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 2026-11-01T08:21:30Z in 5.207 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58442 results in compact format.

name:
Statens næringsmiddeltekniske høgskole
id:
SAT-A-4370
name:
Norske Næringsmiddelteknologers forening
id:
A-0467
name:
Eltek AS
id:
0002
name:
Eltek Energy AS (Medlnr. 1534)
id:
0006
name:
Eltek Energy AS (Medlnr. 1534)
id:
0007
name:
Eltek Energy AS (Medlnr. 1534)
id:
0006
name:
Eltek Energy AS (Medlnr. 1534)
id:
0007
name:
Kontrakt. Brannalarmanlegg. Eltek Fire & Safety as
id:
0004
name:
Kontrakt. Brannalarmanlegg. Eltek Fire & Safety as
id:
0005
name:
Kontrakt. Brannalarmanlegg. Eltek Fire & Safty as
id:
0001

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total:

58442

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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Statens næringsmiddeltekniske høgskole
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SAT-A-4370
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AV/SAT-A-4370
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ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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name:
Norske Næringsmiddelteknologers forening
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A-0467
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UBIT/A-0467
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ARKIV
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NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
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norge
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Eltek AS
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0006
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AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0217/0006
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MAPPE
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MAPPE
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Eltek Energy AS (Medlnr. 1534)
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0006
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AV/RA-PAX-0001/M/L0069/0006
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MAPPE
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0004
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Atlanten Eltek AS, 1994-1995 AS Austevoll Fiskeindustri - mappe 1, 1993-2001
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STYKKE
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Tilbud. Teknisk Integrator. Siemens Building Technologies as. Bravida Norge as. Eltek Fire & Safety as
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MAPPE
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Verksemder LO har delteke eller vore med i stiftinga av
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0004
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KRAM/A-0056/D/Db/L0006/0004
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Nasjonalarkivet
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MAPPE
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Eltek A/S
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MAPPE
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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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