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 2026-10-23T17:13:58Z in 1.773 seconds.

Showing 10 of 78510 results in compact format.

name:
Skogly barnepensjonat
id:
A-2421
name:
Haraldstad, Arne Ragnvald
id:
RA-PA-1612
name:
Bo Harald Nissen
id:
A-0496
name:
Harald Haarfagre
id:
HHSP-1401
name:
Simonsen, Harald
id:
SATØ-P-1569
name:
Sontum, Harald, ingeniør
id:
A-1386
name:
Da dekksgutt Evensen stakk til sjøs". Ut?jubileet Stavanger. Kronprinsesse Sonja; Harald; Kong Olav; Jens Evensen; Liv Ullmann med Linn; senator Hubert ?; "Christian Radich"; ordfører Arne Rettedal, Stranger?; Harald Tusberg; Lasse Kolstad; Julie Ege; Try
id:
8133
name:
Ballongferd m/Arne W. Mikal Klingberg og Harald Wendt. Aksjon spekepølse. Lars Grini. Janne Balkedal. NÅ nr. 14/16, 1975
id:
8031
name:
Harald. Sonja. Stranger. Sandnes. Domprost Christian Svanholen?, Stavanger. Arne Rettedal, overrettssakfører, Stavanger. I. NÅ nr. 24/25, 1975
id:
8090B
name:
Berthelsen, Harald
id:
PA-2821

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total:

