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 2026-10-24T01:51:44Z in 1.046 seconds.

Showing 10 of 67066 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Advokat Rolf Hagen, Kristiansand
    id:
    SAK-D/1316
  2. name:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen
    id:
    A-0146
  3. name:
    Arnfrid Hagen
    id:
    H-A-00604
  4. name:
    Townsend & Thoresen, Tonbridge, Kent, England
    id:
    A-1178
  5. name:
    Hå kommune - Skulehagen barnehage
    id:
    A-1328
  6. name:
    Falkenthal, Erik H. (f. 1905)
    id:
    R.Ark.1458
  7. name:
    Sandnes kommune - Byhagen BOAS
    id:
    A-1023
  8. name:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen
    id:
    AKT-321
  9. name:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen
    id:
    AKT-321
  10. name:
    Broderimønster av Bergithe Hagen Hille
    id:
    Ark-1059
Show all fields in HTML
total:
67066
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    532fe1b4-e15c-4d8e-b668-ab2bfc3d15c9
    name:
    Advokat Rolf Hagen, Kristiansand
    id:
    SAK-D/1316
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/1316
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/532fe1b4-e15c-4d8e-b668-ab2bfc3d15c9
  2. urn:
    7aab9c80-4a93-499c-b849-a84aa68d2686
    name:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen
    id:
    A-0146
    path:
    UBIT/A-0146
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7aab9c80-4a93-499c-b849-a84aa68d2686
  3. urn:
    b466aaec-a187-4b1c-a921-f7a7598dc097
    name:
    Arnfrid Hagen
    id:
    H-A-00604
    path:
    OARM/H-A-00604
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Randsfjordmuseet AS
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b466aaec-a187-4b1c-a921-f7a7598dc097
  4. urn:
    2b95f52f-e1f4-4352-9efd-04b4f24aea2f
    name:
    Townsend & Thoresen, Tonbridge, Kent, England
    id:
    A-1178
    path:
    NMM/A-1178
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norsk Maritimt Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2b95f52f-e1f4-4352-9efd-04b4f24aea2f
  5. urn:
    0d6a4af8-23f5-4061-8a8a-cfa100b8b901
    name:
    Hå kommune - Skulehagen barnehage
    id:
    A-1328
    path:
    IKAR/A-1328
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0d6a4af8-23f5-4061-8a8a-cfa100b8b901
  6. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000018824
    name:
    Falkenthal, Erik H. (f. 1905)
    id:
    R.Ark.1458
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1458
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000018824
  7. urn:
    3888af40-8c7e-4d03-9730-44f89ec997be
    name:
    Sandnes kommune - Byhagen BOAS
    id:
    A-1023
    path:
    IKAR/A-1023
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3888af40-8c7e-4d03-9730-44f89ec997be
  8. urn:
    no-NTNU_arkiv000000038964
    name:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen
    id:
    AKT-321
    path:
    UBIT/AKT-321
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen, skoleelev, Trondheim 1838- F. C. Hagen var sønn av kjøpmann Johan Fredrik Hagen.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-NTNU_arkiv000000038964
  9. urn:
    9993d627-5dc5-470c-bca3-f972229f1a88
    name:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen
    id:
    AKT-321
    path:
    UBIT/AKT-321
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Fredrik Christian Hagen, skoleelev, Trondheim 1838- F. C. Hagen var sønn av kjøpmann Johan Fredrik Hagen.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9993d627-5dc5-470c-bca3-f972229f1a88
  10. urn:
    4fb96062-790d-45ab-b23e-afe18e09608a
    name:
    Broderimønster av Bergithe Hagen Hille
    id:
    Ark-1059
    path:
    NF/Ark-1059
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norsk folkemuseum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4fb96062-790d-45ab-b23e-afe18e09608a
  11. urn:
    0a08a245-b7ae-4a92-8aba-def6209c0806
    name:
    Pa 0289 - Olsen-Hagen, (redaktør)
    id:
    SAST-A-100431
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-100431
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0a08a245-b7ae-4a92-8aba-def6209c0806
  12. urn:
    ed95f7d4-8a82-42e7-a768-608dd204d5d8
    name:
    Advokat Rolf Hagen, Kristiansand
    id:
    D/1316
    path:
    AV/D/1316
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Rolf Hagen (født 07.04.1901 i Kristiansand) tok juridisk embetseksamen i 1931, ble sakfører i 1933 og overrettssakfører i 1936. Fra 1934 drev han advokatpraksis i Kristiansand med kontor i Gyldeløvesgt. 1a.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed95f7d4-8a82-42e7-a768-608dd204d5d8
  13. urn:
    5885204d-16cb-4853-aa29-d224e0ee474a
    name:
    Borghild Hagen. Parfumeri og frisersalong
    id:
    A-0028
    path:
    KRAM/A-0028
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Kraftmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5885204d-16cb-4853-aa29-d224e0ee474a
  14. urn:
    0eeac3ea-646d-4b39-b71b-18366e008885
    name:
    Hagen, Olav Tryggve
    id:
    RA-PA-0197
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0197
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0eeac3ea-646d-4b39-b71b-18366e008885
  15. urn:
    no-ulha_Arkiv_000000010267
    name:
    Hagen.
