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.

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.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-24T15:52:39Z in 0.776 seconds.

Showing 10 of 1616 results in compact format.

name:
Annet om Academia (Joint Action project)
id:
0004
name:
Total Tub. Action (Joint Enterprise): Statistikk og regnskaper
id:
0003
name:
Rapport, Target Analytics
id:
0001
name:
Rapport, Target Analytics
id:
0002
name:
Rapport, Target Analytics
id:
0003
name:
6296 (2) - Oil spill action plan (10HA-004), revisions 01-05, originals (2)
id:
0003
name:
Aksjoner/Action Alerts
id:
0003
name:
Kambodsja-Thailand, Rapporter, Kampuchea/ Thailand Emergency appeal 1983, Kampuchea - back from the brink. The International Committee of the Red Cross reports on its 15-months joint action with UNICEF in Kampuchea and Thailand,
id:
0003
name:
Sentral-Amerika og Mellom-Amerika,. Felles Nordisk utviklingsprosjekt (The joint Nordic Projects).
id:
0007
name:
Report of the League of Red Cross societies on the world red cross conference on peace Belgrade 1975 and programme of action of the red cross as a factor of peace Final Adition.
id:
0001

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total:

1616

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25 results

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046282b1-4074-409e-ba3d-4eaca8e6e2c0
name:
Annet om Academia (Joint Action project)
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0004
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AV/RA-S-1536/G/Ga/L0004/0004
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Total Tub. Action (Joint Enterprise): Statistikk og regnskaper
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0003
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AV/RA-PA-0379/D/Dg/L0032/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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9edda2a7-35ab-492d-ab3c-ae34418942ff
name:
Rapport, Target Analytics
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-2058/E/Ee/L0005/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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9f661162-792b-4547-8dcd-eeb8b09f8d73
name:
Rapport, Target Analytics
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0002
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AV/RA-PA-2058/E/Ee/L0005/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Rapport, Target Analytics
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0003
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AV/RA-PA-2058/E/Ee/L0005/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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898036e2-3ed3-4b0d-b692-f1d6df733fe6
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0003
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AV/SAST-A-101251/Z/L0005/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/898036e2-3ed3-4b0d-b692-f1d6df733fe6
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Aksjoner/Action Alerts
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0003
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SKA/A-0003/I/Ia/L0023/0003
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MAPPE
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Skeivt arkiv
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Kambodsja-Thailand, Rapporter, Kampuchea/ Thailand Emergency appeal 1983, Kampuchea - back from the brink. The International Committee of the Red Cross reports on its 15-months joint action with UNICEF in Kampuchea and Thailand,
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0003
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AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0378/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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8b498752-59b0-41ff-8df5-2a283c272848
name:
Sentral-Amerika og Mellom-Amerika,. Felles Nordisk utviklingsprosjekt (The joint Nordic Projects).
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0007
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AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Df/L0643/0007
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Report of the League of Red Cross societies on the world red cross conference on peace Belgrade 1975 and programme of action of the red cross as a factor of peace Final Adition.
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dd/L0513/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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8ded2128-2ecf-4b7a-b933-3a093b49e31f
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3313 (1) - Joint Midgard/Smørbukk studies, spring 1994, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
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0004
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AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0003/0004
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Mobil joint interest
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Db
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AV/SAST-A-102024/4/D/Db
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SERIE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Veslefrikk Joint Venture Audit workfile (2)
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0005
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AV/SAST-A-101252/F/L0014/0005
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Nasjonalarkivet
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947.23: Licence 042 joint budget. 947.25: Amoco group joint budget. 947.26: Licence 032 & 033 joint budget. 947.27: Licence 056 joint budget.
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AV/SAST-A-102405/05/D/Da/L0004/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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AV/RA-PA-1556/D/L0017/0005/0005
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Action Sheet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Earth Action
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Action pastorale
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Action Factory
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MAPPE
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066.21 - Byggeplassmøte joint venture Kværner Rosenberg joint venture
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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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