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, 1-100 (default 25). 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 2026-11-03T12:30:25Z in 3.817 seconds.

Showing 10 of 850 results in compact format.

name:
506/1/ARMT - Fuzes. Detonators. Igniters.
id:
0008
name:
Igniter Map Wine 836111-03 - 846206-1
id:
0002
name:
Produkter. Sivile sprengstoffer: Produktutvikling: Ammon gelignite 25% eksportsprengstoff
id:
0003
name:
Procurement, Supply - general matters (For procurement of new equipment, see file 204)
id:
0011
name:
ST 05 - 25 A 255: Tender living quarters of platform A, block 34/10 Vol. a) Tables 1, 2 and 3: Engineering - procurement - construction. A255.1: Vol.b) Tables 4 to 16 Engineering - procurement - construction
id:
0002
name:
455.7018: Tender Board/ Procurement Committee. 455.7018.1: Memos to Tender Board. 455.7018.2: Memos from Tender Board. 455.7018.3: Minutes of Meetings. 455.7018.4: Procurement Committee matters
id:
0003
name:
ST 05 - 25 A 276: Tender for engineering, design, procurement and construction of the main drilling module D11 Vol. 1 of 2 .A 276.1: Tender for engineering, design, procurement and construction of the main drilling module D11 Vol. 2-1 of 2.
id:
0002
name:
08 Procurement
id:
0006
name:
Supply & Procurement
id:
L0502
name:
Supply & Procurement
id:
L0512

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total:

850

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
506/1/ARMT - Fuzes. Detonators. Igniters.
id:
0008
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AV/RA-RAFA-3974/E/Ed/L0004/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
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name:
Igniter Map Wine 836111-03 - 846206-1
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0002
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NTM/A-1086/T/Tb/0002
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TEGNINGSSERIE
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Norsk Teknisk Museum
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0
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id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1538/E/Eb/L0081/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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name:
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0011
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MAPPE
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0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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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

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.

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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.

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