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 2026-11-13T10:30:03Z in 0.380 seconds.

Showing 10 of 59644 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Undheim, Paul
    id:
    MA-A-1441
  2. name:
    Hovedregisterkort, alfabetisk - Undheim, D
    id:
    L0057
  3. name:
    Namnekort kvinner - Undheim, Ruth
    id:
    L0105
  4. name:
    Pa 0374 - Undheim Skytterlag
    id:
    SAST-XA-100571
  5. name:
    Undheim, Per Skår
    id:
    MA-A-1426
  6. name:
    Time kommune - Tunheim/Undheim skole
    id:
    K-100803
  7. name:
    Time kommune - PA 030 Undheim Elektrisitetsverk
    id:
    K-100890
  8. name:
    Time kommune - PA 030 Undheim Elektrisitetsverk
    id:
    K-100890
  9. name:
    Parti av Undheim på Jæren. Landskap.
    id:
    G.P.01
  10. name:
    Mundheim Meieri
    id:
    A-7406
Show all fields in HTML
total:
59644
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    1601242e-7e14-48a0-a7a8-79653707498b
    name:
    Undheim, Paul
    id:
    MA-A-1441
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1441
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1601242e-7e14-48a0-a7a8-79653707498b
  2. urn:
    967450f1-55c0-4210-a27e-52325452521a
    name:
    Hovedregisterkort, alfabetisk - Undheim, D
    id:
    L0057
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101998/0002/O/L0057
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/967450f1-55c0-4210-a27e-52325452521a
  3. urn:
    d62815e3-76ef-43c8-98b4-86a5eff0c487
    name:
    Namnekort kvinner - Undheim, Ruth
    id:
    L0105
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101998/0002/O/L0105
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d62815e3-76ef-43c8-98b4-86a5eff0c487
  4. urn:
    4b0b2922-caec-4911-b7f1-472687c6d5e0
    name:
    Pa 0374 - Undheim Skytterlag
    id:
    SAST-XA-100571
    path:
    AV/SAST-XA-100571
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4b0b2922-caec-4911-b7f1-472687c6d5e0
  5. urn:
    f3ac1ac1-737e-4f62-b9a4-c04576c774de
    name:
    Undheim, Per Skår
    id:
    MA-A-1426
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1426
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f3ac1ac1-737e-4f62-b9a4-c04576c774de
  6. urn:
    58ad8553-b3e6-440e-a90f-0d0570aa25d5
    name:
    Time kommune - Tunheim/Undheim skole
    id:
    K-100803
    path:
    IKAR/K-100803
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/58ad8553-b3e6-440e-a90f-0d0570aa25d5
  7. urn:
    2abf8d53-23a6-46c4-b139-7181de3b5ce5
    name:
    Time kommune - PA 030 Undheim Elektrisitetsverk
    id:
    K-100890
    path:
    IKAR/K-100890
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2abf8d53-23a6-46c4-b139-7181de3b5ce5
  8. urn:
    9f31d82f-9427-4f8f-aedf-3a28cb8c77e7
    name:
    Time kommune - PA 030 Undheim Elektrisitetsverk
    id:
    K-100890
    path:
    IKAR/K-100890
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Undheim elektrisitetsverk ble reist i 1929. Da verket kom igang, ble det regnet som et stort fremskritt, fordi det ga mulighet til å varme opp husene og gi dem lys. Notto Gjennestad (styrer ved Undheim meieri) og Rasmus Undheim var sentrale i oppstarten. Nedlagt i 1969 etter at bygda fikk kommunal s...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9f31d82f-9427-4f8f-aedf-3a28cb8c77e7
  9. urn:
    no-ulhaArkiv-000000003574
    name:
    Parti av Undheim på Jæren. Landskap.
