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 2026-11-01T05:37:07Z in 2.733 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58322 results in compact format.

name:
Cetus AS
id:
0003
name:
Statens nærings- og distriktsutviklingsfond. Cetus AS
id:
0002
name:
Cetus
id:
0002
name:
Cetus
id:
0002
name:
Cetus
id:
0001
name:
Cetus
id:
0026
name:
Cetus
id:
0005
name:
Cetus
id:
0002
name:
Cetus
id:
0001
name:
Cetus
id:
0001

Show all fields in HTML

total:

58322

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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39b58ee0-7dec-42c7-a83d-770c4ee60ec4
name:
Cetus AS
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAB-A-100614 /D/Da/L0179/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/39b58ee0-7dec-42c7-a83d-770c4ee60ec4
urn:
354edb8d-1fa2-42e7-a115-f2465e7a1d6b
name:
Statens nærings- og distriktsutviklingsfond. Cetus AS
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAB-A-100613/D/Da/L0236/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/354edb8d-1fa2-42e7-a115-f2465e7a1d6b
urn:
40fd9479-1c4e-4740-a8e6-94507cc30ad8
name:
Cetus
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2081/G/Gg/L0051/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/40fd9479-1c4e-4740-a8e6-94507cc30ad8
urn:
e3ccce45-6dd9-4237-9cab-74f71c97578f
name:
Cetus
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Db/L0107/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e3ccce45-6dd9-4237-9cab-74f71c97578f
urn:
64b060af-81e8-41e6-87c1-a55267844613
name:
Cetus
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Db/L0108/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/64b060af-81e8-41e6-87c1-a55267844613
urn:
6927c8bc-4111-4257-87da-b63fecba9fc0
name:
Cetus
id:
0026
path:
AV/RA-S-2120/Fal/L0457/0026
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6927c8bc-4111-4257-87da-b63fecba9fc0
urn:
9fd09de1-7daf-488f-9e75-2295be0bbabc
name:
Cetus
id:
0005
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fam/L0486/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9fd09de1-7daf-488f-9e75-2295be0bbabc
urn:
4092b2f9-c5ed-4c31-8204-e05facba4a11
name:
Cetus
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2120/Fan/L0514/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4092b2f9-c5ed-4c31-8204-e05facba4a11
urn:
d5f67dec-825f-4ebb-8728-a5450c06ff0d
name:
Cetus
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0001
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fba/L0064/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5f67dec-825f-4ebb-8728-a5450c06ff0d
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name:
Cetus
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0001
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AV/RA-S-2122/Fb/L0201/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a31e90d7-8361-402e-b50b-5c4211696923
urn:
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name:
Cetus
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-2122/Fb/L0202/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ef119686-8dcb-4ded-81f7-9e240d40b759
urn:
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name:
Cetus
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-2122/Fb/L0203/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/97344cf2-34f3-4966-b73f-fca1ee973bd8
urn:
eb471d5d-05d7-48b2-9358-dec8324cbcb1
name:
S/S "Cetus"
id:
0012
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Da/L0004/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eb471d5d-05d7-48b2-9358-dec8324cbcb1
urn:
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name:
Cetus
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Ds/L0120/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d24f2519-3b17-4922-ac31-6a4e853fecb9
urn:
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name:
Cetus
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0008
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Ea/L0008/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/96c98d90-15df-4653-ae2c-c6a37438e075
urn:
6c6c0e38-1872-4875-94d0-0e26d9176a6d
name:
Cetus
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0007
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AV/RA-S-2131/F/Fa/L0014/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6c6c0e38-1872-4875-94d0-0e26d9176a6d
urn:
bec3a9eb-3d20-4f4a-af6f-a7e486683c12
name:
Cetus
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-2131/F/Fb/L0073/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bec3a9eb-3d20-4f4a-af6f-a7e486683c12
urn:
7a10d04d-1d23-4e35-9978-61e2020c3cd5
name:
Cetus
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2136/F/L0107/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7a10d04d-1d23-4e35-9978-61e2020c3cd5
urn:
780fafe2-acdf-489f-b672-e504ae49fbc4
name:
20 Cetus
id:
0020
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AV/RA-S-2147/Fa/L0002/0020
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/780fafe2-acdf-489f-b672-e504ae49fbc4
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name:
Cetus
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0014
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AV/RA-S-2153/Da/L0005/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed69b8ba-bff5-4080-9ea8-339a21167663
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name:
Cetus
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0005
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AV/RA-S-2451/F/Fc/L0555/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42df19ed-7de8-4b96-bc63-8204835dc063
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cf061491-d9e3-473c-9dba-fdbb066a8914
name:
Cetus. Memorandum
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0009
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AV/RA-S-2117/Fa/L0014/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cf061491-d9e3-473c-9dba-fdbb066a8914
urn:
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name:
Cetus. Diverse
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0011
path:
AV/RA-S-2117/Fa/L0014/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9de8e7a0-b640-49c4-ada7-979c501e2ac9
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S/S Cetus - S/S Dux
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0001
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AV/RA-S-2118/Fd/L0243/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1423aca2-f592-43a4-9e6c-b192f3cc9882
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0005
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unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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

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