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 2026-10-19T07:09:25Z in 0.212 seconds.

Showing 10 of 474 results in compact format.

name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
A-1140
name:
Sentrum Sentrum, Nordnesboder 6 og 7 Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
0006
name:
Forskningsstasjonen Flødevigen - havforskningsinstituttet
id:
2722-0003
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet: Havforskningsinstituttets databaseprosjekt (D 190/91)
id:
0009
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet - elektroniske arkiver
id:
SAB-A-100504
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
SAB-A-100272
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
L0046
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
L0004
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
0007
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
0002

Show all fields in HTML

total:

474

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
3e408705-30a6-48f4-963d-60627997af88
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
A-1140
path:
AV/A-1140
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Havforskningsinstituttet Er et norsk institt for forskning på marine ressurser, marint miljø, kystsone og havbruk. Det er Norges sentrale, oseanografiske forskningsmiljø. Instituttet har eksistert siden 15. oktober 1900, til 1989 var det underlagt Fiskeridirektoratet. Fra 1989 er Havforskningsinstit...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3e408705-30a6-48f4-963d-60627997af88
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000003040647
name:
Sentrum Sentrum, Nordnesboder 6 og 7 Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
0006
path:
BBA/A-4615/6843/E/Eb/L0145/0006
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003040647
urn:
449c4eb3-6877-4e6a-b005-c17a3c6ff566
name:
Forskningsstasjonen Flødevigen - havforskningsinstituttet
id:
2722-0003
path:
AV/2722-0003
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Flødevigens Utklekningsanstalt ble opprettet som en privat institusjon i 1882 og ble i flere år drevet av Arendals Fiskeriselskap. Etter hvert kom det offentlige sterkere og sterkere inn i bildet med årlige statlige bevilgninger til både lønn og drift. I 1917 overtok staten driften fullstendig, og c...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/449c4eb3-6877-4e6a-b005-c17a3c6ff566
urn:
d1a1d5fe-4ced-4460-918a-a5046b119638
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet: Havforskningsinstituttets databaseprosjekt (D 190/91)
id:
0009
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AV/RA-S-2477/E/Ec/L0075/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d1a1d5fe-4ced-4460-918a-a5046b119638
urn:
408e2df1-dbc1-4bd6-a50d-c84014a2f0b6
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet - elektroniske arkiver
id:
SAB-A-100504
path:
AV/SAB-A-100504
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/408e2df1-dbc1-4bd6-a50d-c84014a2f0b6
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0105355c-21cc-4b4b-96fa-86eda0e60d99
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
SAB-A-100272
path:
AV/SAB-A-100272
unit_type:
ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0105355c-21cc-4b4b-96fa-86eda0e60d99
urn:
ec9470bf-ddf9-4a7f-a8b3-5f10190bf93f
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
L0046
path:
AV/RA-PA-1740/1/E/Eb/L0046
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ec9470bf-ddf9-4a7f-a8b3-5f10190bf93f
urn:
2edf3ad4-8591-4b86-835d-6edacd149b8c
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
L0004
path:
AV/SAB-A-2001/Hb/L0004
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2edf3ad4-8591-4b86-835d-6edacd149b8c
urn:
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name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
0007
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AAB/ARK-1675/Dc/L0007/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6e10176d-e8a0-4155-8c00-967a81945a1e
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6c224c0d-f6ba-45e3-86fa-7ee661209a30
name:
Havforskningsinstituttet
id:
0002
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AAB/ARK-2256/D/L0050/0002
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6c224c0d-f6ba-45e3-86fa-7ee661209a30
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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0
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Havforskningsinstituttet
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MAPPE
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MAPPE
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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.

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.

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