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 2026-11-03T05:45:49Z in 5.016 seconds.

Showing 10 of 110386 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Proposal to act as surveying contractor to Amoco Norwegian Oil Company for the Hod template installation
    id:
    0003
  2. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and cable installation
    id:
    0005
  3. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0002
  4. name:
    Service lines and cable installation construction manual no. 5
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    Importører - Aventis
    id:
    0004
  6. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0003
  7. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0004
  8. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0001
  9. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and cable installation construction manual no. 6
    id:
    0001
  10. name:
    TM0209 Service lines and cable installation construction manual no. 10
    id:
    0002
Show all fields in HTML
total:
110386
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    06507e7c-8ba8-44fc-bd19-d92713c04288
    name:
    Proposal to act as surveying contractor to Amoco Norwegian Oil Company for the Hod template installation
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102405/11/E/Ea/L0014/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/06507e7c-8ba8-44fc-bd19-d92713c04288
  2. urn:
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    name:
    TM0209 Service lines and cable installation
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0293/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a568c5d7-2188-428d-82a1-28363a9ff896
  3. urn:
    c6f05780-678e-49ee-b8c2-b1fd771767de
    name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0002
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0236/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c6f05780-678e-49ee-b8c2-b1fd771767de
  4. urn:
    3625ed33-c1d2-444f-9f9b-5eb7b5bb52cd
    name:
    Service lines and cable installation construction manual no. 5
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0224/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3625ed33-c1d2-444f-9f9b-5eb7b5bb52cd
  5. urn:
    21a7c3ca-bee5-4780-8991-1f985f0a9d54
    name:
    Importører - Aventis
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4157/2/D/Dc/L0113/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/21a7c3ca-bee5-4780-8991-1f985f0a9d54
  6. urn:
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    name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0003
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0233/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f0d5662-3c0a-4fed-8c35-e7dec59e150b
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    ccc42536-f12f-46fe-9b9b-37285fb37c5a
    name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0233/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ccc42536-f12f-46fe-9b9b-37285fb37c5a
  8. urn:
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    name:
    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
    id:
    0001
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f5527dd6-b4b4-4ecd-99d4-af6f3172abd7
  9. urn:
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    id:
    0001
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0225/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/32440b2e-5fde-486f-a31e-0707f2dc32e5
  10. urn:
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    id:
    0002
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0226/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2df699b9-2d22-4677-af1a-213165eabcde
  11. urn:
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    id:
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0226/0003
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47bec10f-830a-4052-9bbb-6d3de7c184be
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3d8d3d8d-69fb-47e8-b943-b1e31312918c
  13. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000177753
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    International skibs Radio AS; List og installation material
    id:
    0002
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000177753
  14. urn:
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    id:
    0003
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0223/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ab26fecd-e3b8-404a-89c9-61394e0531e4
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    TM0209 Service lines and electrical cable installation final documentation
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  17. urn:
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    Service lines and cable installation construction manual no. 4
    id:
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    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0224/0001
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  18. urn:
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  19. urn:
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    0002
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    id:
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  22. urn:
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  23. urn:
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  24. urn:
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    id:
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    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecb/L0153/0003
    unit_type:
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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.