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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-13T01:23:07Z in 0.398 seconds.

Showing 10 of 19969 results in compact format.

name:
NSD - Norsk senter for dataforskning
id:
SAB-A-100600
name:
Elektronisk dataformidling. Behov for lovdata
id:
0003
name:
A18 175 - Lovdata: informasjoner, kursoversikt; datamaskinutstyr: brukerhåndbøker
id:
0004
name:
Lovdata
id:
0004
name:
Lovdata
id:
0004
name:
Lovdata
id:
0004
name:
Lovdata
id:
0002
name:
Lovdata
id:
0005
name:
Lovdata
id:
0006
name:
Lovdata
id:
0008

Show all fields in HTML

total:

19969

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
42ddbc07-a5c3-44c2-b0d2-8a0ab860565e
name:
NSD - Norsk senter for dataforskning
id:
SAB-A-100600
path:
AV/SAB-A-100600
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42ddbc07-a5c3-44c2-b0d2-8a0ab860565e
urn:
a78c863e-d5f2-4d72-b59b-10991c5efd54
name:
Elektronisk dataformidling. Behov for lovdata
id:
0003
path:
IKAH/1247-021/D/Dd/L0035/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
IKA Hordaland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a78c863e-d5f2-4d72-b59b-10991c5efd54
urn:
f75b05d2-827a-43d2-a934-87cfbb02da6a
name:
A18 175 - Lovdata: informasjoner, kursoversikt; datamaskinutstyr: brukerhåndbøker
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAST-A-101226/K/Ka/Kab/L0001/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f75b05d2-827a-43d2-a934-87cfbb02da6a
urn:
42e8d097-708e-46f4-aa76-2e073e2074a3
name:
Lovdata
id:
0004
path:
AFK/0200001/D/Da/L0037/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Akershus fylkeskommune
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42e8d097-708e-46f4-aa76-2e073e2074a3
urn:
9f91ff9e-8eaf-4a5f-b2e4-0571ebc60909
name:
Lovdata
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-1534/2/D/L0012/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9f91ff9e-8eaf-4a5f-b2e4-0571ebc60909
urn:
19579fd2-5e75-4780-ac71-a4a6bd69a571
name:
Lovdata
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-1713/01/D/Dg/L0333/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/19579fd2-5e75-4780-ac71-a4a6bd69a571
urn:
0a06d3a0-21c5-4a23-a26d-8f426ab8ba56
name:
Lovdata
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAO-A-11621/D/Da/L0032/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0a06d3a0-21c5-4a23-a26d-8f426ab8ba56
urn:
29245075-0d78-461e-a00a-ee1717ec9c51
name:
Lovdata
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAST-A-102417/D/Da/L0006/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/29245075-0d78-461e-a00a-ee1717ec9c51
urn:
a01f3127-9b43-40f8-bf8f-d362badaec2b
name:
Lovdata
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAST-A-102417/E/Ea/L0045/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a01f3127-9b43-40f8-bf8f-d362badaec2b
urn:
bf79af40-18c3-4b83-bc84-8b580179b7af
name:
Lovdata
id:
0008
path:
AV/SAT-A-1855/2/D/Da/L0015/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf79af40-18c3-4b83-bc84-8b580179b7af
urn:
c1e2a71a-4a9d-4d43-abfd-7fe699073d5b
name:
Lovdata
id:
0002
path:
OBA/A-20051/Dc/L0276/0001/0002
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c1e2a71a-4a9d-4d43-abfd-7fe699073d5b
urn:
db362f14-2518-4e08-a397-94283743929b
name:
Tele- og dataforbundet, forening Buskerud
id:
ARK-3331
path:
AAB/ARK-3331
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/db362f14-2518-4e08-a397-94283743929b
urn:
440ec2b3-e293-4d7b-93ec-c8c122cabd6e
name:
Effektivisering. Lovdata
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-S-6381/D/Da/L0034/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/440ec2b3-e293-4d7b-93ec-c8c122cabd6e
urn:
018acf1d-5b9b-42b2-928a-5302713e0adb
name:
Lovdata/forskrifter
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-5209/4/D/Da/L0047/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/018acf1d-5b9b-42b2-928a-5302713e0adb
urn:
cd61ea48-3f8e-44ff-85b2-781609ae1734
name:
2.28.01 - Lovdata/Regin
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAST-A-102024/7/D/Da/L0289/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cd61ea48-3f8e-44ff-85b2-781609ae1734
urn:
69c90cc1-edcd-4096-bb54-c5cb49c02dc3
name:
EDB. Lovdata. Jnr. 6506/93
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-SDJ-6490/1/E/Ea/L0245/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/69c90cc1-edcd-4096-bb54-c5cb49c02dc3
urn:
fd0f5a04-2e1f-4188-879f-1628fa7a68c0
name:
EDB. Lovdata. Jnr. 3652/95
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-SDJ-6490/1/E/Ea/L0245/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd0f5a04-2e1f-4188-879f-1628fa7a68c0
urn:
e47f4f4a-ef01-4fe3-b446-df6b20e243f6
name:
2.28.01 - Lovdata Regin agreement
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAST-A-102024/7/D/Da/L0289/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e47f4f4a-ef01-4fe3-b446-df6b20e243f6
urn:
2258266c-d566-422d-9414-de7b4d739090
name:
Lovdata (Celex) Euro info. (Sak: EF)
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-PA-1700/F/L0674/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2258266c-d566-422d-9414-de7b4d739090
urn:
b26914c4-2e95-40cd-aecf-50b2909f22d8
name:
Lovdata (Celex) Euro info. (Sak: EF)
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-PAX-0001/X/L0317/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b26914c4-2e95-40cd-aecf-50b2909f22d8
urn:
60638bf1-68a7-42b6-b091-cd3eb6b3391b
name:
Diverse. Nye straffeprosesslover. Skatteavtaler på lovdata
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-4971/2/D/Da/L0650/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/60638bf1-68a7-42b6-b091-cd3eb6b3391b
urn:
2a872699-88eb-46ae-b59f-abbc52c402f9
name:
Rådet for rettsinformasjon, Stiftelsen Lovdata
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-6489/D/L0181/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2a872699-88eb-46ae-b59f-abbc52c402f9
urn:
ba7fbe6e-e258-42fd-8bb9-c4631ff9cc1b
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EDB. Lovdata. Jnr. 6279/92 - 1231/95
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-SDJ-6490/1/E/Ea/L0236/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ba7fbe6e-e258-42fd-8bb9-c4631ff9cc1b
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6526bf0f-1355-45ce-8eff-10727e47f191
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130.2 Office equipment, 130.2.1 Lovdata
id:
0003
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AV/SAST-A-101681/1/A/AE/AEd/AEda/L0022/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6526bf0f-1355-45ce-8eff-10727e47f191
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67e66571-62fb-4dd9-8f81-e2f06c9d30bb
name:
0.05.05 - Ministry of Finance tilsluttningsavtale/lovdata
id:
0008
path:
AV/SAST-A-102024/7/D/Da/L0013/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/67e66571-62fb-4dd9-8f81-e2f06c9d30bb

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