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 2026-10-22T07:30:52Z in 0.511 seconds.

Showing 10 of 30990 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk
    id:
    0017
  2. name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk - drifta
    id:
    0001
  3. name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk – utvida låneramme
    id:
    0012
  4. name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk ny selskapsform
    id:
    0008
  5. name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk – endring i vedtektene
    id:
    0008
  6. name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk – Garanti for lån 1995.
    id:
    0006
  7. name:
    IHM – Indre Hordaland Miljøverk – Stre og representantskap.
    id:
    0041
  8. name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk. Representantskap for perioden 1999-2003
    id:
    0016
  9. name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk. Val av medlemer til styret
    id:
    0023
  10. name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk - fråsegn om kommunedelplan for avfall
    id:
    0009
Show all fields in HTML
total:
30990
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    a3e86528-3561-4d5a-9c70-b0cf3fb256b0
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk
    id:
    0017
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021.1/D/Da/L0003/0017
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a3e86528-3561-4d5a-9c70-b0cf3fb256b0
  2. urn:
    85928cf0-b41b-4d5e-9bdb-72269af1dd30
    name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk - drifta
    id:
    0001
    path:
    IKAH/1235-021/D/Dk/L0037/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/85928cf0-b41b-4d5e-9bdb-72269af1dd30
  3. urn:
    bb7bbcaf-ac7d-424f-b4e4-fbf64664998a
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk – utvida låneramme
    id:
    0012
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021/D/Dc/L0002/0012
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bb7bbcaf-ac7d-424f-b4e4-fbf64664998a
  4. urn:
    d905e215-65c1-489f-882e-c91e2a80f541
    name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk ny selskapsform
    id:
    0008
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021/A/Ab/L0050/0008
    unit_type:
    SAK
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d905e215-65c1-489f-882e-c91e2a80f541
  5. urn:
    ae6c4bfa-a0e8-41fb-9a38-47ef1f01dbbe
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk – endring i vedtektene
    id:
    0008
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021/D/Dc/L0002/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ae6c4bfa-a0e8-41fb-9a38-47ef1f01dbbe
  6. urn:
    5a6182d2-dbe5-45a1-8bf7-4287af16adbd
    name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk – Garanti for lån 1995.
    id:
    0006
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021/D/Dc/L0012/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a6182d2-dbe5-45a1-8bf7-4287af16adbd
  7. urn:
    235ca026-5c7f-4b1e-ba7b-6729415e0a06
    name:
    IHM – Indre Hordaland Miljøverk – Stre og representantskap.
    id:
    0041
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021/D/Dd/L0003/0041
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/235ca026-5c7f-4b1e-ba7b-6729415e0a06
  8. urn:
    daa1efbe-acde-40f7-9303-02fe8b37bedf
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk. Representantskap for perioden 1999-2003
    id:
    0016
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021.1/D/Da/L0006/0016
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/daa1efbe-acde-40f7-9303-02fe8b37bedf
  9. urn:
    d0d9b738-6534-4fef-a19a-4c0313d2e6e4
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk. Val av medlemer til styret
    id:
    0023
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021.1/D/Da/L0006/0023
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d0d9b738-6534-4fef-a19a-4c0313d2e6e4
  10. urn:
    4a096e7d-a8b2-4cb1-b007-aa7e0cb4e0cb
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk - fråsegn om kommunedelplan for avfall
    id:
    0009
    path:
    VLFK/K-11079/D/Db/Dba/L0101/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4a096e7d-a8b2-4cb1-b007-aa7e0cb4e0cb
  11. urn:
    bd6e0efe-cb2b-469c-943c-3cab2a6ff382
    name:
    Indre Hordaland Miljøverk. Framlegg val av styremedlem 2001-2003
    id:
    0019
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021.1/D/Da/L0006/0019
