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 2026-11-01T03:48:06Z in 2.148 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58241 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Karel Babčický. The parser output. L2 as expected by the semantic checker of the frontend compiler. 1979.
    id:
    0064
  2. name:
    Brustuen Family Orchard - Compiled by Annie J. Olson
    id:
    0005
  3. name:
    The North Sea. Compiled from the most recent surveys
    id:
    L0303
  4. name:
    Various clippings from Byrd's Antarctic Expedition, compiled by Sabra Grace deWitt
    id:
    0001
  5. name:
    ... and the Hebrides or lewis Islands Compiled from the Most Recent Surveys
    id:
    L0196
  6. name:
    "Kinetic theory and statistical mechanics", compiled by Don E. Harrison, Jr., 1952 (Sec. III. a. no. 37)
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    Stein Krogdahl. Installation guide for the front end compiler of the S-Port system. 1981.
    id:
    0066
  8. name:
    "Statistical mechanics course", lecture notes compiled by Robert Nyden Hill (Sec. III. a. no. 55). Letter from R.N. Hill
    id:
    0004
  9. name:
    Stein Krogdahl og Birger Møller-Pedersen. Treatment of the block and declaration structure in the front end compiler. 1981.
    id:
    0070
  10. name:
    Jacob Palme. Benchmark evaluations of the 360/370 SIMULA compiler. INF har kopi. Original hos Riksarkivet. Försvarets forskningsanstalt, 1974. 12 s.
    id:
    0166
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58241
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Karel Babčický. The parser output. L2 as expected by the semantic checker of the frontend compiler. 1979.
    id:
    0064
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    AV/RA-PA-1398/F/Fz/L0006/0064
    unit_type:
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    country:
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    name:
    Brustuen Family Orchard - Compiled by Annie J. Olson
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    digitized_documents:
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  3. urn:
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    name:
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  4. urn:
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    name:
    Various clippings from Byrd's Antarctic Expedition, compiled by Sabra Grace deWitt
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  5. urn:
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    name:
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  6. urn:
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    name:
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  7. urn:
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    name:
    Stein Krogdahl. Installation guide for the front end compiler of the S-Port system. 1981.
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  8. urn:
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    name:
    "Statistical mechanics course", lecture notes compiled by Robert Nyden Hill (Sec. III. a. no. 55). Letter from R.N. Hill
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  9. urn:
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  10. urn:
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    name:
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  11. urn:
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    name:
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  12. urn:
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has_more_results:
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25
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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.

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  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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