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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-12T13:46:09Z in 0.578 seconds.

Showing 10 of 39 results in compact format.

name:
Instrukser, trafikktelling, rekv sbmatr, kjøretøy, sbmatr
id:
0001
name:
Klubbmateriell 1
id:
L0012
name:
Klubbmateriell 2
id:
L0013
name:
Klubbmateriell 3
id:
L0014
name:
Klubbmateriell 4
id:
L0015
name:
Klubbmateriell 5
id:
L0016
name:
SBMATR
id:
0029
name:
Labmateriell
id:
0002
name:
Kartotek -matematihkkatearbmat
id:
L0003
name:
Kartotek -fágatearbmat
id:
L0004

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total:

total_exact:

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returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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9e4c9a74-343a-4d7a-bdbc-393fb4f76dce
name:
Instrukser, trafikktelling, rekv sbmatr, kjøretøy, sbmatr
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3562/D/Da/L0010/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9e4c9a74-343a-4d7a-bdbc-393fb4f76dce
urn:
9f37db6a-467c-4daf-91ab-dfd75ad53bf4
name:
Klubbmateriell 1
id:
L0012
path:
AV/RA-PA-0606/F/Fa/L0012
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9f37db6a-467c-4daf-91ab-dfd75ad53bf4
urn:
d4bcbc75-8439-437a-8ef5-23470c3e458e
name:
Klubbmateriell 2
id:
L0013
path:
AV/RA-PA-0606/F/Fa/L0013
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d4bcbc75-8439-437a-8ef5-23470c3e458e
urn:
b53c255c-c60e-4a5f-90d6-f7fd630503fd
name:
Klubbmateriell 3
id:
L0014
path:
AV/RA-PA-0606/F/Fa/L0014
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b53c255c-c60e-4a5f-90d6-f7fd630503fd
urn:
47691aae-065f-464a-a61d-2f5871b1f95f
name:
Klubbmateriell 4
id:
L0015
path:
AV/RA-PA-0606/F/Fa/L0015
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47691aae-065f-464a-a61d-2f5871b1f95f
urn:
939db38e-9c22-4eeb-9d4e-2ec73d11a053
name:
Klubbmateriell 5
id:
L0016
path:
AV/RA-PA-0606/F/Fa/L0016
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/939db38e-9c22-4eeb-9d4e-2ec73d11a053
urn:
c76ee425-c16e-48fd-b526-d54efe3fbba7
name:
SBMATR
id:
0029
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3248/D/Da/L0001/0029
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c76ee425-c16e-48fd-b526-d54efe3fbba7
urn:
4c03f3bc-c4b1-4fa4-a4ea-4ea4933b6d3a
name:
Labmateriell
id:
0002
path:
IKAK/0800027.1/G/Gb/L0003/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
IKA Kongsberg
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4c03f3bc-c4b1-4fa4-a4ea-4ea4933b6d3a
urn:
cc27bf19-46c1-4481-b127-29fd34edb255
name:
Kartotek -matematihkkatearbmat
id:
L0003
path:
AV/SAMI-OA-1002/Y/L0003
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cc27bf19-46c1-4481-b127-29fd34edb255
urn:
8112e742-c598-487a-95d8-efe5df82ded0
name:
Kartotek -fágatearbmat
id:
L0004
path:
AV/SAMI-OA-1002/Y/L0004
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8112e742-c598-487a-95d8-efe5df82ded0
urn:
d378f2bc-fbaf-4e16-9b91-83e678e1e3a0
name:
Kartotek -tearbmat
id:
L0006
path:
AV/SAMI-OA-1002/Y/L0006
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d378f2bc-fbaf-4e16-9b91-83e678e1e3a0
urn:
7cd0ec63-3cdf-42d1-ba94-1dcfc50bbec8
name:
Kartotek -tearbmat
id:
L0007
path:
AV/SAMI-OA-1002/Y/L0007
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7cd0ec63-3cdf-42d1-ba94-1dcfc50bbec8
urn:
37eb42ee-0843-4c0b-a1a6-0ba9a3b65d41
name:
Lagring av mobmateriell
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2552/D/Da/L0260/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/37eb42ee-0843-4c0b-a1a6-0ba9a3b65d41
urn:
a013bf7b-978e-40a8-92cc-34a73c492f5d
name:
I 29 Kontor- und Schreibmaterial A-K
id:
0002
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AV/RA-RAFA-2186/E/Ea/L0008/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a013bf7b-978e-40a8-92cc-34a73c492f5d
urn:
8c6c4dcb-57e3-4977-a214-f3e61ac30fb4
name:
I 29 Kontor- und Schreibmaterial L-Z
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2186/E/Ea/L0009/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8c6c4dcb-57e3-4977-a214-f3e61ac30fb4
urn:
50f558a5-d884-4ac2-9de4-c7320d63eb9f
name:
Sambmatr - elektr og elektronisk
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2354/D/Db/L0148/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/50f558a5-d884-4ac2-9de4-c7320d63eb9f
urn:
d0fd6de1-4be7-4609-a104-d2ea54ed3266
name:
Inspeksjon av Elektrooptisk - og Sbmatr
id:
0021
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2514/D/Dg/L0002/0021
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d0fd6de1-4be7-4609-a104-d2ea54ed3266
urn:
95066f62-d0e8-4a20-baf9-4a4f43caf052
name:
ACP, ekvivalentliste sbmatr
id:
0049
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3562/D/Da/L0010/0049
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95066f62-d0e8-4a20-baf9-4a4f43caf052
urn:
611b7bde-4570-4cdc-be19-8f85b067804c
name:
Regional mobmatr. forvaltning
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-4447/F/Fa/L0022/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/611b7bde-4570-4cdc-be19-8f85b067804c
urn:
5baa6390-07a7-4827-b546-b75fb0955514
name:
El materiell. Sbmatr - Radio
id:
0010
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AV/RA-RAFA-4794/D/Db/L0013/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5baa6390-07a7-4827-b546-b75fb0955514
urn:
a1c8f1b3-4feb-46f8-9b87-65a40e61f85e
name:
El materiell. Sbmatr - Telefon
id:
0011
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-4794/D/Db/L0013/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a1c8f1b3-4feb-46f8-9b87-65a40e61f85e
urn:
60305c6f-4636-43bf-a23a-b115a492e623
name:
El matr. Sbmatr, Ra & Ralink
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-4794/D/Db/L0015/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/60305c6f-4636-43bf-a23a-b115a492e623
urn:
3275d3c7-7c60-461f-88b1-bbc84e610690
name:
Sambmat. - Elektr - Elektronmatr
id:
0011
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AV/RA-RAFA-4800/D/Da/L0031/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3275d3c7-7c60-461f-88b1-bbc84e610690
urn:
0809e63a-e9ab-429e-8d4b-7322cc3b601a
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Mobmatrforv DKN's 3årsplan
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0009
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AV/RA-RAFA-5281/D/L0035/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0809e63a-e9ab-429e-8d4b-7322cc3b601a
urn:
d5ca725a-ef6e-4250-b8d1-8533de137bf1
name:
Sambmatr - elektr og elektronisk matr
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-4766/D/Da/L0038/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5ca725a-ef6e-4250-b8d1-8533de137bf1

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