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 2026-10-16T10:44:11Z in 3.416 seconds.

Showing 10 of 238975 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Pa 0922 - Bedriftshelsetjenesten Kverneland AS
    id:
    SAST-A-102668
  2. name:
    Fusjonen med Kverneland AS (1)
    id:
    0007
  3. name:
    Fusjonen med Kverneland AS (2)
    id:
    0001
  4. name:
    Kvernelands Fabrikk AS
    id:
    AKT-1
  5. name:
    Bedriftshelsetjenesten Kverneland AS
    id:
    A-102786
  6. name:
    Namnekort kvinner - Kverneland, K
    id:
    L0101
  7. name:
    Kverneland A/S
    id:
    0011
  8. name:
    Kverneland A/S (arb.forh.)
    id:
    0004
  9. name:
    T. KVERNELAND & SØNNER AS NO-02295
    id:
    0045
  10. name:
    Hardanger Rutebillag AS
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0221
Show all fields in HTML
total:
238975
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    72154d0c-91cb-4e63-8efa-a2404e98997f
    name:
    Pa 0922 - Bedriftshelsetjenesten Kverneland AS
    id:
    SAST-A-102668
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102668
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72154d0c-91cb-4e63-8efa-a2404e98997f
  2. urn:
    5f340ad4-6e01-4ad4-ae1e-f485985acce6
    name:
    Fusjonen med Kverneland AS (1)
    id:
    0007
    path:
    JAMU/A-5/A-5b/E/Ec/L0001/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5f340ad4-6e01-4ad4-ae1e-f485985acce6
  3. urn:
    f06145b0-f764-4595-8a21-1f50ed5c4a19
    name:
    Fusjonen med Kverneland AS (2)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    JAMU/A-5/A-5b/E/Ec/L0002/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f06145b0-f764-4595-8a21-1f50ed5c4a19
  4. urn:
    fb6a4a5f-5880-4db8-a7a5-8df3e85ee070
    name:
    Kvernelands Fabrikk AS
    id:
    AKT-1
    path:
    JAMU/AKT-1
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    I 1879 grunnla Ole Gabriel Kverneland det som ble hetende O.G Kvernelands Fabrik. Det startet som en smie der Ole Gabriel og broren Tønnes satte i gang en omfattende produksjon av ljåer og sigder. De første årene ble det produsert nærmere 8000 ljåer årlig. Etter hvert ble det også produsert tollekni...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb6a4a5f-5880-4db8-a7a5-8df3e85ee070
  5. urn:
    ab30ee6f-60ec-4608-a2ff-85dbaf37b5aa
    name:
    Bedriftshelsetjenesten Kverneland AS
    id:
    A-102786
    path:
    AV/A-102786
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Bedriftshelsetjenesten Kverneland solgte bedriftshelsetjenester til bedrifter i Sør-Rogaland. Det er ukjent hvilken periode bedriftshelsetjenesten var i drift. Den ble nedlagt mellom 2010 og 2015.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ab30ee6f-60ec-4608-a2ff-85dbaf37b5aa
  6. urn:
    515a695e-d30b-4cd4-8dd2-5563ade84aa3
    name:
    Namnekort kvinner - Kverneland, K
    id:
    L0101
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101998/0002/O/L0101
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/515a695e-d30b-4cd4-8dd2-5563ade84aa3
  7. urn:
    d7236fc6-378d-402c-be97-fdd21828bcb8
    name:
    Kverneland A/S
    id:
    0011
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0013/0011
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d7236fc6-378d-402c-be97-fdd21828bcb8
  8. urn:
    a6bd0777-c546-4bac-8dca-14b0ef602a86
    name:
    Kverneland A/S (arb.forh.)
