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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T19:59:28Z in 0.257 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58553 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Korrespondanse/saksdokument
    id:
    L0003
  2. name:
    Eltele-prosjektet
    id:
    L0079
  3. name:
    Eltele Sør - Tegningsinnbydelse
    id:
    0003
  4. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    I
  5. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0001
  6. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
  8. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
  9. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
  10. name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58553
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    633b9697-7a1d-43c1-ae00-0604b9f5dcce
    name:
    Korrespondanse/saksdokument
    id:
    L0003
    path:
    IKAR/K-100994/D/Df/L0003
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/633b9697-7a1d-43c1-ae00-0604b9f5dcce
  2. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000001029969
    name:
    Eltele-prosjektet
    id:
    L0079
    path:
    BBA/A-1759/E/Eg/L0079
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001029969
  3. urn:
    5a4ddea7-d296-44a7-b632-d9978ca47505
    name:
    Eltele Sør - Tegningsinnbydelse
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-910/D/Dh/L0010/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a4ddea7-d296-44a7-b632-d9978ca47505
  4. urn:
    17cb299f-aaca-42d8-b7ef-35c90b6f206f
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    TIKA/A-4942/I
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/17cb299f-aaca-42d8-b7ef-35c90b6f206f
  5. urn:
    9a83c1d9-14ab-45e7-a2fe-f5d174926515
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-550ae/F/F06/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9a83c1d9-14ab-45e7-a2fe-f5d174926515
  6. urn:
    645ee64e-76ea-4c1d-b396-a3f99bbd5b31
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-550ae/F/F06/L0001/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/645ee64e-76ea-4c1d-b396-a3f99bbd5b31
  7. urn:
    691284f6-192b-4655-9365-180f443164a2
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-550ae/F/F06/L0002/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/691284f6-192b-4655-9365-180f443164a2
  8. urn:
    0f85714c-a307-4f2c-9297-9f26f0fc822f
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-550ae/F/F06/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0f85714c-a307-4f2c-9297-9f26f0fc822f
  9. urn:
    4988324e-28d2-4d10-9d32-a553f1a82d47
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-550ae/F/F06/L0004/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4988324e-28d2-4d10-9d32-a553f1a82d47
  10. urn:
    b11634b3-ba51-4551-a165-dbcbd26319d7
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0001
    path:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b11634b3-ba51-4551-a165-dbcbd26319d7
  11. urn:
    2b600a71-cf29-4d51-a126-df0a4caff47d
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0005
    path:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2b600a71-cf29-4d51-a126-df0a4caff47d
  12. urn:
    fef32df1-355d-4b0c-9893-dd1ad874bcda
    name:
    Enkeltelever
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-550y/F/F03/L0011/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fef32df1-355d-4b0c-9893-dd1ad874bcda
  13. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    I
    path:
    AAMA/KA0906-550f/I
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2d700df4-f422-4968-a07c-70389fe30286
  14. urn:
    7f32c0bb-9326-4c0f-b55f-d3daccb5d25b
    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    AAMA/KA0922-550c/I
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7f32c0bb-9326-4c0f-b55f-d3daccb5d25b
  15. urn:
    5cf2c3e3-dabe-46d9-9d29-a5f3ab89b853
    name:
    Vedtak enkeltelever
    id:
    Jb
    path:
    ARKSOR/1003FK556 - Farsund kommune/J/Jb
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Arkivsenter Sør
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5cf2c3e3-dabe-46d9-9d29-a5f3ab89b853
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000586396
    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    BBA/A-0087/I
    unit_type:
    Serie
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000586396
  17. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000001019359
    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    BBA/A-0316/6590/I
    unit_type:
    Serie
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001019359
  18. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000007245
    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    BBA/A-0341/I
    unit_type:
    Serie
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000007245
  19. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000747651
    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    BBA/A-0638/6137/I
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000747651
  20. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000235777
    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelev
    id:
    I
    path:
    BBA/A-0972/I
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000235777
  21. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000841310
    name:
    Oplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
    path:
    BBA/A-1096/I
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000841310
  22. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    unit_type:
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    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003335767
  23. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    I
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  24. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    I
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001281635
  25. urn:
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    name:
    Opplysninger om enkeltelever
    id:
    I
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    unit_type:
    Serie
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000048854
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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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