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 2026-10-15T10:01:16Z in 2.938 seconds.

Showing 10 of 2677 results in compact format.

name:
Oppdal kommune, Fagerhaug skolekrets
id:
A-2101
name:
Trondheim kommune. Kolstad skole
id:
A-1018
name:
Kontakt og tilbud. Inventar 1902-platemøbler. Fagerhaug & Olstad
id:
0003
name:
Tilbud, del 1 av 2. Inventar 1902-platemøbler. Fagerhaug & Olstad
id:
0004
name:
Tilbud del 2 av 2. Inventar 1902-platemøbler. Fagerhaug & Olstad
id:
0001
name:
Kontrakt 020-002a møbler og gardiner - korr - Fagerhaug & Olstad a/s
id:
0014
name:
Kontrakt 020-023b - korr - forsyningssystem/gjennomstikkskap, paternoster - Fagerhaug & Olstad a/s
id:
0014
name:
Kontrakt 020-002b - korr - møbler og gardiner, kontor og undervisningslokaler - Fagerhaug & Olstad a/s
id:
0005
name:
Fagerhaug Misjonsforening
id:
0005
name:
Fagerhaug [oppmålingstegning av Ottesen, Wilhelm]
id:
L0468

Show all fields in HTML

total:

2677

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
42555af8-c572-4312-813c-1733a8687d8b
name:
Oppdal kommune, Fagerhaug skolekrets
id:
A-2101
path:
TIKA/A-2101
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Trøndelag
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42555af8-c572-4312-813c-1733a8687d8b
urn:
49606485-2280-4eaf-8e73-de1f9232a7d8
name:
Trondheim kommune. Kolstad skole
id:
A-1018
path:
TRKO/A-1018
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/49606485-2280-4eaf-8e73-de1f9232a7d8
urn:
1c40768a-c1ff-47d1-b098-af085a9608d6
name:
Kontakt og tilbud. Inventar 1902-platemøbler. Fagerhaug & Olstad
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0060/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1c40768a-c1ff-47d1-b098-af085a9608d6
urn:
9a11bcc9-ff1f-4cf2-90c8-13228b19e42e
name:
Tilbud, del 1 av 2. Inventar 1902-platemøbler. Fagerhaug & Olstad
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0060/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9a11bcc9-ff1f-4cf2-90c8-13228b19e42e
urn:
6bcb48a9-83b7-4f6b-9afe-b1260435e2ef
name:
Tilbud del 2 av 2. Inventar 1902-platemøbler. Fagerhaug & Olstad
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0061/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6bcb48a9-83b7-4f6b-9afe-b1260435e2ef
urn:
24aac2fa-7fa7-44e7-91ad-be22298096b3
name:
Kontrakt 020-002a møbler og gardiner - korr - Fagerhaug & Olstad a/s
id:
0014
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0138/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/24aac2fa-7fa7-44e7-91ad-be22298096b3
urn:
a26ff353-9228-4c15-97b1-6604af5dac72
name:
Kontrakt 020-023b - korr - forsyningssystem/gjennomstikkskap, paternoster - Fagerhaug & Olstad a/s
id:
0014
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0149/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a26ff353-9228-4c15-97b1-6604af5dac72
urn:
3eece53b-1534-4267-9e35-370c37401d72
name:
Kontrakt 020-002b - korr - møbler og gardiner, kontor og undervisningslokaler - Fagerhaug & Olstad a/s
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0150/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3eece53b-1534-4267-9e35-370c37401d72
urn:
dfded378-2a71-4085-808b-37ed814b2c1c
name:
Fagerhaug Misjonsforening
id:
0005
path:
VID/MA-A-1072/F/Fa/L0020/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dfded378-2a71-4085-808b-37ed814b2c1c
urn:
aee8563e-72e4-4f26-8e7b-15ef846e855b
name:
Fagerhaug [oppmålingstegning av Ottesen, Wilhelm]
id:
L0468
path:
UBIT/A-0439/F/L0468
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aee8563e-72e4-4f26-8e7b-15ef846e855b
urn:
7d7013cb-948b-4318-bda0-d34ab54d28b0
name:
Fagerhaug [oppmålingstegning av Ottesen, Wilhelm]
id:
8072
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/8072
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7d7013cb-948b-4318-bda0-d34ab54d28b0
urn:
ee0c0d0e-a686-422f-b08d-9e906e536db7
name:
Olstad Ungdomslag
id:
A-00433
path:
OAM/A-00433
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ee0c0d0e-a686-422f-b08d-9e906e536db7
urn:
af91e140-c1bb-423d-953b-338e1d12e435
name:
Olstad, Hans
id:
T-A-00150
path:
OAMM/T-A-00150
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/af91e140-c1bb-423d-953b-338e1d12e435
urn:
46117dce-e440-4a91-9ff7-d8fbe8c2c5db
name:
Molstad & Co
id:
A-70023
path:
OBA/A-70023
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/46117dce-e440-4a91-9ff7-d8fbe8c2c5db
urn:
5a284c2c-2733-4a7a-a66b-09199a681b4c
name:
Olstad, Fron, bygselkontrakter
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAH-PREST-082/R/Rb/L0003/0002/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a284c2c-2733-4a7a-a66b-09199a681b4c
urn:
fe983705-038f-4681-8e29-cd4fa98d0b48
name:
Solstad, Arve
id:
RA-PA-1725
path:
AV/RA-PA-1725
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe983705-038f-4681-8e29-cd4fa98d0b48
urn:
6f378a2d-3723-41ca-b2cc-37c3cc27d5c2
name:
Kolstad, Johanne
id:
RA-PA-2118
path:
AV/RA-PA-2118
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
u s a
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6f378a2d-3723-41ca-b2cc-37c3cc27d5c2
urn:
ea6b2cb2-081f-48ea-bbe0-996905c59276
name:
Kolstad Arbeiderlag
id:
SAT-AAT-0195
path:
AV/SAT-AAT-0195
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ea6b2cb2-081f-48ea-bbe0-996905c59276
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000131064
name:
Bolstad gård
id:
A-1428
path:
BBA/A-1428
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000131064
urn:
b1e7261e-1cda-48e0-a558-c9857630dc88
name:
Holstad sanitetslag
id:
P-00401
path:
IKAM/P-00401
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Møre og Romsdal
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b1e7261e-1cda-48e0-a558-c9857630dc88
urn:
63fee876-b913-4407-a32a-a6c3e426dfcf
name:
Ludvig N. Holstad
id:
P-01007
path:
IKAM/P-01007
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Møre og Romsdal
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/63fee876-b913-4407-a32a-a6c3e426dfcf
urn:
b6e834cb-8849-40c9-bdd8-4d9c5a76e690
name:
Rolstad, familien
id:
A-00783
path:
OAM/A-00783
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b6e834cb-8849-40c9-bdd8-4d9c5a76e690
urn:
f02e94a8-5339-49b8-9a46-ccc56fc536ba
name:
Molstadkvern mølle
id:
H-A-00029
path:
OARM/H-A-00029
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Randsfjordmuseet AS
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f02e94a8-5339-49b8-9a46-ccc56fc536ba
urn:
no-a1450-01000005462690
name:
Kolstad, Johanne
id:
PA-2118
path:
RA/PA-2118
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Riksarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-a1450-01000005462690
urn:
191b28e6-e843-4ff7-a53e-64e72b98fc65
name:
Bolstad, Signe
id:
SFF-2000221
path:
VLFK/SFF-2000221
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/191b28e6-e843-4ff7-a53e-64e72b98fc65

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

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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