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 2026-11-03T08:46:18Z in 4.469 seconds.

Showing 10 of 93459 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Laxefiskernes Specialcomite
    id:
    SAK-D/1589
  2. name:
    "Dante Alighieri" Comitato di Bergen
    id:
    A-5402
  3. name:
    "Dante Alighieri" Comitato di Bergen
    id:
    A-5402
  4. name:
    Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Oslo
    id:
    A-70343
  5. name:
    Borg bispedømme
    id:
    SAO-A-10987
  6. name:
    Borg bispeboligs tilsyn
    id:
    SAO-A-11022
  7. name:
    Valborg Reinsborg
    id:
    H-AS-00495
  8. name:
    Sarpsborg Bygningsarbeiderforening
    id:
    BRMA-1022
  9. name:
    Sarpsborg tingrett
    id:
    SAT-A-10471a
  10. name:
    Bleken, Ingeborg
    id:
    H-A-00565
Show all fields in HTML
total:
93459
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    f406726a-48e4-4136-9e32-d6d4775cff3c
    name:
    Laxefiskernes Specialcomite
    id:
    SAK-D/1589
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/1589
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f406726a-48e4-4136-9e32-d6d4775cff3c
  2. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000379534
    name:
    "Dante Alighieri" Comitato di Bergen
    id:
    A-5402
    path:
    BBA/A-5402
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000379534
  3. urn:
    593982b5-064e-46c5-853d-0b615c2e0046
    name:
    "Dante Alighieri" Comitato di Bergen
    id:
    A-5402
    path:
    SAF/A-5402
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/593982b5-064e-46c5-853d-0b615c2e0046
  4. urn:
    651a2435-58e8-4855-9f8c-c3ba698a0a8c
    name:
    Società Dante Alighieri, Comitato di Oslo
    id:
    A-70343
    path:
    OBA/A-70343
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/651a2435-58e8-4855-9f8c-c3ba698a0a8c
  5. urn:
    980d5d25-f547-49cf-8560-a4661f44bc1d
    name:
    Borg bispedømme
    id:
    SAO-A-10987
    path:
    AV/SAO-A-10987
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/980d5d25-f547-49cf-8560-a4661f44bc1d
  6. urn:
    074a0a64-d524-48f1-b94a-79fbff341e6d
    name:
    Borg bispeboligs tilsyn
    id:
    SAO-A-11022
    path:
    AV/SAO-A-11022
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/074a0a64-d524-48f1-b94a-79fbff341e6d
  7. urn:
    1a5ca73c-00ae-4daa-b791-a3d96764ee14
    name:
    Valborg Reinsborg
    id:
    H-AS-00495
    path:
    OARM/H-AS-00495
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Randsfjordmuseet AS
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1a5ca73c-00ae-4daa-b791-a3d96764ee14
  8. urn:
    3772ac46-9b3e-47b4-815a-21d5910a00f1
    name:
    Sarpsborg Bygningsarbeiderforening
    id:
    BRMA-1022
    path:
    OSTM/BRMA-1022
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3772ac46-9b3e-47b4-815a-21d5910a00f1
  9. urn:
    6a679697-cb62-49ae-a8bc-c179f08f8473
    name:
    Sarpsborg tingrett
    id:
    SAT-A-10471a
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-10471a
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6a679697-cb62-49ae-a8bc-c179f08f8473
  10. urn:
    e825268c-8ba9-48b3-a0c6-ce2074c76f74
    name:
    Bleken, Ingeborg
    id:
    H-A-00565
    path:
    OARM/H-A-00565
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Randsfjordmuseet AS
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e825268c-8ba9-48b3-a0c6-ce2074c76f74
  11. urn:
    0f7e9243-25e7-4236-b066-46f424ce739d
    name:
    Hammersborg asyl
    id:
    A-40007
    path:
    OBA/A-40007
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0f7e9243-25e7-4236-b066-46f424ce739d
  12. urn:
    c052154d-5e36-477b-bd8b-43bb8bdeff23
    name:
    Firma S. Wiborg
    id:
    BKM-A-1019
    path:
    TEMU/BKM-A-1019
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Telemark Museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c052154d-5e36-477b-bd8b-43bb8bdeff23
  13. urn:
    bd79f8aa-64c2-4f17-a6b4-62f76d61d7c4
    name:
    Sarpsborg bygningsarbeiderforening
    id:
    ARK-1922
