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 2026-10-16T17:52:34Z in 1.043 seconds.

Showing 10 of 105610 results in compact format.

name:
Kontrakt og tilbud. Analyseinstrumenter, diverse. Bergman Diagnostika AS
id:
0007
name:
Bergmann kompressor
id:
0003
name:
Kontrakt og tilbud. Kapillærelektroforese. Bergmann Diognostika AS
id:
0002
name:
Kontrakt 020-038d - korr - fellesgruppe for analyseautomater - Bergman Diagnostika a/s
id:
0006
name:
Lorentz Bergmann (Lorenz Bergmann)
id:
0014
name:
Bodø - Nymo Maskin AS - Norsk sikteduk AS - Norsk Haukultur AS - Nord Norges Salgslag AS - Norlandsbryggeriet AS - Nordland Betongindustri AS - Max Mat AS - Margarinfabrikken Norge - Løvolds industri AS - Landego Fiske - K.S Helligværfisk - Fiskekroken AS
id:
0001
name:
Bergmann
id:
0003
name:
Bergmann
id:
0005
name:
Berget - Bergmann
id:
L0051
name:
Typograf Bergmann
id:
0116

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total:

105610

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
ff8c0a8f-ffec-4e8d-81f1-b791e619868c
name:
Kontrakt og tilbud. Analyseinstrumenter, diverse. Bergman Diagnostika AS
id:
0007
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0046/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ff8c0a8f-ffec-4e8d-81f1-b791e619868c
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000004168254
name:
Bergmann kompressor
id:
0003
path:
BBA/A-8384/E/Ed/L0008/0003
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004168254
urn:
a3750833-1b93-42cc-a17e-f02094c24486
name:
Kontrakt og tilbud. Kapillærelektroforese. Bergmann Diognostika AS
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0018/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a3750833-1b93-42cc-a17e-f02094c24486
urn:
248cf09d-1be1-4675-869c-beebe4860000
name:
Kontrakt 020-038d - korr - fellesgruppe for analyseautomater - Bergman Diagnostika a/s
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0140/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/248cf09d-1be1-4675-869c-beebe4860000
urn:
b76a199d-22e8-48bb-9fed-f50a139469aa
name:
Lorentz Bergmann (Lorenz Bergmann)
id:
0014
path:
TMF/A-1002/D/L0001/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
MF vitenskapelig høyskole
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b76a199d-22e8-48bb-9fed-f50a139469aa
urn:
d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
name:
Bodø - Nymo Maskin AS - Norsk sikteduk AS - Norsk Haukultur AS - Nord Norges Salgslag AS - Norlandsbryggeriet AS - Nordland Betongindustri AS - Max Mat AS - Margarinfabrikken Norge - Løvolds industri AS - Landego Fiske - K.S Helligværfisk - Fiskekroken AS
id:
0001
path:
AIN/NFK-23-113/D/Da/L0126/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
urn:
cbcf94c1-1c04-480b-8193-4bec309dc6f3
name:
Bergmann
id:
0003
path:
AAMA/PA-1435/F/L0050/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cbcf94c1-1c04-480b-8193-4bec309dc6f3
urn:
12e24ec5-ddee-428d-af42-7b8776454c20
name:
Bergmann
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-EA-4025/G/L0012b/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/12e24ec5-ddee-428d-af42-7b8776454c20
urn:
b475da11-f7b8-407a-a9b4-ea17611c95b6
name:
Berget - Bergmann
id:
L0051
path:
AV/RA-PA-1008/G/Ga/L0051
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b475da11-f7b8-407a-a9b4-ea17611c95b6
urn:
2ba838a2-79c2-4c1f-a946-f9635bc52ad9
name:
Typograf Bergmann
id:
0116
path:
AAMA/PA-2421/U01/L0001/0116
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2ba838a2-79c2-4c1f-a946-f9635bc52ad9
urn:
9d493a9b-4d52-42cb-92ed-2265c9ddf660
name:
Marie Bergmann
id:
0002
path:
AAMA/PA-2946/X/X01/L0002/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9d493a9b-4d52-42cb-92ed-2265c9ddf660
urn:
dac03f26-5338-4b04-97b3-8d334222cece
name:
Marie Bergmann
id:
0038
path:
AAMA/PA-2946/X/X01/L0003/0038
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dac03f26-5338-4b04-97b3-8d334222cece
urn:
641ec3ad-dd32-4aee-bc03-07c3d37d8e1b
name:
Schult, bergmann
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-EA-4046/H/Håa/L0001/0006/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/641ec3ad-dd32-4aee-bc03-07c3d37d8e1b
urn:
e920b8e5-f005-4250-9577-03b498440e97
name:
Bergmann, David
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-1564/H/Hc/Hcc/L0921/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e920b8e5-f005-4250-9577-03b498440e97
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000001029635
name:
Jakob Bergmann
id:
0003
path:
BBA/A-1759/E/Eg/L0013/0003
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001029635
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000004168742
name:
Bergmann kompressor.
id:
0005
path:
BBA/A-8384/F/L0002/0005
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000004168742
urn:
5a223d83-f43f-4494-a234-6384be3112d3
name:
Odd Bergmann
id:
0007
path:
DRMK/A-1226/I/L0001/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Drammen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a223d83-f43f-4494-a234-6384be3112d3
urn:
ac7defb6-4fba-481d-9b14-e8f4fb66ed90
name:
Bergmann, Peter
id:
0001
path:
NMFK/NMFK-1015/E/Ea/L0002/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ac7defb6-4fba-481d-9b14-e8f4fb66ed90
urn:
no-OFA_arkiv_000000109870
name:
Bergmann, Arnfinn
id:
0019
path:
OFA/ARK/00721/Ua/L0002/0019
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Innlandet fylkesarkiv / IKA Opplandene
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-OFA_arkiv_000000109870
urn:
19b63e99-820d-4334-b67c-3dd4498181ee
name:
Arthur Bergmann ( - )
id:
0086
path:
AAMA/PA-2418/U/U01/L0040/0086
unit_type:
FOTO
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/19b63e99-820d-4334-b67c-3dd4498181ee
urn:
e5e44cc1-b6bc-4f25-9c59-4d253b5ebfe5
name:
Bergmann, Else
id:
0015
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AV/RA-S-1708/E/Ee/Eea/L0021A/0015
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FOTO
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e5e44cc1-b6bc-4f25-9c59-4d253b5ebfe5
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d60f7279-3702-4abc-add5-fadd9d477906
name:
Bergmann, Martin
id:
0016
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AV/RA-S-1708/E/Ee/Eea/L0021A/0016
unit_type:
FOTO
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d60f7279-3702-4abc-add5-fadd9d477906
urn:
88220e5c-b616-4c45-b007-ddc6c2d4c12c
name:
Bergmann, Ruth
id:
0017
path:
AV/RA-S-1708/E/Ee/Eea/L0021A/0017
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FOTO
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88220e5c-b616-4c45-b007-ddc6c2d4c12c
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ba514bc3-9510-4abc-89f5-b3f5ed582394
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Personalmapper Bergmann - Bjerkan
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L0012
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AV/RA-S-5014/P/L0012
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ba514bc3-9510-4abc-89f5-b3f5ed582394
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777c0722-430b-4e91-920d-5b18c0dc12ab
name:
Kvinner: A - Bergmann
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L0012
path:
AV/SAKO-A-117/E/Ea/L0012
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/777c0722-430b-4e91-920d-5b18c0dc12ab

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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