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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-04T13:30:31Z in 2.452 seconds.

Showing 10 of 208541 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Sak 12810. Farmaceutisk Industri AS, Oslo. (Hafslund Nycomed AS). Diverse saker
    id:
    4172
  2. name:
    Tankanlegg Bjarne Instanes AS. Administrasjon. Gjeldsforhandlinger perm 1. Hafslund metall, Rana metall
    id:
    L0017
  3. name:
    AS Hafslund, Skiensfjorden KK, Telegrafstyret, Aksershus El. verk, Buskerud Kraftverker, Oslo Lysverker
    id:
    0002
  4. name:
    Sak 12811. Farmaceutisk Industri AS, Oslo. (Hafslund Nycomed AS). Diverse saker. Norges Ingeniørorganisasjon (NITO). Den Norske Ingeniørforening (NIF)
    id:
    4173
  5. name:
    Hafslund hovedgård [oppmålingstegning]
    id:
    0678
  6. name:
    Årsrapport. Hafslund AS/Hafslund Nycomed AS
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    Hafslund Kraftstasjon
    id:
    BRMA-1061
  8. name:
    Annual Report. Hafslund AS/Hafslund Nycomed AS
    id:
    0001
  9. name:
    Hafslund A/S, Oslo (Hafslund Engineeringdivisjon)
    id:
    0003
  10. name:
    Oslo Taxi AS
    id:
    A-10444
Show all fields in HTML
total:
208541
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    86bfbf68-749f-4ed5-b3a1-3c56c3e822bf
    name:
    Sak 12810. Farmaceutisk Industri AS, Oslo. (Hafslund Nycomed AS). Diverse saker
    id:
    4172
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0886/2/D/Db/4172
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/86bfbf68-749f-4ed5-b3a1-3c56c3e822bf
  2. urn:
    28b3b94c-c8dd-4b7e-b2a8-06a47622f7ee
    name:
    Tankanlegg Bjarne Instanes AS. Administrasjon. Gjeldsforhandlinger perm 1. Hafslund metall, Rana metall
    id:
    L0017
    path:
    AV/SATØ-P-0073/09/E/Ed/L0017
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28b3b94c-c8dd-4b7e-b2a8-06a47622f7ee
  3. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000160201
    name:
    AS Hafslund, Skiensfjorden KK, Telegrafstyret, Aksershus El. verk, Buskerud Kraftverker, Oslo Lysverker
    id:
    0002
    path:
    VEMU/A-2166/I/Ib/Ibe/L0005/0002
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000160201
  4. urn:
    cb2d0c1b-692d-4b82-aa20-efaa6459d83a
    name:
    Sak 12811. Farmaceutisk Industri AS, Oslo. (Hafslund Nycomed AS). Diverse saker. Norges Ingeniørorganisasjon (NITO). Den Norske Ingeniørforening (NIF)
    id:
    4173
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0886/2/D/Db/4173
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cb2d0c1b-692d-4b82-aa20-efaa6459d83a
  5. urn:
    162acd1e-11be-42b8-8af5-930f0dd73358
    name:
    Hafslund hovedgård [oppmålingstegning]
    id:
    0678
    path:
    UBIT/A-0438/F/0678
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/162acd1e-11be-42b8-8af5-930f0dd73358
  6. urn:
    ce3dd8ed-0969-4d4c-807b-e2ac558312ae
    name:
    Årsrapport. Hafslund AS/Hafslund Nycomed AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1229/2/E/L0025/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ce3dd8ed-0969-4d4c-807b-e2ac558312ae
  7. urn:
    a85d1e6b-4873-4cc6-8997-3d354d934707
    name:
    Hafslund Kraftstasjon
    id:
    BRMA-1061
    path:
    OSTM/BRMA-1061
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a85d1e6b-4873-4cc6-8997-3d354d934707
  8. urn:
    83debe40-746c-46ff-8d0c-b29d9a115a0d
    name:
    Annual Report. Hafslund AS/Hafslund Nycomed AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1229/2/E/L0025/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/83debe40-746c-46ff-8d0c-b29d9a115a0d
  9. urn:
    ac9907d7-53a6-47e0-acb7-ad16693e6c0c
    name:
    Hafslund A/S, Oslo (Hafslund Engineeringdivisjon)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1885/E/E12a/L0030/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ac9907d7-53a6-47e0-acb7-ad16693e6c0c
  10. urn:
    e95d26db-ef04-41bf-9d0f-b86617fe2a7d
    name:
    Oslo Taxi AS
    id:
    A-10444
    path:
    OBA/A-10444
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e95d26db-ef04-41bf-9d0f-b86617fe2a7d
  11. urn:
    f7b69ac3-1fc8-4519-987d-4081ae6e12c9
    name:
    Hafslund Chemiske Træmassefabrik AS
    id:
    HHSP-1328
    path:
    OSTM/HHSP-1328
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7b69ac3-1fc8-4519-987d-4081ae6e12c9
  12. urn:
    1ac53403-2da9-4b11-afcc-a03022289f09
    name:
    Helleristning ved Hafslund [oppmålingstegning]
    id:
    0679
    path:
    UBIT/A-0438/F/0679
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ac53403-2da9-4b11-afcc-a03022289f09
  13. urn:
    f7da7e98-222d-489c-acbe-8301cb74471e
    name:
    Kart Hafslund m.m. [oppmålingstegning]
    id:
    0785
    path:
    UBIT/A-0438/F/0785
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7da7e98-222d-489c-acbe-8301cb74471e
  14. urn:
    55ae1082-e8fc-47ba-b4c8-160e2f66f3bf
    name:
    AS Hafslund
    id:
    L0070
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0070
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/55ae1082-e8fc-47ba-b4c8-160e2f66f3bf
  15. urn:
    a1f74081-422d-497f-8995-efb7d7b84499
    name:
    AS Hafslund
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Ea/L0053/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a1f74081-422d-497f-8995-efb7d7b84499
  16. urn:
    5bf5a70f-9ede-46c1-852c-ce69edb5b456
    name:
    AS Hafslund
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Ea/L0054/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5bf5a70f-9ede-46c1-852c-ce69edb5b456
  17. urn:
    90ea7d6b-1631-4dcd-989a-8c5d7425a6f1
    name:
    Hafslund AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1229/2/E/L0019/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/90ea7d6b-1631-4dcd-989a-8c5d7425a6f1
  18. urn:
    28cd5417-93fc-4041-a573-61c32a99791d
    name:
    AS Hafslund
    id:
    0003
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    AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0069/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28cd5417-93fc-4041-a573-61c32a99791d
  19. urn:
    9ee72c50-723e-4972-888f-0d66f0bece9f
    name:
    AS Hafslund
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    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0069/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9ee72c50-723e-4972-888f-0d66f0bece9f
  20. urn:
    aec78005-316c-43b3-9e36-cd7e703daef5
    name:
    AS Hafslund
    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0069/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aec78005-316c-43b3-9e36-cd7e703daef5
  21. urn:
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    name:
    AS Hafslund
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    AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0070/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/32a9ffc9-b683-4d65-afef-d39359648271
  22. urn:
    a2818988-e227-495f-85a5-476da2bb5353
    name:
    AS Hafslund
    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1713/D/L0070/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a2818988-e227-495f-85a5-476da2bb5353
  23. urn:
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    AS Hafslund
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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:
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  24. urn:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/08080d7d-881b-47e5-85a2-f18087a3e738
  25. urn:
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    name:
    AS Hafslund
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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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

  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.

Source-specific next step

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.