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 2026-11-13T14:31:34Z in 0.344 seconds.

Showing 10 of 94954 results in compact format.

name:
Norges Statsbaner, Baneavdelingen, Jernbaneanleggenes sakfører
id:
RA-S-4144
name:
Eggen, Edvard Oldus
id:
SAT-PA-0187
name:
Busch Maskin og Montering Verkstedklubb
id:
BRMA-1023
name:
Eggen, Egil H.
id:
MA-A-1253
name:
Maskinførerskolen for landbruk
id:
NFK-07-101
name:
Norges Statsbaner, Maskinavdelingen
id:
RA-S-5523
name:
Norges Tekniske Høyskole - NTH - Institutt for marint maskineri
id:
SAT-A-5428
name:
Eggen, Edvard
id:
NOMA-AKT-1165
name:
Eggen sanitetsforening
id:
NOMA-A-0053
name:
Eggen, Edvard
id:
NOMA-A-1073

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total:

94954

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
95363d78-ef8a-46ae-b988-3ad4640a00b7
name:
Norges Statsbaner, Baneavdelingen, Jernbaneanleggenes sakfører
id:
RA-S-4144
path:
AV/RA-S-4144
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95363d78-ef8a-46ae-b988-3ad4640a00b7
urn:
95e4951c-fb6b-443e-9fa6-84628184f712
name:
Eggen, Edvard Oldus
id:
SAT-PA-0187
path:
AV/SAT-PA-0187
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95e4951c-fb6b-443e-9fa6-84628184f712
urn:
43f9cc28-2929-49fc-b276-cf3effee141f
name:
Busch Maskin og Montering Verkstedklubb
id:
BRMA-1023
path:
OSTM/BRMA-1023
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Østfoldmuseene
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/43f9cc28-2929-49fc-b276-cf3effee141f
urn:
150e4952-47b7-455c-a89e-90bb9c79da2c
name:
Eggen, Egil H.
id:
MA-A-1253
path:
VID/MA-A-1253
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/150e4952-47b7-455c-a89e-90bb9c79da2c
urn:
0f96d71b-ea04-4370-8305-fe07e90d628c
name:
Maskinførerskolen for landbruk
id:
NFK-07-101
path:
AIN/NFK-07-101
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0f96d71b-ea04-4370-8305-fe07e90d628c
urn:
6bbac295-80b8-4905-9e23-88b6b86efd23
name:
Norges Statsbaner, Maskinavdelingen
id:
RA-S-5523
path:
AV/RA-S-5523
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6bbac295-80b8-4905-9e23-88b6b86efd23
urn:
38c9419f-c0ac-47e9-9a6e-dbc672481fad
name:
Norges Tekniske Høyskole - NTH - Institutt for marint maskineri
id:
SAT-A-5428
path:
AV/SAT-A-5428
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/38c9419f-c0ac-47e9-9a6e-dbc672481fad
urn:
07221c78-8d5f-4604-b3f5-ad6b3f755509
name:
Eggen, Edvard
id:
NOMA-AKT-1165
path:
ANNO/NOMA-AKT-1165
unit_type:
Person
institution:
Anno museum
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Edvard Eggen var født i Os i Østerdalen. Han arbeidde i NSB. Eggen og familien bodde på Lysaker i Oslo. Han var aktiv i Østerdalslaget i Oslo, også ei tid formann, og likså aktiv i B.U.L. (bondeungdomslaget) i Oslo. Eggen var en samfunnsengasjert samler og skribent. Han hadde god kontakt med he...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/07221c78-8d5f-4604-b3f5-ad6b3f755509
urn:
b6576555-ef00-419b-b42b-99b83919953d
name:
Eggen sanitetsforening
id:
NOMA-A-0053
path:
ANNO/NOMA-A-0053
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Anno museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b6576555-ef00-419b-b42b-99b83919953d
urn:
9caf5e3e-6d60-4752-90ab-70a50c0c4a3d
name:
Eggen, Edvard
id:
NOMA-A-1073
path:
ANNO/NOMA-A-1073
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Anno museum
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9caf5e3e-6d60-4752-90ab-70a50c0c4a3d
urn:
8c052520-f0dd-43a2-b52c-93267f4adc91
name:
Johan Eggen
id:
PA-1069
path:
TRKO/PA-1069
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8c052520-f0dd-43a2-b52c-93267f4adc91