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd6e0efe-cb2b-469c-943c-3cab2a6ff382
  12. urn:
    e298ff73-0cb2-4526-8f25-e495c26ad51b
    name:
    Indre Hordaland miljøverk - val av medlem og varamedlem til representantskapet for perioden 2003 - 2007
    id:
    0050
    path:
    IKAH/1232-021/A/Ab/L0052/0050
    unit_type:
    SAK
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e298ff73-0cb2-4526-8f25-e495c26ad51b
  13. urn:
    787f005f-9c70-4e60-8794-98dbe526e5c7
    name:
    Indre Trondheimsfjord Havnevesen iks
    id:
    A-4059
    path:
    TIKA/A-4059
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/787f005f-9c70-4e60-8794-98dbe526e5c7
  14. urn:
    d256a58c-1153-4b09-8b86-535e11c14fcf
    name:
    Miljørettet helsevern på Fosen IKS
    id:
    PA-5344
    path:
    TIKA/PA-5344
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d256a58c-1153-4b09-8b86-535e11c14fcf
  15. urn:
    4cc781cd-a48e-4bbc-9eba-e407aef7f442
    name:
    Indre Trondheimsfjord Havnevesen iks
    id:
    AKT-4130
    path:
    TIKA/AKT-4130
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    På bakgrunn av utredningsrapport, forslag til vedtekter og Styringsgruppens vedtak av 13.06.2003, ble det i de respektive kommunestyrer (Frosta, Inderøy, Leksvik, Levanger, Mosvik, Steinkjer, Verdal og Verran) vedtatt å inngå i det interkommunale havnesamarbeid "Indre Trondheimsfjord havnevesen (ITH...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4cc781cd-a48e-4bbc-9eba-e407aef7f442
  16. urn:
    ee5c9480-05a0-477a-b2e9-042f317347fa
    name:
    Miljørettet helsevern på Fosen IKS
    id:
    AKT-5009
    path:
    TIKA/AKT-5009
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Eid av Bjugn, Åfjord, Ørland, Roan og Indre Fosen (tidl Rissa og Leksvik). Del av Folkehelse Fosen IKS
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ee5c9480-05a0-477a-b2e9-042f317347fa
  17. urn:
    18c4b4b2-28de-437c-8da4-3def58dfae40
    name:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Hordaland IKS
    id:
    99-IKAH
    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/18c4b4b2-28de-437c-8da4-3def58dfae40
  18. urn:
    5c3ef620-94fc-46d0-80fc-93ef350377bc
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    id:
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    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH/B/Ba/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5c3ef620-94fc-46d0-80fc-93ef350377bc
  19. urn:
    edba3bdd-1458-41e5-a2d3-937e821e0e33
    name:
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    id:
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    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH/B/Ba/L0002
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/edba3bdd-1458-41e5-a2d3-937e821e0e33
  20. urn:
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    name:
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    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH/B/Ba/L0003
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/125a0fe7-63e6-4141-947d-ac6d1856c434
  21. urn:
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    name:
    Kopibok for IKA Hordaland IKS
    id:
    L0004
    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH/B/Ba/L0004
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f742b79-4cfe-493d-a142-62674781a7af
  22. urn:
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    id:
    L0001
    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH/C/Ca/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c81ba021-09c8-4a9e-8186-efcc8683d2a5
  23. urn:
    d226adfa-1069-4941-a5fb-5a4338e2ab78
    name:
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    id:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Indre Sunnhordland jordskifterett vart skilt ut i 1905 frå Sunnhordland. I 1951 vart Vikebygd flytta frå Indre til Ytre Sunnhordland. I 1985 vart Ytre og Indre Sunnhordland slege saman til Sunnhordland jordskifterett.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d226adfa-1069-4941-a5fb-5a4338e2ab78
  24. urn:
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    name:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b51da348-87e2-4651-97f4-071c1f230892
  25. urn:
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    id:
    0001
    path:
    IKAH/99-IKAH/A/Aa/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a4fc62b3-daf2-47c5-9515-f39508ec5488
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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