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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T13:01:31Z in 0.211 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58785 results in compact format.

name:
Arendals Trælasthandlercorporation
id:
PA-2226
name:
Luminox Lighting AS
id:
0004
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Mobile Lighting Rig AS
id:
0591
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Mobile Lighting Rig AS
id:
0592
name:
Ge Lighting
id:
0002
name:
Ge Lighting
id:
0002
name:
Northern Lighting.
id:
0016
name:
Arrangement of lighting
id:
0006
name:
S 71/Air - Airfield lighting.
id:
0008
name:
860.1 Taxitrack & Lighting BHF
id:
0003

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total:

58785

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
c8ca1d52-e30f-4bcc-8b7f-24b39e397f6a
name:
Arendals Trælasthandlercorporation
id:
PA-2226
path:
AAMA/PA-2226
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c8ca1d52-e30f-4bcc-8b7f-24b39e397f6a
urn:
47b0a32e-7662-499c-a55b-abdeb0de557e
name:
Luminox Lighting AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAB-A-100615 /D/Dd/L0126/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47b0a32e-7662-499c-a55b-abdeb0de557e
urn:
10a07f69-9269-4298-bf2e-868ce71c429e
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Mobile Lighting Rig AS
id:
0591
path:
AV/SAST-A-102673/D/Da/0591
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/10a07f69-9269-4298-bf2e-868ce71c429e
urn:
a5e14299-d62b-48ef-a7cd-564be80b13ad
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Mobile Lighting Rig AS
id:
0592
path:
AV/SAST-A-102673/D/Da/0592
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a5e14299-d62b-48ef-a7cd-564be80b13ad
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000002753221
name:
Ge Lighting
id:
0002
path:
BBA/A-5151/E/Eb/Eba/L0018/0002
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000002753221
urn:
6474e9a3-51c5-4fa3-8273-8bcb5d2ffd49
name:
Ge Lighting
id:
0002
path:
SAF/A-5151/E/Eb/Eba/L0018/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6474e9a3-51c5-4fa3-8273-8bcb5d2ffd49
urn:
91b0f4f0-06a9-4542-82eb-521a10aee94e
name:
Northern Lighting.
id:
0016
path:
NMFK/KIM-1001/Y/Yb/L0014/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/91b0f4f0-06a9-4542-82eb-521a10aee94e
urn:
no-RFM_arkiv_000000003833
name:
Arrangement of lighting
id:
0006
path:
RFM/SA-1001/T/T/0005/0006
unit_type:
Tegning
institution:
Ryfylkemuseet/Sauda lokalarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-RFM_arkiv_000000003833
urn:
871181f4-7514-46ae-9e56-305de2997608
name:
S 71/Air - Airfield lighting.
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3974/E/Ed/L0002/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/871181f4-7514-46ae-9e56-305de2997608
urn:
55c3a113-d153-4650-b412-102e634f6fd3
name:
860.1 Taxitrack & Lighting BHF
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2512/D/Db/L0376/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/55c3a113-d153-4650-b412-102e634f6fd3
urn:
ce785758-252e-4260-888e-a009b140d2a9
name:
2305/4/MT - MT. Lighting and Painting.
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3974/E/Ed/L0018/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ce785758-252e-4260-888e-a009b140d2a9
urn:
3c7a53af-cf9b-4ba5-86b4-859ba35466ac
name:
Flesland - Restore airfield lighting
id:
0038
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-5953/F/Fa/L0058/0038
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3c7a53af-cf9b-4ba5-86b4-859ba35466ac
urn:
608822c3-525a-480b-9e3e-75091ceaed40
name:
Flesland - Restore airfield lighting
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-5953/F/Fb/L0186/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/608822c3-525a-480b-9e3e-75091ceaed40
urn:
1ce6a237-5300-4bfe-afb3-8bdb8b0b7e06
name:
Thorn Lighting. Q-file lysanlegg
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-S-4410/D/Dh/L0007/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ce6a237-5300-4bfe-afb3-8bdb8b0b7e06
urn:
85151676-e359-4608-8696-009cedaa902d
name:
Lighting and Sockets. E-SD-012
id:
0010
path:
AV/SAST-A-101656/0001/E/Ef/L0066/0002/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/85151676-e359-4608-8696-009cedaa902d
urn:
965c059c-a556-44d2-8d79-f9b9c960c38b
name:
Lighting and Sockets. E-SD-062
id:
0007
path:
AV/SAST-A-101656/0001/E/Ef/L0067/0001/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/965c059c-a556-44d2-8d79-f9b9c960c38b
urn:
3aad5807-a35f-4f46-a8ab-270f646ef895
name:
Information on lighting - I. Hare information
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAST-A-102587/1/E/Ed/L0068/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3aad5807-a35f-4f46-a8ab-270f646ef895
urn:
no-RFM_arkiv_000000005015
name:
Transmission line for lighting
id:
0001
path:
RFM/SA-1001/T/T/0047/0001
unit_type:
Tegning
institution:
Ryfylkemuseet/Sauda lokalarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-RFM_arkiv_000000005015
urn:
225ed875-cacc-4564-8bb3-e38d708394b7
name:
City of London Electric Lighting Co. Ltd.
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Da/L0156/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/225ed875-cacc-4564-8bb3-e38d708394b7
urn:
601ea36f-36ef-43ae-ac7c-4db8cd3e29d0
name:
Doc.no. E.C.1515.00 Lighting Calculation
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAST-A-101915/02/E/Eb/L0216/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/601ea36f-36ef-43ae-ac7c-4db8cd3e29d0
urn:
b2cbbc33-bf33-4153-a491-db224e7883f4
name:
Equipment - Chanse Lights for aidfield Lighting
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-4411/D/L0002/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2cbbc33-bf33-4153-a491-db224e7883f4
urn:
9e1fcb9d-6ef6-4fd2-a569-80248d99db03
name:
Lista - Restore roof and lighting hangar 99
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-5953/F/Fa/L0060/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9e1fcb9d-6ef6-4fd2-a569-80248d99db03
urn:
893e5f56-069f-4e80-96e7-103fd25c5073
name:
C4.34.08 - Lighting Equipment, 3-C4.34.09, C4.34.10 - Motors
id:
0002
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AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0157/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/893e5f56-069f-4e80-96e7-103fd25c5073
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2976420a-ba6c-4059-b651-6f248419919b
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M/S Royal Viking Sky, Lighting Boards - Emergency Boards
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAT-A-4700/G/Ga/L0001/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2976420a-ba6c-4059-b651-6f248419919b
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ea34cc85-2c0f-4d2b-ba5d-73d6f0927a44
name:
Specification for Purchase, Lighting Equipment Offshore and Landbased. E-SP-104
id:
0010
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AV/SAST-A-101656/0001/E/Ef/L0104/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ea34cc85-2c0f-4d2b-ba5d-73d6f0927a44

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