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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-21T04:02:40Z in 0.549 seconds.

Showing 10 of 109252 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Vedrørende åpen anbudskonkurranse kjøp av skade og personalforsikring med referanse 2004 - 18381, WACO Forsikringsmegling AS
    id:
    0001
  2. name:
    Den Gamle Garde LO Stavanger
    id:
    A-102740
  3. name:
    Den gamle garde
    id:
    ARK-2096
  4. name:
    IF - forsikringsmegling
    id:
    0001
  5. name:
    IF - forsikringsmegling 2004
    id:
    0005
  6. name:
    Saksarkiv Nord Forsikringsmegling
    id:
    0001
  7. name:
    Forsikringsmeglere, alfabetisk. Forsikringsmegling A.S.
    id:
    0004
  8. name:
    IF - forsikringsmegling og forsikringer 2005
    id:
    0002
  9. name:
    Forsikringsmegling og forsikringer f.o.m. 01.01.2005
    id:
    0016
  10. name:
    Forsikringsmeglere, alfabetisk. Norsk Forsikringsmegling A/S
    id:
    0003
Show all fields in HTML
total:
109252
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    04d07c06-fd61-4501-b27d-49b6bf6901fe
    name:
    Vedrørende åpen anbudskonkurranse kjøp av skade og personalforsikring med referanse 2004 - 18381, WACO Forsikringsmegling AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900i-301/D/D01/L0014/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/04d07c06-fd61-4501-b27d-49b6bf6901fe
  2. urn:
    fe0f286d-e05a-4e35-b2cc-e4ba03020fba
    name:
    Den Gamle Garde LO Stavanger
    id:
    A-102740
    path:
    AV/A-102740
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Den Gamle Garde er en pensjonistforening for veteraner fra arbeiderbevegelsen. Foreningen ble stiftet rundt midten av 1960-årene.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe0f286d-e05a-4e35-b2cc-e4ba03020fba
  3. urn:
    bd74d530-b3c6-4611-b62a-a701921739bf
    name:
    Den gamle garde
    id:
    ARK-2096
    path:
    AAB/ARK-2096
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Den gamle garde ble stiftet 15. oktober 1959. Sammenslutning av pensjonerte tillitsmenn innen fagorganisasjonen, kooperasjonen og arbeiderpressen eller tidligere tillitsmenn som hadde nådd pensjonsalderen. Foreningen var også åpen for andre personer som hadde tatt aktivt del i arbeiderbevegelsen i m...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd74d530-b3c6-4611-b62a-a701921739bf
  4. urn:
    3afd1921-5d52-47ea-9243-84d304ad6557
    name:
    IF - forsikringsmegling
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900i-301/D/D01/L0004/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3afd1921-5d52-47ea-9243-84d304ad6557
  5. urn:
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    name:
    IF - forsikringsmegling 2004
    id:
    0005
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    AAMA/KA0900i-301/D/D01/L0004/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88c965e9-47a6-4821-bb53-c2a2c98dc2f1
  6. urn:
    89e75564-069c-4214-b756-1fffa42b4f6c
    name:
    Saksarkiv Nord Forsikringsmegling
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SATØ-S-0592/D/Db/L0577/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/89e75564-069c-4214-b756-1fffa42b4f6c
  7. urn:
    41d5e7e0-0375-4bad-9b1b-61eaf8c3eac7
    name:
    Forsikringsmeglere, alfabetisk. Forsikringsmegling A.S.
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3957/2/D/Da/L0288/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41d5e7e0-0375-4bad-9b1b-61eaf8c3eac7
  8. urn:
    baa9d046-c59a-4fd2-bf2d-fdb362c02ed5
    name:
    IF - forsikringsmegling og forsikringer 2005
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900i-301/D/D01/L0004/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/baa9d046-c59a-4fd2-bf2d-fdb362c02ed5
  9. urn:
    afcbd68e-8c9c-4a04-bc0b-fb64ff47099e
    name:
    Forsikringsmegling og forsikringer f.o.m. 01.01.2005
    id:
    0016
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900i-301/D/D01/L0009/0016
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/afcbd68e-8c9c-4a04-bc0b-fb64ff47099e
  10. urn:
    fb0adb23-1eac-4e5d-af4d-45786add091f
    name:
    Forsikringsmeglere, alfabetisk. Norsk Forsikringsmegling A/S
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3957/2/D/Da/L0289/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb0adb23-1eac-4e5d-af4d-45786add091f
  11. urn:
    01ec44a4-40e4-4edd-b77f-986a523b9000
    name:
    Forsikringsmeglere, alfabetisk. Østfold Forsikringsmegling A/S
    id:
    0013
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3957/2/D/Da/L0289/0013
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/01ec44a4-40e4-4edd-b77f-986a523b9000
  12. urn:
    0b949b2d-bac2-4743-bbea-46c7337c96a9
    name:
    Pan Garden AS
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-820c/D/D01/L0021/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0b949b2d-bac2-4743-bbea-46c7337c96a9
  13. urn:
    9008ed49-ddf7-47ae-ad00-a94b269e57e8
    name:
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    0004
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    AAMA/KA0900-820c/D/D01/L0056/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9008ed49-ddf7-47ae-ad00-a94b269e57e8
  14. urn:
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    name:
    Pa 0297 - Arbeiderbevegelsens Pensjonistforening "Den gamle garde"
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    SAST-A-100437
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-100437
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    ARKIV
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/63231708-b650-4eaf-a843-5cf582258cd5
  15. urn:
    bfeb2148-459c-4f63-b934-d6eb547524c2
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    AAB/ARK-1815/O/L0085/0015
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    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bfeb2148-459c-4f63-b934-d6eb547524c2
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    institution:
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  17. urn:
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    id:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000632194
  18. urn:
    ea1de9b2-62f9-4b7e-abdc-af26946d3605
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    HM Kongens Garde
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    Garden ble opprettet 1. november 1856, og har gjennom 150 år vært gjennom store slag og betydd mye for Norge. "Det kongelige norske Gardeskarpskytterkompagni" ble opprettet 1. november 1856 som vervet gardeavdeling for den svensk-norske unionskongen i Stockholm. Mot slutten av unionstiden, i 1888, b...
    link:
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  19. urn:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7549aa06-76df-4c43-80b9-c36e956e1a36
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a5da70e8-09a1-463b-9ff3-a7f2bcf0be9d
  22. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    AAB/ARK-1641/D/Df/L0031/0006/0002
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
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    link:
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    unit_type:
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    link:
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  24. urn:
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    id:
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    unit_type:
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    link:
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  25. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    0002
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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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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.