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 2026-10-21T05:30:48Z in 0.629 seconds.

Showing 10 of 388 results in compact format.

name:
Eliassen og Lambertz-Nilssen Arkitekter
id:
PA-2978
name:
Architects of Air
id:
0003
name:
Architects of Air
id:
0003
name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0001
name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0002
name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0003
name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0001
name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0001
name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0002
name:
Union of International Architects kongresser
id:
0001

Show all fields in HTML

total:

388

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
a03a4da6-dab3-47a0-a044-7eb5a6a588f5
name:
Eliassen og Lambertz-Nilssen Arkitekter
id:
PA-2978
path:
AAMA/PA-2978
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Arkitektfirmaet Eliassen og Lambertz-Nilssen Arkitekter ble etalbert i 1960 av arkitektene Trond Eliassen og Birger Lambertz-Nilssen. Firmaet fusjonerte med det danske arkitektkontoret Arkitema Architects i 2015.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a03a4da6-dab3-47a0-a044-7eb5a6a588f5
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000151865
name:
Architects of Air
id:
0003
path:
BBA/A-4265/D/Da/L0439/0003
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Mappe
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Bergen byarkiv
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000151865
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06dd10d7-98a4-46db-b22d-78f73fa55267
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Architects of Air
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0003
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SAF/A-4265/D/Da/L0439/0003
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MAPPE
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ArkiVest
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0
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Union of International Architects
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbi/L0022/0001
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MAPPE
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9001e67c-f594-4fb6-b5a2-081237d3fad1
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Union of International Architects
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0002
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Union of International Architects
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0003
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbi/L0022/0003
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MAPPE
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Union of International Architects
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbi/L0023/0001
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name:
Union of International Architects
id:
0001
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbi/L0024/0001
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MAPPE
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Union of International Architects
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbi/L0024/0002
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MAPPE
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name:
Union of International Architects kongresser
id:
0001
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Db/Dbh/L0008/0001
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MAPPE
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0
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Union of International Architects kongresser
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MAPPE
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Union of International Architects kongresser
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0003
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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MAPPE
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4e899c50-1f85-400d-be60-56c7be218edb
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Dc/Dci/L0018/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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International Union of Architects (UIA)
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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