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. 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 2026-11-12T03:22:48Z in 1.413 seconds.

Showing 10 of 110563 results in compact format.

name:
Sarpsborg Science Center
id:
0002
name:
Nordisk Science Center Forbund
id:
0008
name:
Science Center i utlandet
id:
0009
name:
Coast Center Base AS
id:
A-102270
name:
Nasjonalt Science Center. Grorud jernbanestasjon
id:
L0001
name:
Stiftelsen Teknoteket (Norsk science center)
id:
0026
name:
Science Center didaktikk i Falun
id:
0001
name:
Beskrivelse Queenstacon Science Center Australia
id:
0003
name:
Anti- submarine Warfare Technical Center, ASWTC. SACLANT
id:
0008
name:
Letters from University of Texas, Health Science Center
id:
0007

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total:

110563

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
b9680ddc-aec8-4d0b-8e8c-b4f83b2a554e
name:
Sarpsborg Science Center
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-1005/D/Dc/Dcg/L0020/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b9680ddc-aec8-4d0b-8e8c-b4f83b2a554e
urn:
dd2b92f3-9bc6-433e-b43b-ad2baf15d2c3
name:
Nordisk Science Center Forbund
id:
0008
path:
NTM/A-1103/F/Fa/L0001/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dd2b92f3-9bc6-433e-b43b-ad2baf15d2c3
urn:
8ff80040-ecdb-41be-9881-b1b033aff61b
name:
Science Center i utlandet
id:
0009
path:
NTM/A-1103/F/Fa/L0001/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ff80040-ecdb-41be-9881-b1b033aff61b
urn:
0474ce49-6676-4ea9-a207-4f9bbbe82483
name:
Coast Center Base AS
id:
A-102270
path:
AV/A-102270
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Coast Center Base ble etablert i 1973 på Ågotnes i Fjell kommune i Hordaland. Selskapet eies av NorSeaGroup og Bernh. Larsen Holding. Bedriften driver spesielt virksomhet rettet mot petroleumsvirksomhet. CCB tilbyr tjenester knyttet til sørvis, forsyningstjenester, teknisk vedlikehold, havnedrift, v...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0474ce49-6676-4ea9-a207-4f9bbbe82483
urn:
12784325-ae8d-4fa7-b244-8bdfdc105358
name:
Nasjonalt Science Center. Grorud jernbanestasjon
id:
L0001
path:
NTM/A-1103/G/Ga/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/12784325-ae8d-4fa7-b244-8bdfdc105358
urn:
f91d6161-0506-429d-83fc-377d8794af09
name:
Stiftelsen Teknoteket (Norsk science center)
id:
0026
path:
AV/RA-PA-1728/D/Da/L1380/0026
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f91d6161-0506-429d-83fc-377d8794af09
urn:
5538b6f8-5c78-4316-bd4f-d1c9c189cee9
name:
Science Center didaktikk i Falun
id:
0001
path:
NTM/A-1103/H/Ha/L0001/0005/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5538b6f8-5c78-4316-bd4f-d1c9c189cee9
urn:
3b06a822-2e7d-4b7d-8f27-eb103a97eb43
name:
Beskrivelse Queenstacon Science Center Australia
id:
0003
path:
NTM/A-1103/N/Na/L0002/0003/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3b06a822-2e7d-4b7d-8f27-eb103a97eb43
urn:
93c2ae65-8543-4ec0-8584-b0f6bedb6889
name:
Anti- submarine Warfare Technical Center, ASWTC. SACLANT
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2355/2/D/L0184/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/93c2ae65-8543-4ec0-8584-b0f6bedb6889
urn:
91a59e47-4880-41b6-a957-12ef94d1d8a2
name:
Letters from University of Texas, Health Science Center
id:
0007
path:
OAM/A-00619/F/L0031/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/91a59e47-4880-41b6-a957-12ef94d1d8a2
urn:
547c5a1b-cb7d-454b-aa4f-8dda0015a935
name:
Nesbyen Center
id:
0003
path:
IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0025/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
IKA Kongsberg
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/547c5a1b-cb7d-454b-aa4f-8dda0015a935
urn:
60928371-02f8-4822-9762-7df53e07457e
name:
Smith, Dean C., the pilot on the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition, Smith addressed the Ontario Science Center on June 5, 1971, the address is in this file, as well as a letter from Smith to Fred W. Hotson
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1642/F/L0009/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/60928371-02f8-4822-9762-7df53e07457e
urn:
78c8decf-33a6-4656-a55f-2aed822427b2
name:
Coast Center Base A.S & Co
id:
0012
path:
AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0124/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/78c8decf-33a6-4656-a55f-2aed822427b2
urn:
58ce0856-eb5c-431b-ae55-d979c790754d
name:
Wien-senteret, Center for Research and Documentation in the Social Sciences
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2918/D/Dc/Dck/Dckj/L0675/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/58ce0856-eb5c-431b-ae55-d979c790754d
urn:
37653127-3001-4020-ab83-067468950f77
name:
Wien-senteret, Center for Research and Documentation in the Social Sciences
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2918/D/Dc/Dck/Dckj/L0676/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/37653127-3001-4020-ab83-067468950f77
urn:
216fa97a-2246-443f-94e7-d20b4d105225
name:
Nutrimarine Life Science AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAB-A-100613/D/Da/L0141/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/216fa97a-2246-443f-94e7-d20b4d105225
urn:
d5b18936-e068-4ae3-b317-61e87162aad6
name:
Center Plast AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Ea/L0060/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5b18936-e068-4ae3-b317-61e87162aad6
urn:
2ff5629b-b689-4d9a-8ff9-1cc098a333bf
name:
Center plast AS
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Ec/L0014/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2ff5629b-b689-4d9a-8ff9-1cc098a333bf
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16a76d41-0694-4bea-bb11-0ad144aea3df
name:
Support Center AS
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0005
path:
AV/SAT-A-6883/D/Db/L0052/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/16a76d41-0694-4bea-bb11-0ad144aea3df
urn:
d9c911e3-90ff-4c15-9e01-2909674cf7b4
name:
ISSC-International Social Science Council
id:
Gd
path:
AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0437/G/Gd
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d9c911e3-90ff-4c15-9e01-2909674cf7b4
urn:
751fc189-1e1c-4e03-af8a-c35a5e2e0d71
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The Center, New York.
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0001
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SKA/A-0003/J/L0002/0001
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MAPPE
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Skeivt arkiv
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/751fc189-1e1c-4e03-af8a-c35a5e2e0d71
urn:
d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
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Bodø - Nymo Maskin AS - Norsk sikteduk AS - Norsk Haukultur AS - Nord Norges Salgslag AS - Norlandsbryggeriet AS - Nordland Betongindustri AS - Max Mat AS - Margarinfabrikken Norge - Løvolds industri AS - Landego Fiske - K.S Helligværfisk - Fiskekroken AS
id:
0001
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AIN/NFK-23-113/D/Da/L0126/0001
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MAPPE
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Arkiv i Nordland
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0
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Back Office Center AS
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0002
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AV/SAT-A-1772/D/Da/L0146/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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0001
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AV/SAT-A-6883/D/Db/L0053/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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name:
Bergen Racket Center AS
id:
0004
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BBA/A-2969.02/D/Db/L0114/0004
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003624780

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