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; page: integer, optional, default 1; 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&page=1&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit}, {page} 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&page=1&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.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
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&page=1&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&page=1&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&page=1&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.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-19T10:14:54Z in 0.588 seconds.

Showing 10 of 157045 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Statfjord Transport AS
    id:
    A-102055
  2. name:
    Tvistesaker individuelle medlemmer - JMJ - KJB Transport - KNAS - K. Simonsen Transport - K.S Maskin & Sveis
    id:
    0004
  3. name:
    Tunnsjø Maskin & Transport AS
    id:
    0001
  4. name:
    Uleberg maskin og transport AS
    id:
    0018
  5. name:
    Verran Maskin og Transport AS
    id:
    0002
  6. name:
    Elvenes transport og maskin AS
    id:
    0009
  7. name:
    Aune maskin og transport AS
    id:
    0005
  8. name:
    Maskin AS K. Lund
    id:
    P-16677
  9. name:
    Bedrifts ID: 712800. VBK Transport Interiør AS
    id:
    0001
  10. name:
    Lønnskrav Tverås Maskin og Transport AS
    id:
    0002
Show all fields in HTML
total:
157045
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    00b92e84-9204-4a0a-8175-296ff3300f82
    name:
    Statfjord Transport AS
    id:
    A-102055
    path:
    AV/A-102055
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Statfjord Transport AS ble stiftet den 9. august 1978. Selskapets formål var å delta i transport av råolje med tankskip fra Statfjordfeltet i Nordsjøen gjennom deltagelse som komplementar i kommandittselskapet K/S Statfjord Transport a.s & Co.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/00b92e84-9204-4a0a-8175-296ff3300f82
  2. urn:
    c9ebb320-46c5-440c-9c93-e7b2b6a76c51
    name:
    Tvistesaker individuelle medlemmer - JMJ - KJB Transport - KNAS - K. Simonsen Transport - K.S Maskin & Sveis
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AAB/ARK-3515/D/L0004/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c9ebb320-46c5-440c-9c93-e7b2b6a76c51
  3. urn:
    b2607f2a-6119-470a-8872-5868f0d4d19d
    name:
    Tunnsjø Maskin & Transport AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1772/D/Da/L0416/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2607f2a-6119-470a-8872-5868f0d4d19d
  4. urn:
    e8accd0c-0534-438d-ad8b-26f443a823e9
    name:
    Uleberg maskin og transport AS
    id:
    0018
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-121/D4/L0873A/0018
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e8accd0c-0534-438d-ad8b-26f443a823e9
  5. urn:
    93a2be9a-3d26-4ae3-a37c-b4fe59df1193
    name:
    Verran Maskin og Transport AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1772/D/Da/L0426/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/93a2be9a-3d26-4ae3-a37c-b4fe59df1193
  6. urn:
    babf1f30-aca7-47fb-9b02-1cffcf3bec2b
    name:
    Elvenes transport og maskin AS
    id:
    0009
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Ec/L0008/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/babf1f30-aca7-47fb-9b02-1cffcf3bec2b
  7. urn:
    4de8aaf2-2cf0-4cea-92b1-c2b29c818ede
    name:
    Aune maskin og transport AS
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Ec/L0010/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4de8aaf2-2cf0-4cea-92b1-c2b29c818ede
  8. urn:
    2c1e1fae-d360-4c41-89a8-e5b9d6dcec4c
    name:
    Maskin AS K. Lund
    id:
    P-16677
    path:
    AV/P-16677
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Maskin A/S K. Lund & Co er en norsk maskinforhandler og -produsent. Firmaet ble etablert i Oslo i 1898 som maskinagenturen K. Lund & Co. av de to ingeniørene Kristoffer Lund (1870-1942) og Kristian Vennemoe (1869-1933), fra Høland. Firmaet hadde i 1899 forretningsadresse i Svaneapotek-gården i Karl ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2c1e1fae-d360-4c41-89a8-e5b9d6dcec4c
  9. urn:
    7ab1127c-e918-4710-a501-6cf71e2d76bb
    name:
    Bedrifts ID: 712800. VBK Transport Interiør AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/D/Df/L0008/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7ab1127c-e918-4710-a501-6cf71e2d76bb
  10. urn:
    1039d3e4-af67-47c8-bc28-dd773ce6f182
    name:
    Lønnskrav Tverås Maskin og Transport AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1815/E/Ec/L0011/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1039d3e4-af67-47c8-bc28-dd773ce6f182
