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 2026-10-15T19:53:25Z in 1.300 seconds.

Showing 10 of 56290 results in compact format.

name:
PA-0846, Jacobsen Blomster AS
id:
A-1899
name:
Jacobsen Blomster AS
id:
AKT-02051
name:
Blomsterdalens Handelsforretning A/S
id:
A-1111
name:
Blomsterdalens Vanførelag
id:
A-7777
name:
Blomsterdalens Vanførelag
id:
A-7777
name:
Tvedestrand folkeskoles kjøkken og blomsterhave
id:
PA-2550
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø
id:
0002
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø
id:
0001
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø
id:
0002
name:
Tegninger og pressede blomster
id:
0003

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total:

56290

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
524d996e-c6b2-4a3e-b517-049f6310fea9
name:
PA-0846, Jacobsen Blomster AS
id:
A-1899
path:
BYST/A-1899
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Stavanger Byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/524d996e-c6b2-4a3e-b517-049f6310fea9
urn:
1772fc48-700a-4935-9c8c-f422dd9ec55f
name:
Jacobsen Blomster AS
id:
AKT-02051
path:
BYST/AKT-02051
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Stavanger Byarkiv
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Jacobsen Blomster var en blomsterbutikk i Normanns gate 14 på Storhaug i Hetland kommune, senere Stavanger kommune. Butikken ble trolig grunnlagt i 1945 av Ella Jacobsen. Senere overtok Harald Jacobsen butikken og førte den videre i mange år, etterfulgt av sønnen og sønnesønnen. Bedriften i sin dav...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1772fc48-700a-4935-9c8c-f422dd9ec55f
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000561794
name:
Blomsterdalens Handelsforretning A/S
id:
A-1111
path:
BBA/A-1111
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000561794
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000003868138
name:
Blomsterdalens Vanførelag
id:
A-7777
path:
BBA/A-7777
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003868138
urn:
bf80b4bc-a5b2-428c-b640-06def023ce4e
name:
Blomsterdalens Vanførelag
id:
A-7777
path:
SAF/A-7777
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf80b4bc-a5b2-428c-b640-06def023ce4e
urn:
a4dc85cd-edad-423e-9e55-f0679448197f
name:
Tvedestrand folkeskoles kjøkken og blomsterhave
id:
PA-2550
path:
AAMA/PA-2550
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a4dc85cd-edad-423e-9e55-f0679448197f
urn:
39853fdd-96d4-43d8-8bcd-2f18180c8935
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-4463/D/Dk/L0067/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/39853fdd-96d4-43d8-8bcd-2f18180c8935
urn:
fbae418a-ed6c-493b-b392-e86c312b32e9
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-4463/D/Dk/L0068/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fbae418a-ed6c-493b-b392-e86c312b32e9
urn:
6202976e-8e24-40db-bdee-e74a0724d115
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-4463/D/Dk/L0068/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6202976e-8e24-40db-bdee-e74a0724d115
urn:
767d9b94-6eeb-45a4-abe9-43a63a5048dc
name:
Tegninger og pressede blomster
id:
0003
path:
OAVF/A-00732/T/L0001/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Valdresmusea AS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/767d9b94-6eeb-45a4-abe9-43a63a5048dc
urn:
d5e7038e-04bd-4811-a8fd-135a379adf3e
name:
Faktura fra Spersrud Blomster
id:
0012
path:
AFM/US-1003/R/Ra/L0003/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Museene i Akershus
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5e7038e-04bd-4811-a8fd-135a379adf3e
urn:
2c676b7b-df5a-4067-85d1-ddb8b3ccdc06
name:
Nærings og nytelsesmidler, dyrefor, blomster, planter og frø. Tekstil - Skotøy - Portefølje - Reiseeffekter - Fiskeredskaper - Tauverk
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-4463/D/Dk/L0069/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2c676b7b-df5a-4067-85d1-ddb8b3ccdc06
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000001342
name:
Kulturlandskap på Sysegjerde. Eng og blomster.
id:
SKG-35
path:
ULHA/A-1007/U/L0005/SKG-35
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000001342
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000003082
name:
Kulturlandskap på Sysegjerde. Eng med blomster.
id:
SKG-36
path:
ULHA/A-1007/U/L0005/SKG-36
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000003082
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000003634
name:
Kulturlandskap. Eng med blomster på Sysegjerde.
id:
SKG-39
path:
ULHA/A-1007/U/L0005/SKG-39
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000003634
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000719232
name:
5307 Salg av blomster
id:
0008
path:
BBA/A-0967/Df/L0223/0008
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000719232
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000046335
name:
Elever i biologiauditoriet Elever som mottar blomster
id:
0008
path:
VEMU/A-1120/U/L0002/0001/0008
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000046335
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000008502
name:
Portrett av kvinne i kåpe, dekorert, blomster etc..
id:
W-0722
path:
ULHA/A-1009/U/L0001/0001/W-0722
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000008502
urn:
no-ulha_Arkiv_000000010115
name:
Interiør dagligstove, blomster, stolar og bord, maleri og oljelampe.
id:
W-1955
path:
ULHA/A-1009/U/L0001/0001/W-1955
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulha_Arkiv_000000010115
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000001781
name:
Innreding stove. Bord m/blomster. Ljoslampe, planter og vindauga.
id:
UR-148
path:
ULHA/A-1033/U/L0001/UR-148
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000001781
urn:
a3cd460a-1faf-4b71-80dd-b747ac8839cf
name:
Fertilan - Florinef
id:
L0054
path:
AV/RA-S-4944/D/Da/L0054
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a3cd460a-1faf-4b71-80dd-b747ac8839cf
urn:
2fb7ab64-66ea-4b5d-af91-548e6f2a6b9f
name:
221 Florinel G. Banica
id:
0016
path:
AV/SAT-A-5412/Da/L0016/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2fb7ab64-66ea-4b5d-af91-548e6f2a6b9f
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000001616
name:
Stilleben. Blomster i vase på bord. Oljem. på fiberplate av Torgeir Lekve 1944.
id:
L-168b
path:
ULHA/A-1007/U/L0003/L-168b
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000001616
urn:
b3be40d3-c897-42c7-80d3-ed2cea5e4631
name:
Tørkede blomster
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-PA-1825/J/Jb/L0007/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b3be40d3-c897-42c7-80d3-ed2cea5e4631
urn:
no-ulhaArkiv-000000000959
name:
Aosen med Viknes. Gardsbruk med drivhus. Blomster og fruktdyrking. Eng og delvis skog.
id:
T.D-42
path:
ULHA/A-1004/U/L0003/T.D-42
unit_type:
Foto
institution:
Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000000959

limit:

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has_more_results:

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next_offset:

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