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 2026-10-18T04:13:16Z in 0.622 seconds.

Showing 10 of 54869 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Nome, Frida Austevoll: "Making Islam in timesof crisis: The Friday sermon and the Syrian uprising"
    id:
    0002
  2. name:
    The Act of making as an act of making
    id:
    0005
  3. name:
    "Waves"/Jeans/MS, "A. Conditions of existence. Let a physical phenomenon be described by a wave of amplitude u(x,t) propagating in the x direction
    id:
    0025
  4. name:
    Enok Palm: On the Formation of Surface Waves in a Fluid Flowing over a Corrugated Bed and on the Development of Mountain Waves. Oslo 1953. Kreert til dr.philos. 08.04. 1954
    id:
    0013
  5. name:
    "Reflex. Waves"
    id:
    0020
  6. name:
    "Reflex. Waves"
    id:
    0001
  7. name:
    Filing Cabinets - Making of
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    Fibre Making Development LTD. A/S
    id:
    0006
  9. name:
    MWI. Women in Decision Making
    id:
    0012
  10. name:
    Princess of the Waves - Romi
    id:
    L0056
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total:
54869
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    46a53163-7ebf-4642-a251-ac717f5df7ba
    name:
    Nome, Frida Austevoll: "Making Islam in timesof crisis: The Friday sermon and the Syrian uprising"
    id:
    0002
    path:
    TMF/A-1006/G/Ge/L0032/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    MF vitenskapelig høyskole
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/46a53163-7ebf-4642-a251-ac717f5df7ba
  2. urn:
    a4ee5c06-701a-496f-b124-9038d42efb13
    name:
    The Act of making as an act of making
    id:
    0005
    path:
    OBA/A-70282/F/Fa/L0034/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a4ee5c06-701a-496f-b124-9038d42efb13
  3. urn:
    f69ed193-0001-4ea2-843b-0701592eb9c3
    name:
    "Waves"/Jeans/MS, "A. Conditions of existence. Let a physical phenomenon be described by a wave of amplitude u(x,t) propagating in the x direction
    id:
    0025
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0005/G/L0012/0025
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f69ed193-0001-4ea2-843b-0701592eb9c3
  4. urn:
    f4a45d54-3e23-4836-aff0-41a1b666bf63
    name:
    Enok Palm: On the Formation of Surface Waves in a Fluid Flowing over a Corrugated Bed and on the Development of Mountain Waves. Oslo 1953. Kreert til dr.philos. 08.04. 1954
    id:
    0013
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2868/F/Fb/Fbb/L0044/0013
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f4a45d54-3e23-4836-aff0-41a1b666bf63
  5. urn:
    16c24fca-95c8-46af-b67c-9be93e0bc3a9
    name:
    "Reflex. Waves"
    id:
    0020
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0005/G/L0012/0020
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/16c24fca-95c8-46af-b67c-9be93e0bc3a9
  6. urn:
    07fb32b4-ac5d-47da-b3ba-ab1288888086
    name:
    "Reflex. Waves"
    id:
    0001
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0005/G/L0012/0020/0001
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/07fb32b4-ac5d-47da-b3ba-ab1288888086
  7. urn:
    61fe5b15-d6ea-450a-8332-ace66587d8f1
    name:
    Filing Cabinets - Making of
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2134/Fb/L0034/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/61fe5b15-d6ea-450a-8332-ace66587d8f1
  8. urn:
    8a69dd96-94f8-4dc6-9fda-804fc9bdf48c
    name:
    Fibre Making Development LTD. A/S
    id:
    0006
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1072/2/Y/L0002/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8a69dd96-94f8-4dc6-9fda-804fc9bdf48c
  9. urn:
    7e3c5449-8f59-4623-9213-95db2bc0f5b1
    name:
    MWI. Women in Decision Making
    id:
    0012
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1641/D/Dd/L0200/0012
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7e3c5449-8f59-4623-9213-95db2bc0f5b1
  10. urn:
    f341bd6d-2208-43b2-9cf0-0dbc99f7723a
    name:
    Princess of the Waves - Romi
    id:
    L0056
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-3401/05/05Db/L0056
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f341bd6d-2208-43b2-9cf0-0dbc99f7723a
  11. urn:
    e5d8bd6a-2657-4dc4-b844-d74834e1a3e8
    name:
    KTaO3 + surface waves / echoes.
