør
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    Marconikompani A/S
    id:
    0002
  9. name:
    Marconikompani A/S
    id:
    0004
  10. name:
    Marconikompani
    id:
    0002
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58406
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Arcon AS
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    0010
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    AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Eg/L0003/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/44df46ed-f6ee-4b08-9764-e1934a834eae
  2. urn:
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    name:
    S 233 radarkurs nr. 2 på Marconi College. (Marinens radarinspeksjon/23 jun 1958/499)
    id:
    0091
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    AV/RA-RAFA-5379/D/Da/L0010/0091
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/64ee5c7d-867a-4b29-a84b-3d836318add7
  3. urn:
    62af5aad-8852-4ace-ac8a-e3df1578f1d3
    name:
    Arcon A/S - Bodø
    id:
    0010
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1643/Db/L0003/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/62af5aad-8852-4ace-ac8a-e3df1578f1d3
  4. urn:
    15ef107e-9fcf-4b79-a349-90b2ffbf9a60
    name:
    Norsk Marconi AS
    id:
    0005
    path:
    OBA/A-10358/Da/L0059.b/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/15ef107e-9fcf-4b79-a349-90b2ffbf9a60
  5. urn:
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    name:
    Tadiran Li/SOCI2 batterier. Norsk Marconi AS.
    id:
    0005
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    AV/RA-S-2856/Dec/Decb/L0009/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/630c6350-d6f9-4a8e-a2bc-bf1b37bfa191
  6. urn:
    5507ddc8-9594-479f-91e2-c6b7ddfdb0bd
    name:
    Heimdal chokolade ARCON Ringnes Health by Nature Gro Industrier
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900i-650/F/F01/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5507ddc8-9594-479f-91e2-c6b7ddfdb0bd
  7. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1299/F/Fc/L0006/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ef24cbc7-2734-4b74-b2ec-f2196fa23c4f
  8. urn:
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    name:
    Marconikompani A/S
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1436/D/D04/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/30dbcb0f-8b50-48a5-aa66-e0abba8edc71
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    Marconikompani A/S
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/862fd7d0-32c7-442a-95d5-c0dcfad0c3fb
  10. urn:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bcc7c6c7-b11a-450d-bc9c-8e1a9fb1a38a
  11. urn:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1493b9a4-4f0a-4309-9817-dd15279e0d45
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    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c308cc3e-95dd-4992-b2dc-b6cd5ccfadb7
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    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cc97d1d8-7cfc-472d-a6fe-eb78fc7f1aa5
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    digitized_documents:
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    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/843266a3-5449-4f53-b78c-e072107fa256
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
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  17. urn:
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  18. urn:
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  22. urn:
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  24. urn:
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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.