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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-01T20:49:21Z in 1.825 seconds.

Showing 10 of 60234 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Pa 258 - N. Bugge AS
    id:
    A-1326
  2. name:
    Pa 880 - Norske Alliance AS, N. Bugge agentur, Tønsberg
    id:
    A-2029
  3. name:
    Augustin Bugge
    id:
    SAK-D/0463
  4. name:
    Danielsen, Jørgen Bugge. Advokat
    id:
    PA-1867
  5. name:
    Bugge seilmakerverksted og skipsrederi, Mandal
    id:
    SAK-D/1442
  6. name:
    N. Bugge AS
    id:
    Akt-1326
  7. name:
    Pa 1225 - Firma Iver Bugge
    id:
    A-2446
  8. name:
    Bugge, Alexander
    id:
    RA-PA-1663
  9. name:
    Bugge-Paulsen, Rolf (Norsk Esperanto-Forbund)
    id:
    RA-PA-0872
  10. name:
    Bugge, Peter Mathias
    id:
    SAH-ARK-070
Show all fields in HTML
total:
60234
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000021
    name:
    Pa 258 - N. Bugge AS
    id:
    A-1326
    path:
    VEMU/A-1326
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    5
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000021
  2. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000001784
    name:
    Pa 880 - Norske Alliance AS, N. Bugge agentur, Tønsberg
    id:
    A-2029
    path:
    VEMU/A-2029
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000001784
  3. urn:
    82c412f5-3791-4c7e-bb4d-994f7558788a
    name:
    Augustin Bugge
    id:
    SAK-D/0463
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/0463
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/82c412f5-3791-4c7e-bb4d-994f7558788a
  4. urn:
    01580c82-4a3c-488e-8a4b-ed1ef5a8e366
    name:
    Danielsen, Jørgen Bugge. Advokat
    id:
    PA-1867
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1867
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/01580c82-4a3c-488e-8a4b-ed1ef5a8e366
  5. urn:
    f25d8f51-c631-4430-b228-70e872e76aad
    name:
    Bugge seilmakerverksted og skipsrederi, Mandal
    id:
    SAK-D/1442
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/1442
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f25d8f51-c631-4430-b228-70e872e76aad
  6. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000022
    name:
    N. Bugge AS
    id:
    Akt-1326
    path:
    VEMU/Akt-1326
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Firmaet N. Bugge ble etablert av Niels Bugge (f. 1823 i Våle) i 1852 i Tønsberg, den gang som kolonial og skipshandel. Det ble en næringsvirksomhet som kom til å spenne fra skipshandel og partsrederi over hvalfangst i Sydishavet, til internasjonal shipping etter 1970. I internasjonal hvalfangsthisto...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000022
  7. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000094309
    name:
    Pa 1225 - Firma Iver Bugge
    id:
    A-2446
    path:
    VEMU/A-2446
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000094309
  8. urn:
    76b91cfb-246c-4206-ad8b-6cd882eb6221
    name:
    Bugge, Alexander
    id:
    RA-PA-1663
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1663
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/76b91cfb-246c-4206-ad8b-6cd882eb6221
  9. urn:
    95a8a5b3-5708-46b4-8c03-f13d899aee1c
    name:
    Bugge-Paulsen, Rolf (Norsk Esperanto-Forbund)
    id:
    RA-PA-0872
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0872
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95a8a5b3-5708-46b4-8c03-f13d899aee1c
  10. urn:
    882a3f55-2aea-42c8-bc00-3e0f50136748
    name:
    Bugge, Peter Mathias
    id:
    SAH-ARK-070
    path:
    AV/SAH-ARK-070
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/882a3f55-2aea-42c8-bc00-3e0f50136748
  11. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000094298
    name:
    Iver Bugge Management AS
    id:
    Akt-2440
    path:
    VEMU/Akt-2440
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Iver Bugge Management AS ble stiftet 20.12.1982 som et datterselskap til Skips-Aktieselskapet Nanset. Selskapets formål var å bestyre skip og skipsfartsselskaper samt deltagelse i andre selskaper med samme formål. Selskapets aksjekapital var 50.000 kr fordelt på 500 aksjer, Nanset eide samtlige aksj...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000094298
  12. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000005896