  11. urn:
    4bc80531-53aa-4c9f-93fe-9b713dd570c0
    name:
    Uleberg, Jon. Maskin og Transport AS
    id:
    0011
    path:
    AAMA/KA0940i-180/D/D02/L0018/0011
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4bc80531-53aa-4c9f-93fe-9b713dd570c0
  12. urn:
    3a037919-8be8-4bc4-b82f-263f7fd9d047
    name:
    Sartor Maskin AS
    id:
    0016
    path:
    IKAH/1246-527/D/Da/L0009/0016
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3a037919-8be8-4bc4-b82f-263f7fd9d047
  13. urn:
    e1970428-d925-42ae-a9ea-228823462739
    name:
    AS Idustriforsikring Brann og Maskin - Forsikringstagere: / Transport:
    id:
    L0623
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/D/Db/L0623
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e1970428-d925-42ae-a9ea-228823462739
  14. urn:
    effc0d7e-f296-4b35-835a-b5cdc78dddf4
    name:
    182/87 Rossvold CAST adkomstveier - Målselv Maskin & Transport AS
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2010/1/F/Fd/L0280/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/effc0d7e-f296-4b35-835a-b5cdc78dddf4
  15. urn:
    e33dc4f2-63ed-43df-8e9b-7fd0b8bd124e
    name:
    Nerviks Transport og maskinfirma AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1772/D/Da/L0304/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e33dc4f2-63ed-43df-8e9b-7fd0b8bd124e
  16. urn:
    37e6bef2-5e12-4669-8a27-4adce53c96ae
    name:
    220/86 Setermoen fellesverksted - flytting og lukking av bekk - Målselv Maskin & Transport AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2010/1/F/Fd/L0265/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/37e6bef2-5e12-4669-8a27-4adce53c96ae
  17. urn:
    7280c544-6315-4c2e-9ccc-4004a7c02edc
    name:
    Transport og deponering av masser fra gjennviningsstasjoner i IVAR- områdert
    id:
    0007
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0001/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7280c544-6315-4c2e-9ccc-4004a7c02edc
  18. urn:
    d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
    name:
    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
    path:
    AIN/NFK-23-113/D/Da/L0126/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
  19. urn:
    a52f97ef-aac1-45f5-be1a-36f8d3fc141c
    name:
    JM Hansen AS, Påbygg 4. etasje
    id:
    0010
    path:
    AV/SATØ-P-0442/F/L0157/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a52f97ef-aac1-45f5-be1a-36f8d3fc141c
  20. urn:
    383e38a3-e345-41f3-aef7-f3b6565f4921
    name:
    Transport av avfall for SVAR AS i område 1 RYMI-IVAR
    id:
    0188
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0050/0188
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/383e38a3-e345-41f3-aef7-f3b6565f4921
  21. urn:
    cce87323-284b-45b2-9e91-2775ad34a6f3
    name:
    JM Norge AS. Kjøp av Løypetona 28 - L17
    id:
    0034
    path:
    IKAH/1256-022/F/Fa/L0004/0034
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cce87323-284b-45b2-9e91-2775ad34a6f3
  22. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003053458
    name:
    BIR Transport AS
    id:
    N-10421
    path:
    BBA/N-10421
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    100 prosent eid av BIR AS, etablert som driftsselskap for innsamling av avfall i Bergen kommune som er omfattet av forurensningsloven §30. Selskapet er av allmennyttig karakter og skal ikke dele ut utbytte. De ressurser som genereres gjennom virksomheten skal anvendes til realisering av selskapets ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003053458
  23. urn:
    216890ca-be23-417b-967c-e50921cb5ef1
    name:
    Standard Norge- Byggblankett 8405 A. Formular for kontrakt om utførelse av bygge- og anleggsarbeider. KK og Winsnes Maskin og Transport AS
    id:
    0009
    path:
    TRKO/A-1632/I/L0019/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Trondheim byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/216890ca-be23-417b-967c-e50921cb5ef1
  24. urn:
    b2eada3f-a006-48c2-aad7-40bc56e6e7af
    name:
    Transport av avfall for SVAR AS i område 2 DIM-IVAR -IRS
    id:
    0189
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0050/0189
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2eada3f-a006-48c2-aad7-40bc56e6e7af
  25. urn:
    6102aa53-a1be-4c76-8722-198fcdfadb40
    name:
    JM Norge AS. Forskotteringsavtale om bygging av gangbru over Mjåtveitelva
    id:
    0041
    path:
    IKAH/1256-022/F/Fa/L0004/0041
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6102aa53-a1be-4c76-8722-198fcdfadb40
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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  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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