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 2026-10-23T05:24:49Z in 0.744 seconds.

Showing 10 of 83337 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    NHM 530. Fotosamling. Olav Børge Elkjær
    id:
    NHM-530
  2. name:
    Børge Brevhus
    id:
    US-1001
  3. name:
    Sa 36 - Regnskapsprotokoller fra kjøpemenn-isenkram i Holmestrand
    id:
    A-2298
  4. name:
    PA-0993, Børge Roan AS
    id:
    A-2083
  5. name:
    Børge Munk Jensen (Overhalla)
    id:
    A1003
  6. name:
    Stranda kommune. Kontrollutval for sal og skjenking av alkohol
    id:
    K-15250.151.10
  7. name:
    Holmenkollens vel
    id:
    A-70206
  8. name:
    H. J. Geelmuydens Enkes Officin og Forlag
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0413
  9. name:
    Strand kommune - Strand praktiske framhaldsskole
    id:
    A-172
  10. name:
    Børge Brevhus
    id:
    AKT-1001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
83337
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    85b48359-bf47-4f12-859e-68fd7101e6ef
    name:
    NHM 530. Fotosamling. Olav Børge Elkjær
    id:
    NHM-530
    path:
    NHM/NHM-530
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/85b48359-bf47-4f12-859e-68fd7101e6ef
  2. urn:
    056226cf-bbd3-4794-ab1d-6bf33e3a4934
    name:
    Børge Brevhus
    id:
    US-1001
    path:
    AFM/US-1001
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/056226cf-bbd3-4794-ab1d-6bf33e3a4934
  3. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000078640
    name:
    Sa 36 - Regnskapsprotokoller fra kjøpemenn-isenkram i Holmestrand
    id:
    A-2298
    path:
    VEMU/A-2298
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000078640
  4. urn:
    4929ccb3-6e68-4075-8b1f-67bbc900c387
    name:
    PA-0993, Børge Roan AS
    id:
    A-2083
    path:
    BYST/A-2083
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Stavanger Byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4929ccb3-6e68-4075-8b1f-67bbc900c387
  5. urn:
    0f468297-1f09-48bf-8699-d3fb9ef4d62d
    name:
    Børge Munk Jensen (Overhalla)
    id:
    A1003
    path:
    PAT/A1003
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0f468297-1f09-48bf-8699-d3fb9ef4d62d
  6. urn:
    655acad8-5b06-4486-9992-cb4dd27eec86
    name:
    Stranda kommune. Kontrollutval for sal og skjenking av alkohol
    id:
    K-15250.151.10
    path:
    IKAM/K-15250.151.10
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Møre og Romsdal
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/655acad8-5b06-4486-9992-cb4dd27eec86
  7. urn:
    1cec631f-fe96-46eb-8dd4-22aacbb3f84e
    name:
    Holmenkollens vel
    id:
    A-70206
    path:
    OBA/A-70206
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1cec631f-fe96-46eb-8dd4-22aacbb3f84e
  8. urn:
    61bbf1a4-1a09-47b2-a439-a60d2c3f3ea0
    name:
    H. J. Geelmuydens Enkes Officin og Forlag
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0413
    path:
    AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0413
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/61bbf1a4-1a09-47b2-a439-a60d2c3f3ea0
  9. urn:
    f68a828a-f1cd-4041-914a-40467d71e3df
    name:
    Strand kommune - Strand praktiske framhaldsskole
    id:
    A-172
    path:
    IKAR/A-172
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f68a828a-f1cd-4041-914a-40467d71e3df
  10. urn:
    4c7076b7-c43a-4ec6-837a-67e3ec8c8f48
    name:
    Børge Brevhus
    id:
    AKT-1001
    path:
    AFM/AKT-1001
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Det finnes lite informasjon om Børge Brevhus. Det lå under Kløften Poståpneri som ble opprettet 20.09.1855. Poståpneriet lå på Kløften jernbanestasjon fordi post i stor grad ble distribuert med toget. Jernbanen ble bygd i 1854. Før jernbanen ble bygd lå poståpneriet på garden Ullersmo. Kløften postå...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4c7076b7-c43a-4ec6-837a-67e3ec8c8f48
  11. urn:
    a723a8d3-0338-42f6-853c-afb9e1a56807
    name:
    Børge Roan AS
    id:
    AKT-1011
    path:
    BYST/AKT-1011
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Stavanger Byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Roan var en klesbutikk som hadde spesialisert seg på herrekonfeksjon i Kirkegata i Stavanger Sentrum. Butikken ble grunnlagt av Børge Roan i 1911. Butikken var familieeid i alle år fram til den stengte dørene i 2021.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a723a8d3-0338-42f6-853c-afb9e1a56807
  12. urn:
    ad4305bb-723a-4074-ab50-cf9a1aaf4bd8
    name:
    Børge Emil Kalvig
    id:
    A-102717
    path:
    AV/A-102717
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Fotograf Børge Emil Kalvig ble født i Stavanger 15 mai 1927, og døde samme sted 25 november 2009. Han arbeidet i 1946 i et halvt år hos fotograf Bernhard Schwartzmann i Oslo før han reiste tilbake til Stavanger og begynte hos fotograf Waldemar Eide. 5 juli 1951 etablerte han seg som fotograf på Bryn...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad4305bb-723a-4074-ab50-cf9a1aaf4bd8
  13. urn:
    cb27c42c-f35b-4849-9a3a-d7dd8fddc50e
    name:
    Strand, Ole
    id:
    MA-A-1420
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1420
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cb27c42c-f35b-4849-9a3a-d7dd8fddc50e
  14. urn:
    5066ab98-e9b2-4c6c-8c2a-c349479f9dca
    name:
    Rogaland fylkeskommune - Strand videregående skole
    id:
    K-100268
    path:
    IKAR/K-100268
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5066ab98-e9b2-4c6c-8c2a-c349479f9dca
  15. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000020452
    name:
    Strand, Rolf (f. 1942)
    id:
    R.Ark.1574
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1574
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000020452
  16. urn:
    815aba00-3b6e-4ef8-b869-56262b1b4d2c
    name:
    Stranda kommune. Stranda skisenter AS
    id:
    K-15250.785.04
    path:
    IKAM/K-15250.785.04
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Møre og Romsdal
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/815aba00-3b6e-4ef8-b869-56262b1b4d2c
  17. urn:
    18f89a1a-8fa0-4f30-b812-c9c468b1b8ad
    name:
    Leinstrand kommune. Leinstrand skogråd
    id:
    A-1495
    path:
    TRKO/A-1495
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Trondheim byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/18f89a1a-8fa0-4f30-b812-c9c468b1b8ad
  18. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000013768
    name:
    Postkort fra Veøy kommune (Åfarnes, Rødven, Nesjestranda, Sekken) til familien Ingeborg og Jørgen Seljevold og familien Birgit og Børge Rypdal, 1900-tallet
    id:
    L0005
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1188/F/L0005
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000013768
  19. urn:
    9b40602b-94f2-4739-8ae4-b7f7fb9aedf1
    name:
    Stranda kommune. Stranda realskole
    id:
    K-15250.522.01
    path:
    IKAM/K-15250.522.01
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Møre og Romsdal
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9b40602b-94f2-4739-8ae4-b7f7fb9aedf1
  20. urn:
    1c359d01-5667-4c39-86e8-24dc29f7657a
    name:
    Spolebånd: Børge Petersen Øverleir
    id:
    L0108
    path:
    AIN/A-15-133/U/Ub/L0108
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1c359d01-5667-4c39-86e8-24dc29f7657a
  21. urn:
    459e218e-b7de-4317-9c35-ee2883aff8a8
    name:
    Det enkelt verneområde. Forvaltning av den enkelte nasjonalpark. Børgefjell nasjonalpark
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-0499/5/G/Gd/Gdb/L0227/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/459e218e-b7de-4317-9c35-ee2883aff8a8
  22. urn:
    14401647-744b-4561-95a7-f53e68f88cff
    name:
    Det enkelt verneområde. Forvaltning av den enkelte nasjonalparker. Børgefjell nasjonalpark
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-0499/5/G/Gd/Gdb/L0228/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/14401647-744b-4561-95a7-f53e68f88cff
  23. urn:
    3e07d2e9-f399-4f5a-a406-862f0373ddd9
    name:
    Botnen, Børge NO-00054
    id:
    0004
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1024/D/L0002/0004
    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3e07d2e9-f399-4f5a-a406-862f0373ddd9
  24. urn:
    ba9e97dc-2ef6-4f63-970a-e0020aaf1e08
    name:
    Pa 0477 - Norske Bibelselskab Strand krets, Det
    id:
    SAST-A-100673
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-100673
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ba9e97dc-2ef6-4f63-970a-e0020aaf1e08
  25. urn:
    5240de78-e80c-484b-af60-8db2bc5fdafd
    name:
    Senkinger Børgerødbekken Eidanger Brunlanes
    id:
    0025
    path:
    AV/SAKO-A-1030/D/Db/L0060/0025
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5240de78-e80c-484b-af60-8db2bc5fdafd
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
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.

How to use the search_archives lookup

  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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