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1922
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd79f8aa-64c2-4f17-a6b4-62f76d61d7c4
  14. urn:
    3167f7cf-bf5c-44a9-9eca-94c17e14b841
    name:
    Bjarne Borgersen
    id:
    A-0387
    path:
    UBIT/A-0387
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3167f7cf-bf5c-44a9-9eca-94c17e14b841
  15. urn:
    3e832be7-9655-4f22-906c-4e2b3eba0e25
    name:
    Borge kommune. Oppgjørsnemnda
    id:
    B-1038
    path:
    FRKA/B-1038
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Fredrikstad byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3e832be7-9655-4f22-906c-4e2b3eba0e25
  16. urn:
    82aadc1e-4494-4ada-9659-0f81c5c68f58
    name:
    Borge kommune. Hestenemnda
    id:
    B-1039
    path:
    FRKA/B-1039
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Fredrikstad byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/82aadc1e-4494-4ada-9659-0f81c5c68f58
  17. urn:
    3ba6a31f-381a-4a9c-ae78-7b5f3de72e01
    name:
    Sarpsborg og omegns Murerforening
    id:
    BRMA-1025
    path:
    OSTM/BRMA-1025
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3ba6a31f-381a-4a9c-ae78-7b5f3de72e01
  18. urn:
    44cb9960-1ee2-47e5-a433-1f002595bd8c
    name:
    Selbak kvinnelag av Borge arbeiderparti
    id:
    BRMA-1054
    path:
    OSTM/BRMA-1054
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/44cb9960-1ee2-47e5-a433-1f002595bd8c
  19. urn:
    b1d4c0e7-4b71-42b1-bc59-f0426a633cbd
    name:
    Den norske sjømannsmisjon i utlandet / Gøteborg (Sverige)
    id:
    SAB-PA-0109
    path:
    AV/SAB-PA-0109
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    sverige
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b1d4c0e7-4b71-42b1-bc59-f0426a633cbd
  20. urn:
    4a0fe949-1215-4c2f-9135-f876bb91fa2d
    name:
    Drammens Borgerlige Arbeiderforening
    id:
    A-1073
    path:
    DRMK/A-1073
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Drammen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4a0fe949-1215-4c2f-9135-f876bb91fa2d
  21. urn:
    ee2bd5bc-8a84-4e7a-b890-e428eb7f0376
    name:
    Selbak og Kjølberg avd. av Borge Arbeiderparti
    id:
    BRMA-1056
    path:
    OSTM/BRMA-1056
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ee2bd5bc-8a84-4e7a-b890-e428eb7f0376
  22. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000012346
    name:
    Smergelverkstedet. Johannes Borg sliper pokaler
    id:
    0003
    path:
    VEMU/A-1037/Ub/Uba/L0001/0009/0003
    unit_type:
    Foto
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000012346
  23. urn:
    90b79cc7-5e91-49ce-bb08-fff6bc33ffe9
    name:
    AS Borg
    id:
    P-00551
    path:
    IKAM/P-00551
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Møre og Romsdal
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/90b79cc7-5e91-49ce-bb08-fff6bc33ffe9
  24. urn:
    a56f9066-41fd-4da3-b8ed-7adcf11bff5f
    name:
    Borg stiftsdireksjon I
    id:
    AS-11505
    path:
    AV/AS-11505
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Ved "lov" nr. 5 av 21. mai 1942 om deling av Oslo bispedømme ble det med virkning fra 01.07.1942 opprettet et Borg bispedømme, som omfattet Østfold og Akershus fylker med unntak av Aker og Follo domssokn. Fylkesmannen i Østfold gikk inn som medlem av Borg Stiftsdireksjon. Borg bispedømme ble nedlagt...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a56f9066-41fd-4da3-b8ed-7adcf11bff5f
  25. urn:
    3da9009a-d176-45f4-b524-26b20ec05745
    name:
    Borg skoledirektør
    id:
    AS-11495
    path:
    AV/AS-11495
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Borg skoledirektør (1942-1945) omfattet fylkene Akershus og Østfold. Innenfor Akershus fylke hørte Aker og Follo til Oslo skoledirektør.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3da9009a-d176-45f4-b524-26b20ec05745
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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

  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.

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