    id:
    W-2586
    path:
    ULHA/A-1009/U/L0001/0001/W-2586
    unit_type:
    Foto
    institution:
    Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulha_Arkiv_000000010267
  16. urn:
    69e2d65b-d8df-49f6-8087-84b0d94e3c76
    name:
    Kent, Georg (1842-1892), uteks. 1865, stiftskap. Kristiania 1871-1876, res.kap. Kristiania (Johanneskirken).
    id:
    0362
    path:
    AV/RA-EA-4060/J/L0003/0362
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/69e2d65b-d8df-49f6-8087-84b0d94e3c76
  17. urn:
    d5131c6d-01ea-438e-916e-af88c88cec1c
    name:
    Hagen, Ingeborg Refling
    id:
    SAH-ARK-334
    path:
    AV/SAH-ARK-334
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5131c6d-01ea-438e-916e-af88c88cec1c
  18. urn:
    4883d0f9-e390-446a-a896-52d7de19c4de
    name:
    Utsagn om Helge og Erik Hagen
    id:
    0006
    path:
    OAVF/A-00014/A/L0004/0005/0006
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENTSERIE
    institution:
    Valdresmusea AS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4883d0f9-e390-446a-a896-52d7de19c4de
  19. urn:
    no-ulha_Arkiv_000000010942
    name:
    Landskap frå Hagen.
    id:
    W-2629
    path:
    ULHA/A-1009/U/L0001/0001/W-2629
    unit_type:
    Foto
    institution:
    Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulha_Arkiv_000000010942
  20. urn:
    77df9eb0-23a0-4a97-b0d4-fa44a53636c5
    name:
    Hagen, Ragna
    id:
    ARK-1170
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1170
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/77df9eb0-23a0-4a97-b0d4-fa44a53636c5
  21. urn:
    c429ff34-642e-4234-8502-8cf6d70e4fd8
    name:
    Hagen, Yngvar
    id:
    RA-PA-0879
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0879
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c429ff34-642e-4234-8502-8cf6d70e4fd8
  22. urn:
    1c90cbc5-377e-4521-9375-213972e3e2e0
    name:
    Hagen & Aas
    id:
    SAT-PA-0360
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0360
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1c90cbc5-377e-4521-9375-213972e3e2e0
  23. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003616
    name:
    Hagen, Birgit
    id:
    A-1280
    path:
    BU/A-1280
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003616
  24. urn:
    f536a50d-34cd-4107-9b03-217c56d75959
    name:
    Hagen, Arvid
    id:
    T-A-00454
    path:
    OAMM/T-A-00454
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f536a50d-34cd-4107-9b03-217c56d75959
  25. urn:
    54a07482-45a9-4034-afe6-f3708d1c9ac2
    name:
    Ingebrigt Hagen
    id:
    A-0158
    path:
    UBIT/A-0158
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/54a07482-45a9-4034-afe6-f3708d1c9ac2
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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.

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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.