    id:
    G.P.01
    path:
    ULHA/A-1023/U/L0001/G.P.01
    unit_type:
    Foto
    institution:
    Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulhaArkiv-000000003574
  10. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003486618
    name:
    Mundheim Meieri
    id:
    A-7406
    path:
    BBA/A-7406
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003486618
  11. urn:
    fb3fedf0-33f4-44ee-b692-82c78cb86c90
    name:
    Mundheim Meieri
    id:
    A-7406
    path:
    SAF/A-7406
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb3fedf0-33f4-44ee-b692-82c78cb86c90
  12. urn:
    b223803a-ab73-41e0-953f-bfabd327d1b2
    name:
    Bilruta Bergen-Mundheim
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0164
    path:
    AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0164
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b223803a-ab73-41e0-953f-bfabd327d1b2
  13. urn:
    280771cf-db95-4f89-903b-fe7c5b007545
    name:
    Sund kommune. Sundheimen
    id:
    1245-442.1
    path:
    IKAH/1245-442.1
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/280771cf-db95-4f89-903b-fe7c5b007545
  14. urn:
    4c470e45-2999-4599-a96c-fb794e2e4179
    name:
    Varaldsøy kommune. Mundheim provianteringsråd
    id:
    1225-840
    path:
    IKAH/1225-840
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4c470e45-2999-4599-a96c-fb794e2e4179
  15. urn:
    658c588f-6c87-4e80-8cbd-7d2f9d589781
    name:
    Ringve realskole og gymnas
    id:
    SAT-A-2811
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-2811
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/658c588f-6c87-4e80-8cbd-7d2f9d589781
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000569550
    name:
    Klubben ved A/S Norsk Nettingverk
    id:
    A-2820
    path:
    BBA/A-2820
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000569550
  17. urn:
    928bf393-13c1-4f91-a0e0-124b6eef348b
    name:
    Klubben ved A/S Norsk Nettingverk
    id:
    A-2820
    path:
    SAF/A-2820
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/928bf393-13c1-4f91-a0e0-124b6eef348b
  18. urn:
    3fe611c8-c3af-450a-9686-9da89d1b2027
    name:
    Sør-Trøndelag fylkeskommune, Ringve videregående skole
    id:
    A-2765
    path:
    TIKA/A-2765
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3fe611c8-c3af-450a-9686-9da89d1b2027
  19. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000569551
    name:
    Klubben ved Bernt Iversen & Søn A/S og A/S Norsk Nettingverk
    id:
    A-2821
    path:
    BBA/A-2821
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000569551
  20. urn:
    eb89dab9-8a09-45eb-b199-41ba0aac9f89
    name:
    Klubben ved Bernt Iversen & Søn A/S og A/S Norsk Nettingverk
    id:
    A-2821
    path:
    SAF/A-2821
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    ArkiVest
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eb89dab9-8a09-45eb-b199-41ba0aac9f89
  21. urn:
    8a9ea4dc-0236-4359-8721-ba12572adb80
    name:
    Undheim, Per Skår
    id:
    P-1475
    path:
    VID/P-1475
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Misjonær på Madagaskar for Det Norske Misjonsselskap i perioden 1937-1952. Per Skår Undheim ble født 5. april 1908 i Time. Foreldrene var gårdbruker Peder Tollefsen Undheim (1870-?) og Ellen Malene Skaar (1875-1936). Utdanning: Nedstrand Landbruksskole i 1928-1929, Misjonsskolens XVI. kull 1929-...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8a9ea4dc-0236-4359-8721-ba12572adb80
  22. urn:
    1d08c61b-ca35-4db1-be45-5db30f088063
    name:
    Vannforsyning Undheim etappe 2
    id:
    0050
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0010/0050
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1d08c61b-ca35-4db1-be45-5db30f088063
  23. urn:
    fe8eb9a1-56a1-4868-8354-535df9752f79
    name:
    Vannforsyning Undheim etappe 1
    id:
    0017
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Ge/L0002/0017
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe8eb9a1-56a1-4868-8354-535df9752f79
  24. urn:
    8e104354-52f6-488b-85d2-946c764bb909
    name:
    Høydebasseng Undheim - bygging av høydebasseng og ventilkammer
    id:
    0182
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0049/0182
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8e104354-52f6-488b-85d2-946c764bb909
  25. urn:
    dfabd01a-2bf8-41bd-8b69-897609a97ef7
    name:
    Ringve AS. Dokumenter, korrespondanse og aksjesedler.
    id:
    L0002
    path:
    MIST/RMT-A-1001/D/Dc/L0002
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Museene i Sør-Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dfabd01a-2bf8-41bd-8b69-897609a97ef7
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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.