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 2026-11-13T01:50:45Z in 0.299 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58569 results in compact format.

name:
DS "Mitra"
id:
0004
name:
Mitra
id:
0002
name:
Mitra
id:
0004
name:
Mitra
id:
0004
name:
S/S "Mitra"
id:
0015
name:
Mitra
id:
0009
name:
Mitra
id:
0003
name:
Mitra
id:
0045
name:
Mitra
id:
0001
name:
Mitra
id:
0001

Show all fields in HTML

total:

58569

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
53c80cd3-9722-4519-8769-b259131483b9
name:
DS "Mitra"
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2195/D/Da/L0091/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/53c80cd3-9722-4519-8769-b259131483b9
urn:
2ae75b5b-098c-4cc6-8101-0a9b409c9e7e
name:
Mitra
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Db/L0401/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2ae75b5b-098c-4cc6-8101-0a9b409c9e7e
urn:
7ac154dd-59c5-4b7e-9272-e1f451ec1db1
name:
Mitra
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-2120/Fal/L0469/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7ac154dd-59c5-4b7e-9272-e1f451ec1db1
urn:
f957dc38-1dad-4b39-8fa5-4aa093b47106
name:
Mitra
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-2120/Fba/L0254/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f957dc38-1dad-4b39-8fa5-4aa093b47106
urn:
f1658971-6b0c-46ae-bec7-fa2902ef630b
name:
S/S "Mitra"
id:
0015
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Da/L0011/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f1658971-6b0c-46ae-bec7-fa2902ef630b
urn:
bf505061-e624-4068-a39f-d5105102bcfa
name:
Mitra
id:
0009
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Dp/L0104/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf505061-e624-4068-a39f-d5105102bcfa
urn:
a9f8c976-21ec-49d3-b341-60f650d1887d
name:
Mitra
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-2151/Db/L0072/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a9f8c976-21ec-49d3-b341-60f650d1887d
urn:
3fad67ba-b336-4929-9912-bef9a1cc6441
name:
Mitra
id:
0045
path:
AV/RA-S-2153/Da/L0015/0045
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3fad67ba-b336-4929-9912-bef9a1cc6441
urn:
905ed98e-6b2f-46c6-a6eb-47df310c4ea3
name:
Mitra
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0001
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AV/RA-S-2451/F/Fa/L0414/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/905ed98e-6b2f-46c6-a6eb-47df310c4ea3
urn:
ccbbc791-1c47-4639-b07d-9e816c77db27
name:
Mitra
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-2451/F/Fa/L0415/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ccbbc791-1c47-4639-b07d-9e816c77db27
urn:
ed3c4af7-1b94-4bd0-8124-20182f3f830e
name:
Mitra
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0001
path:
AV/RA-S-2451/F/Fa/L0416/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed3c4af7-1b94-4bd0-8124-20182f3f830e
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6010e1b6-56cc-4dfc-91b4-5aa1febff75b
name:
Mitra
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0014
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AV/RA-S-3423/Fc/L0014/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6010e1b6-56cc-4dfc-91b4-5aa1febff75b
urn:
f5cbf92e-62b1-470a-82f8-d5e866564244
name:
Lukic, Mitra
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-4619/P/Pa/L0003/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f5cbf92e-62b1-470a-82f8-d5e866564244
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1e9eb23f-59e1-4449-ac86-9849c3ce9f64
name:
302 Mitra
id:
0004
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AV/RA-S-1643/D/Dc/L0023/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e9eb23f-59e1-4449-ac86-9849c3ce9f64
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f4bd5504-3197-47db-886b-bab453419e88
name:
839 Mitra
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0005
path:
AV/RA-S-1643/D/Dc/L0023/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f4bd5504-3197-47db-886b-bab453419e88
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f87bd6af-8880-464e-80c6-301d6b33c1ca
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862 Mitra
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0017
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AV/RA-S-1643/D/De/L0033/0017
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f87bd6af-8880-464e-80c6-301d6b33c1ca
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12c04d97-6574-422e-b981-e3710822455a
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Båter: Mitra
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0002
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AV/RA-S-2451/F/Fe/L0667/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/12c04d97-6574-422e-b981-e3710822455a
urn:
71876c08-9dd7-42ce-9786-70350a432cf4
name:
MITRA (1782)
id:
0006
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AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fb/L0039/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/71876c08-9dd7-42ce-9786-70350a432cf4
urn:
c055665b-f860-41ee-9467-3d120380eacd
name:
Mitra, R.P.
id:
0003
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UBIT/Tek-0005/F/L0003/0092/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
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NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c055665b-f860-41ee-9467-3d120380eacd
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Bedrifts-ID: 400918 - Mitrans AS
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0014
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AAB/ARK-1641/D/Dg/L0014/0014
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/59cea8d9-ddb2-4089-b593-160beb49088e
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Miljø- og trafikksikkerhet, MITRA
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-7090/Da/Dac/L1398/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a1ff1eb-7aab-47ff-823d-dc60c793b196
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41483bdc-b2f9-4532-a910-dbe5f845bb10
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2 stk rund mitraljøsestilling - Entreprenørfirma O. L Kythe AS
id:
0003
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AV/RA-RAFA-2010/1/F/Fc/L0039/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41483bdc-b2f9-4532-a910-dbe5f845bb10
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c43d6953-d26f-41fe-8a39-19a1cbf36a63
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40/15 - Mitra. File 1945-1946. Crewlist mangler
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0003
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AV/RA-S-2118/G/L0236/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c43d6953-d26f-41fe-8a39-19a1cbf36a63
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60877182-bc80-4317-898a-178478ecb140
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Mitraljøser, maskingeværer. Lett mitraljøse M/14.
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0002
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AV/RA-RAFA-3257/D119/L0430/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/60877182-bc80-4317-898a-178478ecb140
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Mitraljøser, maskingeværer. Lett mitraljøse M/11.
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0003
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AV/RA-RAFA-3257/D119/L0430/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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