    id:
    0145
    path:
    UBIT/A-0381/F/L0003/0145
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e5d8bd6a-2657-4dc4-b844-d74834e1a3e8
  12. urn:
    e0a559fb-9679-46c4-acf9-a8a743012456
    name:
    Ladningstetthetsbølger (Charge density waves)
    id:
    0237
    path:
    UBIT/A-0381/J/L0012/0237
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e0a559fb-9679-46c4-acf9-a8a743012456
  13. urn:
    05c487a8-9f2b-40a7-be4e-a45f2c821e48
    name:
    "'Whole thelacquered waves expand...'"
    id:
    0004
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1025/Y/L0006/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/05c487a8-9f2b-40a7-be4e-a45f2c821e48
  14. urn:
    a0aa260d-dc9a-4a74-b3ce-d32a3cade230
    name:
    Hold Fast. Time Waves
    id:
    0024
    path:
    AAMA/PA-3268/X/X01/L0001/0005/0024
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a0aa260d-dc9a-4a74-b3ce-d32a3cade230
  15. urn:
    7f9b1b5a-7024-4fdc-a87f-3fe673e62a4d
    name:
    LKA. Women's Participation in Decision-making
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1641/D/Dd/L0280/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7f9b1b5a-7024-4fdc-a87f-3fe673e62a4d
  16. urn:
    fadd6ec2-7c8e-421c-b462-6f4d4596f065
    name:
    Skjærbølger (Shear waves) 2 Supral O.L.
    id:
    0311
    path:
    UBIT/A-0381/J/L0005/0311
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fadd6ec2-7c8e-421c-b462-6f4d4596f065
  17. urn:
    14e4c9f3-956f-4d57-9cf0-c1d0efb38809
    name:
    General Bruce Mc Donald om "Peace-making ops"
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2951/F/L0014/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/14e4c9f3-956f-4d57-9cf0-c1d0efb38809
  18. urn:
    7fc52b9e-d7f2-4d77-a040-15227d762d2b
    name:
    Improved Decision Making Through Scenario Techniques
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fa/L0034/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7fc52b9e-d7f2-4d77-a040-15227d762d2b
  19. urn:
    c3b56047-2e15-4f69-8785-13a6e49e2dc2
    name:
    16428, PRINCE OF THE WAVES (mappe 2/3), LFRV
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1690/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c3b56047-2e15-4f69-8785-13a6e49e2dc2
  20. urn:
    376bba5d-1b1d-489d-9d0a-b66d1058eb99
    name:
    16428, PRINCE OF THE WAVES (mappe 3/3), LFRV
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1691/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/376bba5d-1b1d-489d-9d0a-b66d1058eb99
  21. urn:
    68a42a8f-1cb6-4b3a-a640-be4f76b4e8f0
    name:
    16701, QUEEN OF THE WAVES (mappe 3/11) , JWMX
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1692/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68a42a8f-1cb6-4b3a-a640-be4f76b4e8f0
  22. urn:
    5f28acac-76a4-4bc2-8b99-7b6e31d2cd63
    name:
    16701, QUEEN OF THE WAVES (mappe 4/11-5/11) , JWMX
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1693/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5f28acac-76a4-4bc2-8b99-7b6e31d2cd63
  23. urn:
    c204da46-e96f-4be1-bffd-8b0d06d86bc0
    name:
    16701, QUEEN OF THE WAVES (mappe 6/11-7/11), JWMX
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1694/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c204da46-e96f-4be1-bffd-8b0d06d86bc0
  24. urn:
    a4639855-58b1-4f0b-8142-6864905518da
    name:
    16701, QUEEN OF THE WAVES (mappe 8/11-10/11), JWMX
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1695/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a4639855-58b1-4f0b-8142-6864905518da
  25. urn:
    7a5d7bdb-f7dc-4949-acc1-e8f5f3b69639
    name:
    16701, QUEEN OF THE WAVES (mappe 11/11), JWMX
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fh/L1696/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7a5d7bdb-f7dc-4949-acc1-e8f5f3b69639
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.