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 2026-11-14T11:38:09Z in 0.176 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58801 results in compact format.

name:
Kontrakt. Gruppe 1. Ultralyd. GE Healthcare/GE Vingmed
id:
0002
name:
Kontrakt 020-013c - korr - mobilt røntgenutstyr c-buer, ortopanomograf - GE Healthcare Technologics a/s
id:
0005
name:
European healthcare group - changing health systems. |
id:
0008
name:
Sudan. Primary Healthcare in Rashad and Kadugly County
id:
0011
name:
Kontrakt 020-018h ultralydkniv - korr Tyco Healthcare Norge a/s
id:
0017
name:
Haug, Sigrid Helene Kjørven: "The illness experiences of older people with incurable cancer in specialized palliative healthcare contexts"
id:
0004
name:
General Electric Healthcare
id:
P-15559
name:
Dar Doctor Mother and Child 2.34.023
id:
0003
name:
Navion Drillship II AS / Navion International AS / Tavion Technology AS. Generalforsamlingsprotokoll
id:
L0001
name:
G 23
id:
0041

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total:

58801

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
9217f6a6-559c-4838-98b7-dcca7a150c5d
name:
Kontrakt. Gruppe 1. Ultralyd. GE Healthcare/GE Vingmed
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fau/L0001/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9217f6a6-559c-4838-98b7-dcca7a150c5d
urn:
d9c3f9a4-b2dc-4cd7-9a8c-e77d9c54c4f1
name:
Kontrakt 020-013c - korr - mobilt røntgenutstyr c-buer, ortopanomograf - GE Healthcare Technologics a/s
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0147/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d9c3f9a4-b2dc-4cd7-9a8c-e77d9c54c4f1
urn:
c244b52d-d191-4ba7-9f8f-28aa2f3e2825
name:
European healthcare group - changing health systems. |
id:
0008
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Db/L0064/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c244b52d-d191-4ba7-9f8f-28aa2f3e2825
urn:
09bea46d-55e2-4b16-ace1-6df7ecb18c6c
name:
Sudan. Primary Healthcare in Rashad and Kadugly County
id:
0011
path:
AV/RA-PA-1641/D/Dd/L0072/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/09bea46d-55e2-4b16-ace1-6df7ecb18c6c
urn:
c60e384f-fc0d-4114-b978-142e60dbf094
name:
Kontrakt 020-018h ultralydkniv - korr Tyco Healthcare Norge a/s
id:
0017
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/D/Da/L0137/0017
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c60e384f-fc0d-4114-b978-142e60dbf094
urn:
c44c98fa-d2c1-4fd7-a70f-86fe7f8c44d5
name:
Haug, Sigrid Helene Kjørven: "The illness experiences of older people with incurable cancer in specialized palliative healthcare contexts"
id:
0004
path:
TMF/A-1006/G/Ge/L0030/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
MF vitenskapelig høyskole
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c44c98fa-d2c1-4fd7-a70f-86fe7f8c44d5
urn:
9dd32998-bc31-44ec-a985-f6ddab0d1946
name:
General Electric Healthcare
id:
P-15559
path:
AV/P-15559
unit_type:
Business
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9dd32998-bc31-44ec-a985-f6ddab0d1946
urn:
925bf543-d30a-46f6-9ce1-76eb70e24c88
name:
Dar Doctor Mother and Child 2.34.023
id:
0003
path:
VID/MDA-A-1526/F/Fj/L0004/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/925bf543-d30a-46f6-9ce1-76eb70e24c88
urn:
5e46ea6e-e4ae-444f-8898-98f36cd785a3
name:
Navion Drillship II AS / Navion International AS / Tavion Technology AS. Generalforsamlingsprotokoll
id:
L0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-101991/G/Gd/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5e46ea6e-e4ae-444f-8898-98f36cd785a3
urn:
nb-NLM_arkiv000000005400
name:
G 23
id:
0041
path:
NLM/As-1001/03/D/L0049/0041
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Norsk luftfartsmuseum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/nb-NLM_arkiv000000005400
urn:
17d2961b-5d79-4d07-aaaa-888e18a4acf8
name:
Sørumsand Verksted
id:
AKT-1153
path:
AFM/AKT-1153
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Museene i Akershus
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
A/S Sørumsand Verksted ble grunnlagt i 1903 av ingeniør Bøhn. De produserte i hovedsak turbiner i tillegg til sagbruks- og mølleutstyr. I 1921 kom Kværner inn på eiersiden og i 1955 ble Sørumsand Verksted datterselskap i Kværnerkonsernet. På 1980-tallet ble Sørumsand Verksted fusjonert med Kværner B...
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Drammensbanens ombygning
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L0003
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STYKKE
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Klientmapper
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L0014
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ARKIVO/A-1233/F/Fe/L0014
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STYKKE
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Arkiv Øst IKS
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0
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Lærere, kontorhjelper, skoletannleger, vaskehjelper, praktikanter
id:
L0003
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ARKIVO/A-1373/P/Pa/L0003
unit_type:
STYKKE
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Arkiv Øst IKS
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/80ade190-4d8e-4dc1-a921-b0e39324db9e
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Personkort
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L0042
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AV/SAO-A-10085/E/Ef/Efag/L0042
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e8e5566-6f19-468b-952d-e297a3f279b7
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Stønadskort
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Stønadskort
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AV/SAO-A-11509/M/Mb/L0042
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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AV/SAST-A-101137/F/Fb/L0012
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Nasjonalarkivet
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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G 23
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Mappe
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Norsk luftfartsmuseum
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Norsk luftfartsmuseum
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G 23
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0011
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Mappe
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Norsk luftfartsmuseum
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