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. 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 2026-11-14T19:05:23Z in 0.278 seconds.

Showing 10 of 124263 results in compact format.

name:
Tandberg Data AS
id:
P-16888
name:
På vegne av Delfi Data AS
id:
Eea
name:
Konsesjonssøknad - I.C.H. Industrial & Commercial Holding AS.
id:
0001
name:
Tandberg Data AS
id:
RA-PA-1905
name:
Veslefrikk Commercial Committee (3)
id:
0004
name:
Veslefrikk Commercial Committee (2)
id:
0003
name:
Veslefrikk Commercial Committee (4)
id:
0001
name:
2173 - Snøhvit commercial status 1991, arbeidsfil Philippe Antoine
id:
0005
name:
Commercial Union Ass.
id:
0011
name:
Commercial Union Ass.
id:
0001

Show all fields in HTML

total:

124263

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
c1c3164c-ddcc-4b6d-9e7c-d92b746ba10e
name:
Tandberg Data AS
id:
P-16888
path:
AV/P-16888
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Tandberg Data ble stiftet 22. mars 1979 som en videreføring av datadivisjonen i Tandbergs Radiofabrikk. Tandberg Radiofabrikk var da blitt erklært konkurs noen måneder tidliger, i desember 1978. Protokollene, som er avlevert av tidligere ansatt Svein Frodahl, dokumenterer dermed overgangen mellom de...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c1c3164c-ddcc-4b6d-9e7c-d92b746ba10e
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000003793034
name:
På vegne av Delfi Data AS
id:
Eea
path:
BBA/A-3563/7168/7874/E/Ee/Eea
unit_type:
Serie
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003793034
urn:
f6ef7a87-f10c-4283-ba82-47b4b7582e14
name:
Konsesjonssøknad - I.C.H. Industrial & Commercial Holding AS.
id:
0001
path:
IKAH/1247-021/D/Dd/L0450/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
IKA Hordaland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6ef7a87-f10c-4283-ba82-47b4b7582e14
urn:
4b8ab188-a9f8-4007-ab46-3ffb52312036
name:
Tandberg Data AS
id:
RA-PA-1905
path:
AV/RA-PA-1905
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4b8ab188-a9f8-4007-ab46-3ffb52312036
urn:
ad29bdd6-9dca-4cc9-a8af-fa6a01808b68
name:
Veslefrikk Commercial Committee (3)
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAST-A-101252/F/L0004/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad29bdd6-9dca-4cc9-a8af-fa6a01808b68
urn:
667b19d2-fbc6-46b5-b4b0-32098e85363c
name:
Veslefrikk Commercial Committee (2)
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAST-A-101252/F/L0004/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/667b19d2-fbc6-46b5-b4b0-32098e85363c
urn:
55427e89-6788-4db6-b346-ce6efc44e785
name:
Veslefrikk Commercial Committee (4)
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-101252/F/L0005/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/55427e89-6788-4db6-b346-ce6efc44e785
urn:
72fdf910-8412-4130-a86e-e99f2356e368
name:
2173 - Snøhvit commercial status 1991, arbeidsfil Philippe Antoine
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0021/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72fdf910-8412-4130-a86e-e99f2356e368
urn:
0cef5f37-a551-4521-97b6-b8aecd5623f4
name:
Commercial Union Ass.
id:
0011
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Da/L0163/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0cef5f37-a551-4521-97b6-b8aecd5623f4
urn:
8a133192-15cc-43ad-bfd4-6850f2bff84d
name:
Commercial Union Ass.
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Da/L0164/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8a133192-15cc-43ad-bfd4-6850f2bff84d
urn:
880c2510-c3c6-4ff1-bcc3-f7e148278fb7
name:
Skogbrukets og skogindustriens datasentral (Skog-Data as)
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2472/E/L0750/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/880c2510-c3c6-4ff1-bcc3-f7e148278fb7
urn:
71672832-c497-4f05-971e-ac6704f1901c
name:
Frigg Commercial I, arbeidsfil Jacques Merour, Christophe Miaux (1)
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fe/L0066/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/71672832-c497-4f05-971e-ac6704f1901c
urn:
3fcb386a-d730-4356-8b9f-122c822fd17f
name:
Lokal Database og Dal-Data AS - møtereferat, notater
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAT-PA-0941/Y/Yg/L0007/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3fcb386a-d730-4356-8b9f-122c822fd17f
urn:
72dfb090-76f4-4bb6-8f87-4c897045f6f6
name:
Data Invest AS
id:
L0033b
path:
AV/RA-PA-1339/I/L0033b
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72dfb090-76f4-4bb6-8f87-4c897045f6f6
urn:
3616e83d-5964-4f81-a437-c1ce379fb668
name:
Data Document AS
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-1194/D/Dc/L0004/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3616e83d-5964-4f81-a437-c1ce379fb668
urn:
8862cd34-40ae-4055-ad40-238c6c723a33
name:
Skog - Data AS
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-PA-1701/D/Da/L0085/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8862cd34-40ae-4055-ad40-238c6c723a33
urn:
30387fd5-38d0-4f2f-9783-73376ad734ce
name:
Skog - Data AS
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-PA-1701/D/Da/L0086/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/30387fd5-38d0-4f2f-9783-73376ad734ce
urn:
07fa06b9-82ca-4455-932f-1c2c55ced2c3
name:
Skog - Data AS
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1701/D/Da/L0086/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/07fa06b9-82ca-4455-932f-1c2c55ced2c3
urn:
809a5d3b-149a-4317-8825-11ba232fed15
name:
Norsk Data AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0134/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/809a5d3b-149a-4317-8825-11ba232fed15
urn:
058f30b0-3752-4d25-aa35-f331d1d61717
name:
Hydro Data AS
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-1728/D/Da/L0710/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/058f30b0-3752-4d25-aa35-f331d1d61717
urn:
402b0f50-cb51-4b7d-841c-c16a88ecba35
name:
Tandberg Data AS
id:
0015
path:
AV/RA-S-4173/H/Hb/L0002/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/402b0f50-cb51-4b7d-841c-c16a88ecba35
urn:
73c12a6b-fa48-4bff-9ddb-1a684b7f8bef
name:
Scandinavian Data AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0075/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/73c12a6b-fa48-4bff-9ddb-1a684b7f8bef
urn:
1802c082-a2cf-42fd-83fa-b199acdb0c13
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Sam-data AS
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0075/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1802c082-a2cf-42fd-83fa-b199acdb0c13
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a28f0a02-a1d4-4dba-97aa-6dff2f51eb86
name:
Skrivervik Data AS
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0008
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AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0075/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a28f0a02-a1d4-4dba-97aa-6dff2f51eb86
urn:
531fb479-0b54-4ca0-91e5-3d408e346176
name:
TF-data AS
id:
0010
path:
AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0076/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/531fb479-0b54-4ca0-91e5-3d408e346176

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