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. 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. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-04T22:47:35Z in 7.939 seconds.

Showing 10 of 113597 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Klæbu kommune. Revisjonen
    id:
    A-1628
  2. name:
    Trygderevisjonen i Rogaland
    id:
    SAST-A-102083
  3. name:
    Ølen kommune - Heradsrevisjon
    id:
    K-101064
  4. name:
    Strinda kommune. Revisjon
    id:
    A-1541
  5. name:
    Distriktsrevisjon i Røros distrikt
    id:
    A-6998
  6. name:
    Albion Star AS, Sandefjord
    id:
    ARS-A-1010
  7. name:
    5 Generelle arbeidsmarkedstiltak - BIO
    id:
    L0030
  8. name:
    Arkiv-nøkler , BIO-medisin, Biomarin-divisjonen
    id:
    0004
  9. name:
    Debio
    id:
    RA-PA-2207
  10. name:
    Bioteknologinemnda
    id:
    RA-S-6687
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total:
113597
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    Klæbu kommune. Revisjonen
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    A-1628
    path:
    TRKO/A-1628
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Trondheim byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad03cf9f-d601-4db2-9e5b-921b3f2e5ded
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    AV/SAST-A-102083
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    ARKIV
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    norge
    digitized_documents:
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    name:
    Ølen kommune - Heradsrevisjon
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    K-101064
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    IKAR/K-101064
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/40da098c-34fd-41ac-99f0-065fbaf4f73d
  4. urn:
    b946abb2-6dd7-4b71-8d99-657a13a579af
    name:
    Strinda kommune. Revisjon
    id:
    A-1541
    path:
    TRKO/A-1541
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Trondheim byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  5. urn:
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    ARKIV
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    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/56536a16-8c64-4a1f-a4cf-2d6800ebb52b
  6. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061224
    name:
    Albion Star AS, Sandefjord
    id:
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    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1010
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
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    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000061224
  7. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    L0030
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    AV/SAT-A-4549/D/L0030
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    STYKKE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/55117f2b-808b-444f-be2e-56ddd8e8a131
  8. urn:
    1e853ec5-b9fa-4974-bdb9-e648fe394e58
    name:
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    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/Z/L0058/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e853ec5-b9fa-4974-bdb9-e648fe394e58
  9. urn:
    ca7a1d20-406d-45d0-b707-e9af7fb76846
    name:
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    path:
    AV/RA-PA-2207
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ca7a1d20-406d-45d0-b707-e9af7fb76846
  10. urn:
    e83d013a-826e-49cc-93dd-0ef72b360ade
    name:
    Bioteknologinemnda
    id:
    RA-S-6687
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6687
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e83d013a-826e-49cc-93dd-0ef72b360ade
  11. urn:
    6e5858e5-4de0-46ce-8691-d111b962fa15
    name:
    Bioforsk Plantehelse
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    RA-S-6950
    path:
    AV/RA-S-6950
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6e5858e5-4de0-46ce-8691-d111b962fa15
  12. urn:
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    AV/SAH-BIO-004
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a383a5aa-3377-45f8-858f-d0f279dbb685
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    AV/SAST-A-102599
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    ARKIV
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a9f1856c-6adb-4c3a-9445-6dee42f1cd69
  14. urn:
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    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1723
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0df873f0-e514-4560-9380-78a218216d3f
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    Bioforsk Nord
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    SATØ-S-1680
    path:
    AV/SATØ-S-1680
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd3e2819-5ea9-436e-be53-bb54f726fcae
  16. urn:
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    NIBIO Svanhovd
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    SATØ-S-1681
    path:
    AV/SATØ-S-1681
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    ARKIV
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/306fe1f8-d0c1-477d-aaa2-d9dbf8f705ed
  17. urn:
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    SAT-A-1724
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1724
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    ARKIV
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c06ea9d4-046d-4f9f-bc09-85b3225ad1b2
  18. urn:
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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.