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, 1-100 (default 25). 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, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T18:33:44Z in 2.018 seconds.

Showing 10 of 66075 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Fritz Heinrich Frølich
    id:
    A-1028
  2. name:
    Den norske sjømannsmisjon i utlandet / Alicante, Albir og Villajoyosa (Spania)
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0652
  3. name:
    G. L. Blichfeldt & Co
    id:
    RA-PA-1995
  4. name:
    Vinje, Alice
    id:
    PA-1659
  5. name:
    Frølich (Dyno)
    id:
    RA-PA-1544
  6. name:
    Blichfeldt Agent A/S
    id:
    A-6511
  7. name:
    Frølich
    id:
    RA-PA-0085
  8. name:
    Pa 0584 - Gullichsen, Bjarne
    id:
    SAST-A-102633
  9. name:
    MA 071 Frølich, Peter
    id:
    A-2848.071
  10. name:
    Pa 1742 - Familien Salicath
    id:
    A-3025
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total:
66075
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    1f8e22f4-64f9-4e9b-a917-edad691192e1
    name:
    Fritz Heinrich Frølich
    id:
    A-1028
    path:
    OMUS/A-1028
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Oslo Museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1f8e22f4-64f9-4e9b-a917-edad691192e1
  2. urn:
    96251b2d-d85c-441b-be31-3a7eadfc52a3
    name:
    Den norske sjømannsmisjon i utlandet / Alicante, Albir og Villajoyosa (Spania)
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0652
    path:
    AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0652
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    spania
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/96251b2d-d85c-441b-be31-3a7eadfc52a3
  3. urn:
    e52b061e-59f1-4dd4-8d58-5a9a04892d4e
    name:
    G. L. Blichfeldt & Co
    id:
    RA-PA-1995
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1995
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e52b061e-59f1-4dd4-8d58-5a9a04892d4e
  4. urn:
    cf95ca0b-b7ee-45a4-84ca-2ba5373f41f2
    name:
    Vinje, Alice
    id:
    PA-1659
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1659
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cf95ca0b-b7ee-45a4-84ca-2ba5373f41f2
  5. urn:
    68f19544-203f-41f8-8933-bc44a14d4777
    name:
    Frølich (Dyno)
    id:
    RA-PA-1544
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1544
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68f19544-203f-41f8-8933-bc44a14d4777
  6. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000879713
    name:
    Blichfeldt Agent A/S
    id:
    A-6511
    path:
    BBA/A-6511
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000879713
  7. urn:
    0015a7ec-3c2a-4ef8-8c9c-457fdeeb9829
    name:
    Frølich
    id:
    RA-PA-0085
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0085
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0015a7ec-3c2a-4ef8-8c9c-457fdeeb9829
  8. urn:
    04da7fda-e68d-43ba-8401-a352e0865382
    name:
    Pa 0584 - Gullichsen, Bjarne
    id:
    SAST-A-102633
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102633
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/04da7fda-e68d-43ba-8401-a352e0865382
  9. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000484146
    name:
    MA 071 Frølich, Peter
    id:
    A-2848.071
    path:
    BBA/A-2848.071
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000484146
  10. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000169933
    name:
    Pa 1742 - Familien Salicath
    id:
    A-3025
    path:
    VEMU/A-3025
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000169933
  11. urn:
    60ef751d-3235-43ab-b8bc-d9fa684ad633
    name:
    NHM 512. Leif Blichfeldt
    id:
    NHM-512
    path:
    NHM/NHM-512
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/60ef751d-3235-43ab-b8bc-d9fa684ad633
  12. urn:
    957c4014-8b91-4bef-a0bd-a227a108c7d9
    name:
    Ruth Alice Madsen
    id:
    GRI-1025
    path:
    AFM/GRI-1025
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/957c4014-8b91-4bef-a0bd-a227a108c7d9
  13. urn:
    1fa225dd-7275-4b2a-a51a-869d96b67fa8
    name:
    Klicheanstalt, Alfred Hellwig
    id:
    RA-PA-0403
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0403
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1fa225dd-7275-4b2a-a51a-869d96b67fa8
  14. urn:
    69ae0b69-8c23-4202-98d1-c018b9f7d8c7
    name:
    Hamar notarius publicus
    id:
    SAH-TING-050
    path:
    AV/SAH-TING-050
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/69ae0b69-8c23-4202-98d1-c018b9f7d8c7
  15. urn:
    3fbd3c79-9c80-485b-925c-e554d353fd48
    name:
    Familien Frølich, Kristiansand
    id:
    SAK-D/0662
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/0662
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3fbd3c79-9c80-485b-925c-e554d353fd48
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000128188
    name:
    Frølich, Kåre, arkitekt
    id:
    A-2760
    path:
    BBA/A-2760
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000128188
  17. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000879715
    name:
    Blichfeldt, Robert Christian, jr.
    id:
    A-6513
    path:
    BBA/A-6513
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000879715
  18. urn:
    ca96a7c8-e3b9-4821-a225-2ceae42479cc
    name:
    Frølich, Fritz Heinrich
    id:
    A-1049
    path:
    NTM/A-1049
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norsk Teknisk Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ca96a7c8-e3b9-4821-a225-2ceae42479cc
  19. urn:
    7d15f525-17ee-4ca2-ad3a-987b90aabacf
    name:
    Frølich, Jens Lyster
    id:
    HHSP-1312
    path:
    OSTM/HHSP-1312
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Østfoldmuseene
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7d15f525-17ee-4ca2-ad3a-987b90aabacf
  20. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000015415
    name:
    Kavli, Alice (f. 1905)
    id:
    R.Ark.1249
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1249
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000015415
  21. urn:
    235be70a-6c8a-40aa-8ba6-6720e9f6a821
    name:
    Frølich, Kåre. Arkitekt
    id:
    A-2760
    path:
    SAF/A-2760
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/235be70a-6c8a-40aa-8ba6-6720e9f6a821
  22. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000107273
    name:
    Pa 1330 - Ingeniør F. H. Frølichs fond
    id:
    A-2569
    path:
    VEMU/A-2569
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000107273
  23. urn:
    3941607f-42a9-4a94-9833-526f554b0ca2
    name:
    Beutlich, Fredrik Christian Gerhard
    id:
    RA-PA-0202
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0202
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3941607f-42a9-4a94-9833-526f554b0ca2
  24. urn:
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    name:
    Ulich, Hans Jessen Sommer
    id:
    SAT-PA-0192
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0192
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7651210b-762b-4026-b621-4fbe7fe3a256
  25. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000142586
    name:
    Frølich, Thorolf Hals, arkitekt
    id:
    A-2844
    path:
    BBA/A-2844
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000142586
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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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