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, 1-100 (default 25). 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 2026-11-02T14:01:35Z in 1.291 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58245 results in compact format.

name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0624
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0625
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0626
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0627
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0628
name:
Christiania Bypost
id:
0001
name:
Aust-Agder Bypost
id:
0001
name:
Diverse BYPOST 1981, regional frimerkeutstilling
id:
L0007
name:
Særtjenester. Frimerker. Andre spørsmål om filateli. Bypost og lokalpost
id:
0008
name:
Særtjenester. Frimerker. Andre spørsmål om filateli. Bypost og lokalpost. Bouvetøya
id:
0006

Show all fields in HTML

total:

58245

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
769d9720-1f6e-43cb-a5bb-ba5ff5d72aa4
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0624
path:
AV/RA-S-1116/R/Ra/L0624
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/769d9720-1f6e-43cb-a5bb-ba5ff5d72aa4
urn:
daa5bfae-6577-4793-bad3-ecea04295574
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0625
path:
AV/RA-S-1116/R/Ra/L0625
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/daa5bfae-6577-4793-bad3-ecea04295574
urn:
0727a6e4-1254-4801-aa14-703945b4c0e7
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0626
path:
AV/RA-S-1116/R/Ra/L0626
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0727a6e4-1254-4801-aa14-703945b4c0e7
urn:
783069a0-1bb7-498e-b178-1b58016af559
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0627
path:
AV/RA-S-1116/R/Ra/L0627
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/783069a0-1bb7-498e-b178-1b58016af559
urn:
3a7cdef4-eb55-4efd-891b-80849ec8fbd3
name:
Christiania bypost
id:
L0628
path:
AV/RA-S-1116/R/Ra/L0628
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3a7cdef4-eb55-4efd-891b-80849ec8fbd3
urn:
ef6db9a3-7e3c-4242-9415-8225f6f0834a
name:
Christiania Bypost
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-EA-4046/I/L0009/0001/0002/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ef6db9a3-7e3c-4242-9415-8225f6f0834a
urn:
86064957-b62f-4869-b225-7c653588b1ab
name:
Aust-Agder Bypost
id:
0001
path:
AAMA/PA-1319/F/L0043/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/86064957-b62f-4869-b225-7c653588b1ab
urn:
9fb098f3-d795-476c-b22e-ced190295f05
name:
Diverse BYPOST 1981, regional frimerkeutstilling
id:
L0007
path:
AV/SATØ-P-0558/D/L0007
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9fb098f3-d795-476c-b22e-ced190295f05
urn:
f6bd7232-7a07-4594-8323-c6bb410aff9e
name:
Særtjenester. Frimerker. Andre spørsmål om filateli. Bypost og lokalpost
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-S-4958/D/L0028/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6bd7232-7a07-4594-8323-c6bb410aff9e
urn:
b3f481d6-064a-4393-b418-b023f3a0c3e0
name:
Særtjenester. Frimerker. Andre spørsmål om filateli. Bypost og lokalpost. Bouvetøya
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-4958/D/L0028/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b3f481d6-064a-4393-b418-b023f3a0c3e0
urn:
c4620f9f-2b3a-46be-977e-3014fb377877
name:
Særtjenester. Frimerker. Andre spørsmål om filateli. Bypost og lokalpost. Hustadvika og Kongsberg
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-S-4958/D/L0028/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c4620f9f-2b3a-46be-977e-3014fb377877
urn:
480f7c73-0eae-4ad0-a1aa-02d52ed2164d
name:
Gamlebyposten
id:
L0001
path:
OBA/A-10393/X/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/480f7c73-0eae-4ad0-a1aa-02d52ed2164d
urn:
6d3fc8ff-bd33-46f5-9513-6ad24c993f89
name:
Byposten, poststempel
id:
0007
path:
AAMA/PA-1669/Y/Y01/L0003/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6d3fc8ff-bd33-46f5-9513-6ad24c993f89
urn:
065fa44a-6882-40e3-a3c3-831b05a8afe0
name:
Egenproduserte trykksaker, Gamlebyposten
id:
X
path:
OBA/A-10393/X
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/065fa44a-6882-40e3-a3c3-831b05a8afe0
urn:
d888c7c9-af16-479a-8ab9-c77e5ff9ca2b
name:
Frimerker m v. Returmerker, bypostmerker, falske merker. Utgivelsesår 1939
id:
0024
path:
AV/RA-S-4958/G/Ga/L0005/0024
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d888c7c9-af16-479a-8ab9-c77e5ff9ca2b
urn:
6ff12c04-5fb1-4eec-8a85-b71915031e7c
name:
Redaktør Per Hovengen (Byposten), klage over Drammen Meieri
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-PA-0835/2/D/Db/L0008/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6ff12c04-5fb1-4eec-8a85-b71915031e7c
urn:
ba75a855-e24a-4964-ac79-6785ffa96d20
name:
Frimerker m v. Returmerker, bypostmerker, falske merker, portomerker. Utgivelsesår 1872 - 1923
id:
0025
path:
AV/RA-S-4958/G/Ga/L0005/0025
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ba75a855-e24a-4964-ac79-6785ffa96d20
urn:
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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:
b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
name:
Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
id:
E
path:
AV/RA-PA-1488/E
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
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6343c273-4af5-4064-9743-6928d4ae0380
name:
Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
id:
Ea
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AV/RA-PA-1488/E/Ea
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SERIE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6343c273-4af5-4064-9743-6928d4ae0380
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28820749-a8f4-4460-a946-585c89cfe081
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Aksjonæravtale Haakon Koch - Otto Koch AS.
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0005
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AIN/A-19-180/F/Fa/L0003/0005
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MAPPE
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Arkiv i Nordland
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28820749-a8f4-4460-a946-585c89cfe081
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Utklippsbok Pyrox AS
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L0007
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VEMU/A-2939/Z/Ze/L0007
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Stykke
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Vestfoldarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000164394
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no-VEMU_arkiv_000000110797
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Årsberetninger AS Ørnen og AS Nor
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L0001
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Stykke
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Vestfoldarkivet
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0
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0007
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AAB/ARK-1641/E/Eh/L0005/0007
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
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0
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Avdeling 9, medlem 12337 - yrkesskade. Bedrift 710969 Ringnes AS Arendal Bryggeri. Saksnummer: 19.02.2007-13628
id:
0001
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AAB/ARK-1641/E/Eh/L0006/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4db12553-b9d5-4731-bd0b-532ef93efccf

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