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0137/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a6bd0777-c546-4bac-8dca-14b0ef602a86
  9. urn:
    008a7856-cf84-407c-8f55-f9b450256453
    name:
    T. KVERNELAND & SØNNER AS NO-02295
    id:
    0045
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1024/D/L0046/0045
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/008a7856-cf84-407c-8f55-f9b450256453
  10. urn:
    a95018c3-80e7-4e9b-b2fc-c39623ecd87a
    name:
    Hardanger Rutebillag AS
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0221
    path:
    AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0221
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a95018c3-80e7-4e9b-b2fc-c39623ecd87a
  11. urn:
    164bb43d-7312-4816-a038-61b483bdfcf8
    name:
    Håkon Kverneland
    id:
    Lc
    path:
    JAMU/A-1/A-1b/L/Lc
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/164bb43d-7312-4816-a038-61b483bdfcf8
  12. urn:
    1761f370-5342-44c7-a19e-c595afb4870f
    name:
    Haugesund-Sunnhordland-Ryfylke Billag A/S
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0224
    path:
    AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0224
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1761f370-5342-44c7-a19e-c595afb4870f
  13. urn:
    5ac0794b-7e2a-4c93-81f1-9cceeffbe7ad
    name:
    Korrespondanse Ole Gabriel Kverneland
    id:
    Ea
    path:
    JAMU/A-1/A-1b/E/Ea
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5ac0794b-7e2a-4c93-81f1-9cceeffbe7ad
  14. urn:
    b3897e50-d547-4135-a34f-9753c627b8d1
    name:
    Kverneland technical information, service manual
    id:
    0004
    path:
    JAMU/A-5/A-5b/X/Xf/L0001/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b3897e50-d547-4135-a34f-9753c627b8d1
  15. urn:
    389930a2-c3f9-40bb-83df-53d746e26fce
    name:
    Tunisia og Kverneland UK
    id:
    L0004
    path:
    JAMU/A-1/A-1b/L/Le/L0004
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/389930a2-c3f9-40bb-83df-53d746e26fce
  16. urn:
    b608bec0-e6c5-489b-83fd-eb3e304ee0c0
    name:
    Ole Gabriel Kverneland I
    id:
    La
    path:
    JAMU/A-1/A-1b/L/La
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b608bec0-e6c5-489b-83fd-eb3e304ee0c0
  17. urn:
    358d1fc4-f581-444e-9d5b-8ce39206aa55
    name:
    Bilsenteret Måløy AS
    id:
    VLFApa-1112
    path:
    VLFK/VLFApa-1112
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/358d1fc4-f581-444e-9d5b-8ce39206aa55
  18. urn:
    5bfa11f3-da3b-4689-84e8-62d37baccde9
    name:
    Bryne - Bryne Bil - Brødr. Kverneland A/S; Bryne Mekaniske Verksted
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0279/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5bfa11f3-da3b-4689-84e8-62d37baccde9
  19. urn:
    6b565a3c-95f9-4982-9e90-f53d64095bdc
    name:
    Stavanger - Fretex A/S; Hillevåg Blikkemballasje; Brødrene Kverneland Bil; Maritime G.M.C. A/S; Monberg & Thorsen
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0432/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6b565a3c-95f9-4982-9e90-f53d64095bdc
  20. urn:
    723b6ded-684b-41ff-af32-ca892d15c93d
    name:
    Okkenhaug Bil A/S
    id:
    AS-5021
    path:
    AV/AS-5021
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Okkenhaug Bil A/S ble etablert i 1953 under navnet Kjell Okkenhaug. Okkenhaug Bil er en familieeid bedrift hvor grunnleggeren Kjell Okkenhaug eide og drev bedriften til datteren Ina Okkenhaug overtok i 1996. Bedriften skiftet navn i 2004 til Okkenhaug Bil AS. Okkenhaug var forhandler av det russis...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/723b6ded-684b-41ff-af32-ca892d15c93d
  21. urn:
    aa8957e4-6c4d-41ed-a020-28d474506e9d
    name:
    Stavanger - Eikmaskin A/S; Falken Redningskorps A/S; Forus Industri A/S; Fretex; Gustavson & Steiner Mekanisk Verksted; Brødrene Kverneland A/S; Kvernelands Bilverksted; Linderud, Kjell A/S
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0342/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aa8957e4-6c4d-41ed-a020-28d474506e9d
  22. urn:
    3bd7d169-418e-4fcc-8e54-153de70f7e00
    name:
    Bryne - Kverneland Bilservice
    id:
    0012
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0097/0012
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3bd7d169-418e-4fcc-8e54-153de70f7e00
  23. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000205756
    name:
    Kverneland, Finn og Aadne - 2 bilder.
    id:
    0035
    path:
    BBA/A-0863/U/Ua/Uab/L0042/0035
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000205756
  24. urn:
    8828374d-a621-4565-9c80-8530b4ece277
    name:
    Stavanger - Brødrene Kverneland A/S, Bilverksted; L.O.G. Veksthusavdelingen; Moss-Rosenberg Verft
    id:
    0021
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0415/0021
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8828374d-a621-4565-9c80-8530b4ece277
  25. urn:
    aaba646a-ec14-4331-991b-1523c54b4f03
    name:
    Kverneland pensjonsfond
    id:
    L0002
    path:
    JAMU/A-1/A-1b/A/Ad/L0002
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Stiftinga Jærmuseet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aaba646a-ec14-4331-991b-1523c54b4f03
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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

  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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