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 2026-10-22T00:21:01Z in 1.517 seconds.

Showing 10 of 127 results in compact format.

name:
Reform of the England and Wales electricity industr as a risk factor for the UK-Norway electricity interconnection
id:
0006
name:
Electricity
id:
0003
name:
Electricity
id:
0003
name:
Electricity Committee
id:
0004
name:
Electricity Supply Board
id:
0002
name:
21.2. Electricity Panel.
id:
0004
name:
New Zealand Electricity Department
id:
0001
name:
Boatyard and workshop. Electricity
id:
0002
name:
Refrigeration Plant (Ice Factory). Electricity
id:
0003
name:
Fishery Station - Cochin - Ernakulam. Electricity
id:
0002

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total:

127

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
Reform of the England and Wales electricity industr as a risk factor for the UK-Norway electricity interconnection
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0001/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/276cfdc1-5f98-424d-9275-76d38bc00e11
urn:
9c2d975b-4574-43f2-9d78-2b17347246b7
name:
Electricity
id:
0003
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AV/RA-S-2121/D/Db/Dbb/L0012/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
b93721dc-c3d1-4eba-b8b9-7fafa180a34c
name:
Electricity
id:
0003
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AV/RA-S-2701/1/D/Da/L0033/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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b3ca35bf-5b0f-4d00-b1c7-a80a37a3c36a
name:
Electricity Committee
id:
0004
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AV/RA-S-1411/Ed/L0025/0004
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b3ca35bf-5b0f-4d00-b1c7-a80a37a3c36a
urn:
a1196a03-f0fa-4c82-b920-e087d54351e1
name:
Electricity Supply Board
id:
0002
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AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Eb/L0520/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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21.2. Electricity Panel.
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0004
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AV/RA-S-1437/F/Fe/L0066/0004
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/340829f6-eb14-4c71-b4f6-e44071976e80
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9bb362eb-a0c4-4521-96a9-4a100088ff4c
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New Zealand Electricity Department
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Ea/L0409/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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bc291837-68a7-4960-87af-6012671872aa
name:
Boatyard and workshop. Electricity
id:
0002
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AV/RA-S-2701/1/D/Da/L0090/0002
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MAPPE
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0
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urn:
2198c63d-bd03-4404-9ee1-e9bf220ebb79
name:
Refrigeration Plant (Ice Factory). Electricity
id:
0003
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AV/RA-S-2701/1/D/Da/L0094/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2198c63d-bd03-4404-9ee1-e9bf220ebb79
urn:
1b19a488-5d39-4733-a488-dbf2b82836d3
name:
Fishery Station - Cochin - Ernakulam. Electricity
id:
0002
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AV/RA-S-2701/1/D/Da/L0106/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1b19a488-5d39-4733-a488-dbf2b82836d3
urn:
f96397bd-d09c-4f0c-bf81-22cac5308e58
name:
Boatyard and workshop. Electricity (Mandapam)
id:
0003
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AV/RA-S-2701/1/D/Da/L0116/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
9d73c1b6-7f16-411d-9811-d248986ac475
name:
Analysis of the german electricity market
id:
0001
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AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0017/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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07dcdf21-3240-4b25-97d2-645484c69e84
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Capacity Explansion in the Electricity Market
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0010
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AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fe/L0008/0010
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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Kafue-Gorge - Gambia electricity supply corp.
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L0867
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Kafue-Gorge - Gambia electricity supply corp.
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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638d6987-e596-4b70-b97a-352337d1963b
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Morris, Robert W. - An application of electricity to collection of fish
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0006
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0049/0006
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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3489939f-f82b-4f88-95d2-64a1c206a719
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Valuation of long term electricity forward contracts
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0003
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AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0022/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Pricing and Hedging Electricity Swing Contracts
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0010
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AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0043/0010
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Managing End-user Flexibility in Electricity Markets
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0002
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AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fc/L0010/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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4f88294c-9c51-48d3-99ed-a037707b0597
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Dobbel dealsag E E. Model 24873/11m Nr. 11 M i Midstativ. Støbejern Myren Verksted Model forandret. Udgaar se 27503. Dealsag 1:2.5
id:
0003
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OAM/A-00782/Ta/L0062/0003
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MAPPE
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Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
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0
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New Zealand Electricity Department (Richardson, McCabe & Co Ltd)
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0003
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AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Ea/L0408/0003
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MAPPE
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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