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, 1-100 (default 25). 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, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T17:23:03Z in 3.117 seconds.

Showing 10 of 3470 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Seadrill Limited.
    id:
    A-102230
  2. name:
    Hektoria Limited
    id:
    Akt-1584
  3. name:
    Instant Ibsen
    id:
    0002
  4. name:
    Instanets (instant tablets)
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    Riverton Shipping Limited
    id:
    ARS-Akt-1192
  6. name:
    Dighem II survey of the Finnmark area, Norway for A/S Sydvaranger by Dighem Limited
    id:
    2863
  7. name:
    Diverse mapper. (Acheson Graphite Group, akjsekjøp ACOA, Aluminium Limited, rapporter forsøkstarsjon).
    id:
    L0001
  8. name:
    Preliminary Investigation of the recovery of copper from an ore sample submitted by Invex Corporation Limited. Progress Report no. 1
    id:
    4391
  9. name:
    Plakat: Playing With Cultural Heritage Through Digital Gaming: The New Narrative of the ARK4 Project
    id:
    0001
  10. name:
    Dighem II Survey of Løkken area for Orkla Industrier as by Dighem Limited Helicopter survey
    id:
    4637
Show all fields in HTML
total:
3470
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    0fb77b59-12bf-4d1e-96d5-e441dd11b4f4
    name:
    Seadrill Limited.
    id:
    A-102230
    path:
    AV/A-102230
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Seadrill Limited ble opprettet den 10. mai 2005 av hovedeier John Fredriksen og notert på Oslo Børs og New York Stock Exchange. Har gjennom oppkjøp 2005–06 av Odfjeld Invest, Smedvig og Mosvold Drilling vokst til å bli verdens største riggselskap.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0fb77b59-12bf-4d1e-96d5-e441dd11b4f4
  2. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000218
    name:
    Hektoria Limited
    id:
    Akt-1584
    path:
    VEMU/Akt-1584
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    STORBRIT. OG N.-IRL.
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Hektoria Limited ble stiftet 15. september 1932 i London av Nils R. Bugge og Harald Krogh-Hansen. Selskapet hadde samme styre som Hector Whaling Limited. Alle aksjene på nær 2 var eide av Hambros Bank. I bankens direksjon satt Karl Knudsen, som i tillegg var styreleder for Hector Whaling Ltd. Bakgru...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000218
  3. urn:
    1110bfd6-8103-49c5-9981-1841b1b9eb9f
    name:
    Instant Ibsen
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-100345/02/X/Xb/L0024/0002
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1110bfd6-8103-49c5-9981-1841b1b9eb9f
  4. urn:
    8670ce6e-5bc3-4afc-b69d-eee85f725c48
    name:
    Instanets (instant tablets)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1488/H/Hf/L0009/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8670ce6e-5bc3-4afc-b69d-eee85f725c48
  5. urn:
    no-ARS_arkiv_000000001066
    name:
    Riverton Shipping Limited
    id:
    ARS-Akt-1192
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-Akt-1192
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    LIBERIA
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Riverton Shipping Limited (Ltd.) ble opprettet og registrert i Liberia den 11. april 1983 etter tillatelse fra Skipsfartsdepartementet av 9. februar 1983. Selskapet var et liberiansk selskap eid av Aksjeselskapet Kosmos. Selskapet overtok m/s Janega den 14. mai 1983. Driften av skipet ble ivaretatt ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ARS_arkiv_000000001066
  6. urn:
    464515bc-8bfd-4fab-83bc-26e9ede95181
    name:
    Dighem II survey of the Finnmark area, Norway for A/S Sydvaranger by Dighem Limited
    id:
    2863
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0326/2863
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/464515bc-8bfd-4fab-83bc-26e9ede95181
  7. urn:
    dedd8a1f-984f-4b9c-a52f-08a69e721e10
    name:
    Diverse mapper. (Acheson Graphite Group, akjsekjøp ACOA, Aluminium Limited, rapporter forsøkstarsjon).
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    NIA/A-1036/ELK001/N/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Norsk industriarbeidermuseum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dedd8a1f-984f-4b9c-a52f-08a69e721e10
  8. urn:
    ee7fb99c-6a9b-4995-bcc4-a976958a3516
    name:
    Preliminary Investigation of the recovery of copper from an ore sample submitted by Invex Corporation Limited. Progress Report no. 1
    id:
    4391
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0475/4391
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ee7fb99c-6a9b-4995-bcc4-a976958a3516
  9. urn:
    b53f0b83-a431-473d-8688-0e6f1d746f6b
    name:
    Plakat: Playing With Cultural Heritage Through Digital Gaming: The New Narrative of the ARK4 Project
    id:
    0001
    path:
    UBIT/A-0525/F/L0002/0002/0001
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b53f0b83-a431-473d-8688-0e6f1d746f6b