78510

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
no-BU_arkiv_000000007540
name:
Skogly barnepensjonat
id:
A-2421
path:
BU/A-2421
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Privatarkiv i Buskerud
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000007540
urn:
c2eb3e15-9dff-409f-9a6b-f06ef4d17924
name:
Haraldstad, Arne Ragnvald
id:
RA-PA-1612
path:
AV/RA-PA-1612
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c2eb3e15-9dff-409f-9a6b-f06ef4d17924
urn:
47b5a824-a8c8-4d4d-b5dc-b847a44df89c
name:
Bo Harald Nissen
id:
A-0496
path:
UBIT/A-0496
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47b5a824-a8c8-4d4d-b5dc-b847a44df89c
urn:
62920aba-6772-4821-9a5d-bfcc932276ae
name:
Harald Haarfagre
id:
HHSP-1401
path:
OSTM/HHSP-1401
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Østfoldmuseene
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/62920aba-6772-4821-9a5d-bfcc932276ae
urn:
0ded2379-209d-4297-8b5b-c55c18b20605
name:
Simonsen, Harald
id:
SATØ-P-1569
path:
AV/SATØ-P-1569
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0ded2379-209d-4297-8b5b-c55c18b20605
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000561787
name:
Sontum, Harald, ingeniør
id:
A-1386
path:
BBA/A-1386
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000561787
urn:
495796a2-04a6-42e9-bbbb-6e506ea4202a
name:
Da dekksgutt Evensen stakk til sjøs". Ut?jubileet Stavanger. Kronprinsesse Sonja; Harald; Kong Olav; Jens Evensen; Liv Ullmann med Linn; senator Hubert ?; "Christian Radich"; ordfører Arne Rettedal, Stranger?; Harald Tusberg; Lasse Kolstad; Julie Ege; Try
id:
8133
path:
AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0069/8133
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/495796a2-04a6-42e9-bbbb-6e506ea4202a
urn:
5d9aa004-31d6-4c73-ad49-ee92b68dc395
name:
Ballongferd m/Arne W. Mikal Klingberg og Harald Wendt. Aksjon spekepølse. Lars Grini. Janne Balkedal. NÅ nr. 14/16, 1975
id:
8031
path:
AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0068/8031
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5d9aa004-31d6-4c73-ad49-ee92b68dc395
urn:
a88a6b9f-a2cd-462a-ac21-52feab9a1910
name:
Harald. Sonja. Stranger. Sandnes. Domprost Christian Svanholen?, Stavanger. Arne Rettedal, overrettssakfører, Stavanger. I. NÅ nr. 24/25, 1975
id:
8090B
path:
AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0069/8090B
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a88a6b9f-a2cd-462a-ac21-52feab9a1910
urn:
b61dc9d9-daca-4af2-9794-03024a92c563
name:
Berthelsen, Harald
id:
PA-2821
path:
AAMA/PA-2821
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b61dc9d9-daca-4af2-9794-03024a92c563
urn:
94636f61-bfa5-4aa7-b2f1-13ab86ad4f9d
name:
Larsen, Harald
id:
SATØ-P-1669
path:
AV/SATØ-P-1669
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94636f61-bfa5-4aa7-b2f1-13ab86ad4f9d
urn:
94ed00d1-63f6-43ee-876f-2640234a519c
name:
Harald Sørhøy
id:
SAT-PA-0748
path:
AV/SAT-PA-0748
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94ed00d1-63f6-43ee-876f-2640234a519c
urn:
df2d1b42-8683-4d80-88e1-9e0056f10e45
name:
Pa 0661 - Mathisen, Harald Magnus
id:
SAST-A-100789
path:
AV/SAST-A-100789
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/df2d1b42-8683-4d80-88e1-9e0056f10e45
urn:
f49ededc-8546-42df-a64c-6fc3b9c34002
name:
Pengeutpressing - kjøpmann Harald Bakken, Oslo - pengeutpresser truer med å sprenge kolonialbutikken. Harald Bakken, Anne Marie Bakken, Inga Bakken. Fotograf: Wisth, Arne W. NÅ nr. 3, 1973
id:
7939
path:
AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0068/7939
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f49ededc-8546-42df-a64c-6fc3b9c34002
urn:
no-ROMS_arkiv000000000496
name:
Bø, Harald E.
id:
R.Ark.1034
path:
ROMS/R.Ark.1034
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Romsdalsmuseet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000000496
urn:
088d0c12-25c7-44a5-aa42-019940c5429a
name:
Harald Hansen
id:
NG-0004
path:
NMFK/NG-0004
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/088d0c12-25c7-44a5-aa42-019940c5429a
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000079641
name:
Berg, Harald. Fangstinspektør
id:
VFA-A-1182
path:
VEMU/VFA-A-1182
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000079641
urn:
4599bc1b-ab02-4573-8363-b7439cb8ae16
name:
Skogly, Rødtangen
id:
0003
path:
DRMK/A-1001/H/L0001/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Drammen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4599bc1b-ab02-4573-8363-b7439cb8ae16
urn:
ca101988-0b6a-48d8-bd52-cd5f0bf431af
name:
Nilssen, Jack Harald
id:
A-70252
path:
OBA/A-70252
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ca101988-0b6a-48d8-bd52-cd5f0bf431af
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000001837
name:
Barnedåpen til Harald Dietl Kvammen
id:
W-0001
path:
ULHA/A-1009/U/L0001/0001/W-0001
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000001837
urn:
1e8c4a68-81ce-4ff5-b27a-23a7af6f3891
name:
Harald Engelsens arkiv
id:
A-1169
path:
NMM/A-1169
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Norsk Maritimt Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e8c4a68-81ce-4ff5-b27a-23a7af6f3891
urn:
e0bb243a-5f4b-4666-8ea5-a5eab4246339
name:
Aars, Harald m.fl.
id:
RA-PA-0247
path:
AV/RA-PA-0247
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e0bb243a-5f4b-4666-8ea5-a5eab4246339
urn:
2c96cab5-77f6-4e9e-8113-07ab441948c7
name:
Pa 0858 - Harald N. Røstvik
id:
SAST-A-102660
path:
AV/SAST-A-102660
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2c96cab5-77f6-4e9e-8113-07ab441948c7
urn:
437b93f7-d2c4-4e1d-bd9d-b45ec8ee1064
name:
Hals, Harald d.e. (1876-1959, arkitekt/byplanlegger)
id:
A-10040
path:
OBA/A-10040
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/437b93f7-d2c4-4e1d-bd9d-b45ec8ee1064
urn:
b08b4ed1-9ca5-43f9-8402-30a9a586d7ea
name:
Juell, Harald. Ambassadør
id:
PA-1257b
path:
AAMA/PA-1257b
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b08b4ed1-9ca5-43f9-8402-30a9a586d7ea

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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.

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