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 2026-11-13T13:50:51Z in 0.252 seconds.

Showing 10 of 68200 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Sikkerhetssystemer A/S
    id:
    AKT-5363
  2. name:
    Teknologiske systemer
    id:
    0023
  3. name:
    Norske Automasjons-systemer A/S
    id:
    0006
  4. name:
    EDB-systemer for sosialavdelingen
    id:
    0005
  5. name:
    Ekspertsystemer, Kunnskapsbaserte systemer, Kunstig intelligens
    id:
    L0001
  6. name:
    Sikkerhetssystemer A/S
    id:
    069
  7. name:
    Ekspertsystemer, Kunnskapsbaserte systemer, Kunstig intelligens
    id:
    L0006
  8. name:
    EDB - systemer
    id:
    0002
  9. name:
    Eksamensbesvarelser. Flyteknikk og -systemer/Fluidmekanikk
    id:
    L0060
  10. name:
    Em-Systemer AS
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
68200
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Sikkerhetssystemer A/S
    id:
    AKT-5363
    path:
    AV/AKT-5363
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Aksjeselskapet ble stiftet 16.05.1983 av Ketil A. Stene, Reidar Lorentzen og Olav Sandbeck fra A/S Storebrand-Nordengruppen. Opprinnelig navn var A/S Sikkerhetssystemer. Ifølge selskapets vedtekter, var formålet “salg, utvikling og produksjon av skadeforebyggende produkter, systemer og tjenester. “ ...
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb8fbddf-2d53-493d-856a-7d2ddbb677c3
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    name:
    Teknologiske systemer
    id:
    0023
    path:
    AFM/FIA-1016/D/Dc/L0002/0023
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  3. urn:
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    name:
    Norske Automasjons-systemer A/S
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0141/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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    name:
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    OBA/A-20051/Dc/L0148/0002/0005
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    name:
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    id:
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    AV/RA-PA-1398/F/Fv/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
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    digitized_documents:
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    name:
    Sikkerhetssystemer A/S
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    AV/SAT-PA-0873/069
    unit_type:
    ARKIVDEL
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/511090dc-0e08-4c2d-9b3a-6c5e877be474
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    AV/RA-PA-1398/F/Fv/L0006
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f3b3196c-daf4-4916-bcc5-fd4464e01d27
  8. urn:
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    name:
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    OAM/A-01077/E/L0005/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  9. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    L0060
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102327/F/Fe/L0060
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aab1dadf-2943-4993-9ab2-43231a17fc8f
  10. urn:
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    id:
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    AV/SAB-A-100614 /D/Da/L0190/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/77c7ffe2-5a85-4bd8-87e2-a6acda324fe4
  11. urn:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003504250
  12. urn:
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    AAB/ARK-1641/D/Df/L0015/0009
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    MAPPE
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    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ba4fc02-ae9d-4ba5-a57b-e184a1cf8d13
  13. urn:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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  14. urn:
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    0
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  17. urn:
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    link:
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    link:
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How an AI agent should use this page

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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Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.