  10. urn:
    95527a09-0d57-4ec1-8e8d-44520ff366b3
    name:
    Dighem II Survey of Løkken area for Orkla Industrier as by Dighem Limited Helicopter survey
    id:
    4637
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0496/4637
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95527a09-0d57-4ec1-8e8d-44520ff366b3
  11. urn:
    0bc06ad7-a9eb-4d39-a3e5-76d15edf83cb
    name:
    Log On – Log Off. En undersøkelse av Instant Messaging brukt til arbeidsrelatert kommunikasjon
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1647/F/Fa/L0043/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0bc06ad7-a9eb-4d39-a3e5-76d15edf83cb
  12. urn:
    5b5e1ee3-6386-497c-ac95-f69718fd117f
    name:
    Lpnr. 439 Electric Furnace Products Company Limited, Sauda. Lpnr. 443 Voss-Eidebanen
    id:
    L0340
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100005/F/Fa/L0340
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5b5e1ee3-6386-497c-ac95-f69718fd117f
  13. urn:
    c07ec2b0-6957-4a52-bf6d-c210998039d8
    name:
    Forvalteren for Dunderland Iron Ore Company Limited., ordnet etter nøkkel
    id:
    Kd
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0383/K/Kd
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c07ec2b0-6957-4a52-bf6d-c210998039d8
  14. urn:
    2f1a87b3-5606-4fb9-b1f6-10397d154b51
    name:
    Dighem II Survey of Løkken area for Orkla Industrier as by Dighem Limited Helicopter survey, Archive Data Tapes - list of content., Dighem fligth log
    id:
    4635
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0495/4635
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2f1a87b3-5606-4fb9-b1f6-10397d154b51
  15. urn:
    c6865bf1-a654-4325-b021-bad5dc4d6c82
    name:
    Klientmapper
    id:
    L0546
    path:
    ARKIVO/A-1283/F/Fa/L0546
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Arkiv Øst IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c6865bf1-a654-4325-b021-bad5dc4d6c82
  16. urn:
    5de2a578-4790-46e9-a2ac-ef3f76e333d4
    name:
    Klientmapper
    id:
    L0547
    path:
    ARKIVO/A-1283/F/Fa/L0547
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Arkiv Øst IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5de2a578-4790-46e9-a2ac-ef3f76e333d4
  17. urn:
    4190c549-8cee-4cdd-a978-31f6e3da8ef7
    name:
    Klientmapper
    id:
    L0548
    path:
    ARKIVO/A-1283/F/Fa/L0548
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Arkiv Øst IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4190c549-8cee-4cdd-a978-31f6e3da8ef7
  18. urn:
    72c787e5-4b68-4ca0-b469-b398cf55af0f
    name:
    Rettsak flomskader Måna/ØTB-grunneiere 1969., Rettsak Pumice Aggregates Limited 1975., Kraftlinje Feda-Porsgrunn 1973.
    id:
    L0077
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/D/Dj/L0077
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72c787e5-4b68-4ca0-b469-b398cf55af0f
  19. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000118580
    name:
    Houlder Marine Drilling Limited (Formerly Belmorsol Limited), 1974-1980
    id:
    0001
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1023/G/Ga/L0003/0001
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000118580
  20. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000062110
    name:
    Riverton Shipping Limited
    id:
    ARS-A-1192
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1192
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    liberia
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000062110
  21. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000001012252
    name:
    716/94 "SKS Challenger", Pelican Shipping Limited / SKS Obo Limited
    id:
    0001
    path:
    BBA/A-3674/6190/D/Dc/L3277/0001
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000001012252
  22. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000217
    name:
    Pa 510 - Hektoria Limited
    id:
    A-1584
    path:
    VEMU/A-1584
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    STORBRIT. OG N.-IRL.
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000000217
  23. urn:
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    name:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b282f607-79ca-435e-9d9a-a975d4dd29df
  24. urn:
    cff7e4e8-50e9-4a93-8892-977917b410fe
    name:
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    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAKO-A-1231/2-Jahre/H/Ho/Hoa/L0058/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cff7e4e8-50e9-4a93-8892-977917b410fe
  25. urn:
    f8607cc1-bc73-480b-b28c-63a5ae43be47
    name:
    Abrafract Limited
    id:
    H05
    path:
    AAMA/PA-2063/H05
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f8607cc1-bc73-480b-b28c-63a5ae43be47
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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.

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  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.

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