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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-24T14:14:18Z in 0.615 seconds.

Showing 8 of 8 results in compact format.

name:
Gymansiet på Hamar
id:
0001
name:
Park Mansion
id:
0023
name:
Oslo Handelsgymansium
id:
0006
name:
Sjukvårdsmansinstruktion för Infanteriet
id:
0046
name:
Amansiensus Vik ved Statens Forsøksgård I Landvik
id:
0378
name:
NF.213.73 Plan og profil av gymansiets store auditorium
id:
0073
name:
761 Menneskerettigheter, 763 Fred, 764 Flyktningepolitikk, 766 Miljøvern, 767 Bistandsarbeid, 769 Annet/diverse, 77 Humansistiske organisasjoner, 780 Generelt om andre organisasjoner
id:
L0114
name:
Handelsgymansium (økonomisk gymnas): opprettelse av økonomisk linje ved høgre almenskole, ansettelse av lærer, utdannelseskrav for lærere m.m., privatistkurs, tilleggsprøver. Instruks for utvalg, sammensetning av styret,
id:
L0056

Show all fields in HTML

total:

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

8 results

urn:
6efd1258-0e35-4518-9532-adc0043dc986
name:
Gymansiet på Hamar
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-PA-0491/F/L0001/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6efd1258-0e35-4518-9532-adc0043dc986
urn:
84d616cf-2a06-482e-939f-0e604fab6e52
name:
Park Mansion
id:
0023
path:
AV/RA-S-2057/2/D/Db/L0014/0023
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/84d616cf-2a06-482e-939f-0e604fab6e52
urn:
30c49a99-4d22-4250-affa-452678cc5049
name:
Oslo Handelsgymansium
id:
0006
path:
OBA/A-20051/Dc/L0172/0010/0006
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/30c49a99-4d22-4250-affa-452678cc5049
urn:
56ecc3eb-2354-44bd-a7a0-aefa569ed961
name:
Sjukvårdsmansinstruktion för Infanteriet
id:
0046
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3636/F/Fa/L0004/0046
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/56ecc3eb-2354-44bd-a7a0-aefa569ed961
urn:
fb2be4bb-1bbf-4f3b-8d59-1b75c2fd999d
name:
Amansiensus Vik ved Statens Forsøksgård I Landvik
id:
0378
path:
AAMA/PA-2421/U01/L0004/0378
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb2be4bb-1bbf-4f3b-8d59-1b75c2fd999d
urn:
765315bf-a1c7-451e-a44d-fda8cfe5004a
name:
NF.213.73 Plan og profil av gymansiets store auditorium
id:
0073
path:
NF/Ark-1001-25/T/L0096/0073
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Norsk folkemuseum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/765315bf-a1c7-451e-a44d-fda8cfe5004a
urn:
7e4a2bd7-6024-4008-bee9-6bcbe5d0bf48
name:
761 Menneskerettigheter, 763 Fred, 764 Flyktningepolitikk, 766 Miljøvern, 767 Bistandsarbeid, 769 Annet/diverse, 77 Humansistiske organisasjoner, 780 Generelt om andre organisasjoner
id:
L0114
path:
AV/RA-PA-1365/D/Dd/L0114
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7e4a2bd7-6024-4008-bee9-6bcbe5d0bf48
urn:
3aff8c29-d4e6-456a-bd4b-d488e13be451
name:
Handelsgymansium (økonomisk gymnas): opprettelse av økonomisk linje ved høgre almenskole, ansettelse av lærer, utdannelseskrav for lærere m.m., privatistkurs, tilleggsprøver. Instruks for utvalg, sammensetning av styret,
id:
L0056
path:
AV/RA-S-1025/D/L0056
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3aff8c29-d4e6-456a-bd4b-d488e13be451

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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.

Source-specific next step

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.

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