    name:
    Pa 739 - F. A. Bugge, AS
    id:
    A-1853
    path:
    VEMU/A-1853
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000005896
  13. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000079657
    name:
    Fritz Bugge, AS
    id:
    VFA-A-1195
    path:
    VEMU/VFA-A-1195
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000079657
  14. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000056
    name:
    Pa 519 - Bugge & Krogh-Hansen, Interessentskap
    id:
    A-1593
    path:
    VEMU/A-1593
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    3
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000056
  15. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000996
    name:
    Pa 259 - N. R. Bugge AS, skipsaksjeselskap
    id:
    A-1327
    path:
    VEMU/A-1327
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000996
  16. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000115
    name:
    Pa 666 - AS N. Bugge, Kristiania
    id:
    A-1775
    path:
    VEMU/A-1775
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000115
  17. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000094297
    name:
    Pa 1219 - Iver Bugge Management AS
    id:
    A-2440
    path:
    VEMU/A-2440
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000094297
  18. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000079728
    name:
    Fritz Bugge, AS
    id:
    VFA-Akt-1195
    path:
    VEMU/VFA-Akt-1195
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Fritz Bugge AS skipshandel hadde kontorer i Storgaten i Larvik. Forretningen ble startet i 1932 som et aksjeselskap med Arthur Jensen som disponent. Virksomheten var blant annet knyttet til handel innen skipsutstyr, malervarer og bygningsartikler.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000079728
  19. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000001264
    name:
    AS N. Bugge - kontrakter
    id:
    0004
    path:
    VEMU/A-1326/D/Dc/L0017/0004
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000001264
  20. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000001785
    name:
    Norske Alliance AS, N. Bugge agentur - Tønsberg
    id:
    Akt-2029
    path:
    VEMU/Akt-2029
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    I mars 1912 overtar N. Bugge agenturet i sjø- og brannforsikring fra AS Norske Alliance i Oslo. Ett år tidligere var Norske Alliance etablert, med kontorer i både Oslo, Bergen og Trondheim. Det var forsikringsloven av 29. juni 1911, som var foranledningen til etableringen av selskapet. Med loven ful...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000001785
  21. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000057
    name:
    Bugge & Krogh Hansen, Interessentskap
    id:
    Akt-1593
    path:
    VEMU/Akt-1593
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    I 1940 ble firmaet N. Bugge oppløst og virksomheten videreført som aksjeselskap med påfølgende navneendring til AS N. Bugge. Fra samme dato ble IS Bugge & Krogh-Hansen etablert. Selskapet overtok alle de hvalfangstforretninger som firmaet N. Bugge hadde forvaltet gjennom de fire innehaverne: Finn B...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000057
  22. urn:
    d42bcd72-cd24-48e8-8446-d664ba9b4531
    name:
    Sigrid Bugge
    id:
    A-11-173
    path:
    AIN/A-11-173
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d42bcd72-cd24-48e8-8446-d664ba9b4531
  23. urn:
    0e266972-5cbb-4ece-ae7f-49910d15a88e
    name:
    John Bugge
    id:
    A-14-109
    path:
    AIN/A-14-109
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0e266972-5cbb-4ece-ae7f-49910d15a88e
  24. urn:
    8fda0216-02d1-46dc-838b-696e0bf3a22d
    name:
    Bugge, Sten
    id:
    MA-A-1141
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1141
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8fda0216-02d1-46dc-838b-696e0bf3a22d
  25. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000005894
    name:
    Pa 521 - N.R.Bugge ships AS II
    id:
    A-1595
    path:
    VEMU/A-1595
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000005894
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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.

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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.