urn:
fe53b2b3-2ec0-4385-af2a-859584eb1b15
name:
Johan Eggen
id:
AKT-1364
path:
TRKO/AKT-1364
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Byingeniør Johan Daniel Eggen (19.07.1916 i Namsos - 6.4.1999 ), sønn av veisjef Johannes Eggen og Inga Høyslo. Han ble utdannet sivilingeniør ved NTH, Bygningsingeniøravdelingen 1940. Ekstraing. Statens veivesen Østfold 1940- 41, ass.ing. Veivesenets brokontor 1941- 44, Statens veivesen, Oppland ...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe53b2b3-2ec0-4385-af2a-859584eb1b15
urn:
1ad1c8c9-fa0a-4d97-ae2c-262f2cee9d66
name:
"Porten" på Øver-Eggen [oppmålingstegning]
id:
7328
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/7328
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ad1c8c9-fa0a-4d97-ae2c-262f2cee9d66
urn:
b2837f49-8328-4049-9375-32093332ba81
name:
Trym Staal Eggen
id:
BH-AKT-1053
path:
TEMU/BH-AKT-1053
unit_type:
Person
institution:
Telemark Museum
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Sønn av motstandsmannen Kjell Staal Eggen
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2837f49-8328-4049-9375-32093332ba81
urn:
a437420a-8648-4af4-9552-d96e33062928
name:
Tuna på Nedre Eggen [oppmålingstegning]
id:
7330
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/7330
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a437420a-8648-4af4-9552-d96e33062928
urn:
1ba29699-4300-449b-bb0f-6339bed19021
name:
Unddbu på Nedre Eggen (Ne' Eggja) [oppmålingstegning]
id:
7331
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/7331
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ba29699-4300-449b-bb0f-6339bed19021
urn:
31737539-9cff-4719-86e4-b2bec4bd6fd5
name:
Brev fra Arne Eggen til Paul Okkenhaug
id:
0002
path:
UBIT/A-0353/G/L0003/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/31737539-9cff-4719-86e4-b2bec4bd6fd5
urn:
ee30d4e0-7aed-43a6-b5cc-b5f9bc95ffcb
name:
Låve og tunet på Nedre Eggen (Ne' Eggja) [oppmålingstegning]
id:
7329
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/7329
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ee30d4e0-7aed-43a6-b5cc-b5f9bc95ffcb
urn:
b55e4cca-15ea-4326-a124-6892043c5f81
name:
Distriktsveterinær Heggenhaugen
id:
RA-PA-2056
path:
AV/RA-PA-2056
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b55e4cca-15ea-4326-a124-6892043c5f81
urn:
73c38d69-be98-434f-b2ac-6698944bec35
name:
Ankenes kommune.Veggen skole
id:
K-18550.510.05
path:
AIN/K-18550.510.05
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/73c38d69-be98-434f-b2ac-6698944bec35
urn:
a782c659-7e7d-4f2a-8faa-57136c34500d
name:
Heggen og Frøland tingrett
id:
SAO-A-10208
path:
AV/SAO-A-10208
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a782c659-7e7d-4f2a-8faa-57136c34500d
urn:
4749ec3e-c601-4531-b0b8-09c800614baa
name:
Heggen og Frøland forliksråd
id:
SAO-A-10815
path:
AV/SAO-A-10815
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4749ec3e-c601-4531-b0b8-09c800614baa
urn:
87fa5c09-01f8-4a3e-9378-2893b17be958
name:
Heggen og Frøland sorenskriveri I
id:
SAO-A-11556
path:
AV/SAO-A-11556
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/87fa5c09-01f8-4a3e-9378-2893b17be958
urn:
265432be-90c6-41f4-8000-38e291ea1d8e
name:
Heggen og Frøland tingrett
id:
SAT-A-10208
path:
AV/SAT-A-10208
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/265432be-90c6-41f4-8000-38e291ea1d8e
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000085286
name:
Eidfjordanleggenes fagforening, avd. 21
id:
A-2302
path:
BBA/A-2302
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000085286

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