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 2026-11-14T15:48:34Z in 0.340 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58269 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    MBB
    id:
    0006
  2. name:
    MBB
    id:
    0024
  3. name:
    Side 1: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 1-3. Side 2: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 4-6.
    id:
    0018
  4. name:
    Side 1: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 7-9. Side 2: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 10-11.
    id:
    0019
  5. name:
    Side 1: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 12-13. Side 2: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 14-17.
    id:
    0020
  6. name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0007
  7. name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0012
  8. name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0010
  9. name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0008
  10. name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0004
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58269
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    MBB
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/SAKO-P-1081/D/Da/Dae/L0015/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4b1687fb-60ba-4d53-ade3-34d7fca86c68
  2. urn:
    811dd080-6446-4b90-8034-0134ee692dc8
    name:
    MBB
    id:
    0024
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1322/R/L0007/0024
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/811dd080-6446-4b90-8034-0134ee692dc8
  3. urn:
    537bc4f2-e4a1-41ad-bfb4-c57abbd1a2a6
    name:
    Side 1: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 1-3. Side 2: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 4-6.
    id:
    0018
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1587/F/Fa/L0473/0018
    unit_type:
    LYD
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/537bc4f2-e4a1-41ad-bfb4-c57abbd1a2a6
  4. urn:
    1bceb7f7-6235-43e4-8ef4-a01b0b47a402
    name:
    Side 1: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 7-9. Side 2: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 10-11.
    id:
    0019
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1587/F/Fa/L0473/0019
    unit_type:
    LYD
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1bceb7f7-6235-43e4-8ef4-a01b0b47a402
  5. urn:
    1d861f09-bc23-4bef-818f-96464b0c08c7
    name:
    Side 1: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 12-13. Side 2: Lydbok: "Omin Hambbe i Slättköping" av Max Lundgren. Kapittel 14-17.
    id:
    0020
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1587/F/Fa/L0473/0020
    unit_type:
    LYD
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1d861f09-bc23-4bef-818f-96464b0c08c7
  6. urn:
    d656b754-fa6c-40d0-8f0c-5139dcd43616
    name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fa/L0150/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d656b754-fa6c-40d0-8f0c-5139dcd43616
  7. urn:
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    name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0012
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fe/Feb/L0007/0012
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1b18afc3-2435-47b7-a1f6-e7b3e0d51bb1
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    name:
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    id:
    0010
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fe/Feb/L0021/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/412cda36-b952-4cd2-8a04-1de3adce46bf
  9. urn:
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    name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fe/Feb/L0063/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f9c80595-9bdf-4fc0-9dd3-d4cf0775baef
  10. urn:
    bf110838-3899-41fa-97a9-afe6cbae46d9
    name:
    Isovator A/S
    id:
    0004
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    AV/RA-S-1605/1/D/Dc/Dcb/L0018/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf110838-3899-41fa-97a9-afe6cbae46d9
  11. urn:
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    id:
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    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0063/0034
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/83fc2791-c1e1-4eb3-bfd3-6149be916223
  12. urn:
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    Hokksund - Isovator A/S
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    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0131/0029
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2f8e5586-10bb-40ad-b79e-245fadd90721
  13. urn:
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    Hokksund - Isovator A/S
    id:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/927e5d3a-f7c2-434c-89fe-4913cc38c0d4
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    Hokksund - Isovator A/S
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    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    AV/RA-S-1542/D/Da/L0134/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  16. urn:
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    id:
    0006
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f65be84a-d47e-4a6a-bc0c-1c12bf33c144
  17. urn:
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    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0270/0017
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
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    link:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    link:
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  22. urn:
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    name:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    link:
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    id:
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How an AI agent should use this page

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.

Source-specific next step

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.