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. 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. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-13T17:13:54Z in 0.320 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58657 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    3306 (1) - Midgard unitization III, technical accounting, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0005
  2. name:
    3306 (2) - Midgard unitization III, technical accounting, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (2)
    id:
    0001
  3. name:
    3307 (1) - Midgard unitization IV, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
  4. name:
    3304 (1) - Midgard unitization I, draft arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
  5. name:
    3305 (1) - Midgard unitization II, draft, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0001
  6. name:
    3311 (1) - SAGA, Midgard unitization, Accounting Committee 1991, arbeidsfil Simen Johannesen (1)
    id:
    0005
  7. name:
    3311 (2) - SAGA, Midgard unitization, Accounting Committee 1991, arbeidsfil Simen Johannesen (2)
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    3300 (1) - Midgard operating reports, statments of accounts, cash calls from 1991, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0001
  9. name:
    3308 (1) - Midgard budget 1993-1993, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
  10. name:
    3313 (1) - Joint Midgard/Smørbukk studies, spring 1994, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0004
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58657
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    d2a85601-420b-4786-89ed-91fb411c5150
    name:
    3306 (1) - Midgard unitization III, technical accounting, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0012/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d2a85601-420b-4786-89ed-91fb411c5150
  2. urn:
    1504db1f-9cb2-4f6a-bc6b-bcb6ee9f96ab
    name:
    3306 (2) - Midgard unitization III, technical accounting, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (2)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0013/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1504db1f-9cb2-4f6a-bc6b-bcb6ee9f96ab
  3. urn:
    49ad2749-c6f2-46e7-aa0e-d5045b934d69
    name:
    3307 (1) - Midgard unitization IV, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0013/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/49ad2749-c6f2-46e7-aa0e-d5045b934d69
  4. urn:
    53fdee91-cca0-478f-8656-9c62eab47e50
    name:
    3304 (1) - Midgard unitization I, draft arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0011/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/53fdee91-cca0-478f-8656-9c62eab47e50
  5. urn:
    b17cc9aa-98a6-4937-acd7-c808ac3f52e3
    name:
    3305 (1) - Midgard unitization II, draft, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0012/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b17cc9aa-98a6-4937-acd7-c808ac3f52e3
  6. urn:
    aa669cd4-fafd-4f30-8f97-6bf2d26b4067
    name:
    3311 (1) - SAGA, Midgard unitization, Accounting Committee 1991, arbeidsfil Simen Johannesen (1)
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0013/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aa669cd4-fafd-4f30-8f97-6bf2d26b4067
  7. urn:
    6da5dabe-fe1a-49d9-86a2-424e3970d557
    name:
    3311 (2) - SAGA, Midgard unitization, Accounting Committee 1991, arbeidsfil Simen Johannesen (2)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0014/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6da5dabe-fe1a-49d9-86a2-424e3970d557
  8. urn:
    1cf00d6a-f8dc-410b-a6df-ae96aa970034
    name:
    3300 (1) - Midgard operating reports, statments of accounts, cash calls from 1991, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0015/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1cf00d6a-f8dc-410b-a6df-ae96aa970034
  9. urn:
    364143b0-94e4-4715-9deb-0813eec5b34e
    name:
    3308 (1) - Midgard budget 1993-1993, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0014/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/364143b0-94e4-4715-9deb-0813eec5b34e
  10. urn:
    8ded2128-2ecf-4b7a-b933-3a093b49e31f
    name:
    3313 (1) - Joint Midgard/Smørbukk studies, spring 1994, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0003/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ded2128-2ecf-4b7a-b933-3a093b49e31f
  11. urn:
    ac586777-7054-40e0-bb71-f36f456d7098
    name:
    3301 (1) - Midgard Engineering Committee 1991/II, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0009/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ac586777-7054-40e0-bb71-f36f456d7098
  12. urn:
    1c641799-1726-4754-928c-a43ccb9b5170
    name:
    3301 (2) - Midgard Engineering Committee 1991/II, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (2)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0010/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1c641799-1726-4754-928c-a43ccb9b5170
  13. urn:
    1dd50ae1-0f07-40e6-a28a-a635da4daee6
    name:
    Midgard Management Committee no. 22, highlights of meeting no. 14, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0006/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1dd50ae1-0f07-40e6-a28a-a635da4daee6
  14. urn:
    5b23bb21-091c-413e-9068-73550f6dd7ba
    name:
    3303 (1) - Midgard Engineering Committee 1991/I, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0008/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5b23bb21-091c-413e-9068-73550f6dd7ba
  15. urn:
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    name:
    3320 (1) - Midgard Management Committee 1991-1993, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0006/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47deb47d-5c31-4565-925c-de62f4fe9d83
  16. urn:
    1cd41334-9134-4913-822a-33dfb21a4a6e
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    3320 (4) - Midgard Management Committee 1991-1993, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (4)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0007/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1cd41334-9134-4913-822a-33dfb21a4a6e
  17. urn:
    9c71d368-2449-4837-a58e-58a17e861132
    name:
    3318 (1) - Midgard, 1. half 1994, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0004
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0016/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9c71d368-2449-4837-a58e-58a17e861132
  18. urn:
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    name:
    3317 (1) - Midgard Commercial Work group 1991-1992, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
    0004
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0010/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6875f35-31af-4787-9643-049a6f5e5df0
  19. urn:
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    3317 (3) - Midgard Commercial Work group 1991-1992, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (3)
    id:
    0001
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0011/0001
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f3cbc798-0383-430e-ad61-e3a5a79c1bc8
  20. urn:
    324910e7-804a-4634-8eed-e2763bf4fda3
    name:
    FTS: Midgard/Huldra 1991, arbeidsfil Christophe Miaux (1)
    id:
    0006
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/324910e7-804a-4634-8eed-e2763bf4fda3
  21. urn:
    87611d2b-ae76-4cda-be25-329c57438631
    name:
    FTS: Midgard/Huldra 1991, arbeidsfil Christophe Miaux (2)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fn/L0047/0001
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/87611d2b-ae76-4cda-be25-329c57438631
  22. urn:
    fc4362cb-bbcd-412d-899f-f1eb50a17869
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    3312 (1) - Midgard Commercial Committee 1993 + Engineering Committee 1992, arbeidsfil Tore Lunde (1)
    id:
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0010/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fc4362cb-bbcd-412d-899f-f1eb50a17869
  23. urn:
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    id:
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  25. urn:
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    id:
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    AV/SAST-A-101251/F/Fl/L0010
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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.

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.