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 2026-11-14T08:18:03Z in 0.157 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58296 results in compact format.

name:
Montebello [oppmålingstegning]
id:
1376
name:
Bærumsveien og Montebello/Husebyområdet
id:
L0003
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello
id:
0021
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello
id:
0019
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello
id:
0020
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello. Fredning
id:
0022
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello. Økonomi
id:
0024
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello. Fredning. Notat
id:
0023
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Noreveien 10. Villa Montebello
id:
0005
name:
Kontrakt og tilbud. Analyseinstrumenter, diverse. Montebello Diagnostics AS
id:
0001

Show all fields in HTML

total:

58296

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
f6a09e2e-709c-437b-b1c9-b402ed5681c8
name:
Montebello [oppmålingstegning]
id:
1376
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/1376
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6a09e2e-709c-437b-b1c9-b402ed5681c8
urn:
35524ba7-0f5b-4ccc-b116-989e6c54a7b4
name:
Bærumsveien og Montebello/Husebyområdet
id:
L0003
path:
OBA/A-40208/E/Ec/Ecc/L0003
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/35524ba7-0f5b-4ccc-b116-989e6c54a7b4
urn:
bd2cb49b-c69b-4077-b7d3-fe049361a27a
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello
id:
0021
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0021
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd2cb49b-c69b-4077-b7d3-fe049361a27a
urn:
8aa8d74f-1c80-40e1-bc3a-1aba1cdf562d
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello
id:
0019
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0019
unit_type:
FOTOSERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8aa8d74f-1c80-40e1-bc3a-1aba1cdf562d
urn:
568d636c-72b1-4aee-bed3-3cf4f013c4f8
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello
id:
0020
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0020
unit_type:
DOKUMENTSERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/568d636c-72b1-4aee-bed3-3cf4f013c4f8
urn:
5e82f26a-5a34-41ff-a1cf-f5f1686a3517
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello. Fredning
id:
0022
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0022
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5e82f26a-5a34-41ff-a1cf-f5f1686a3517
urn:
714dba48-6e00-4214-9e5d-85a41dafc3ce
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello. Økonomi
id:
0024
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0024
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/714dba48-6e00-4214-9e5d-85a41dafc3ce
urn:
a5565d3d-7e8c-4dd3-9597-bef46e6fb7ee
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Montebello. Fredning. Notat
id:
0023
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0023
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a5565d3d-7e8c-4dd3-9597-bef46e6fb7ee
urn:
b688997d-5e9d-4629-a9db-2874b393859d
name:
Montebelloveien 24. Noreveien 10. Villa Montebello
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/T/Tb/Tb03/Tb03a/0027/0003/0005
unit_type:
TEGNINGSSERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b688997d-5e9d-4629-a9db-2874b393859d
urn:
d6ddac7c-aff0-4e1d-a834-dc7c7560cea5
name:
Kontrakt og tilbud. Analyseinstrumenter, diverse. Montebello Diagnostics AS
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0047/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d6ddac7c-aff0-4e1d-a834-dc7c7560cea5
urn:
4251986a-35e9-49ee-9670-1247cf10701f
name:
Ullern 1120-1172 Madserud allé, Gamle Madserud allé, Melbydalen, Montebello terrasse, Montebelloveien
id:
0003
path:
OBA/A-20060/F/Ff/L0005/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4251986a-35e9-49ee-9670-1247cf10701f
urn:
23f63144-707c-4fb4-9db2-970279f2dbd2
name:
Ullern 1465-1539 Melumveien, Montebello terrasse, Montebelloveien, Munkengveien, Museumsveien, Mustadsvei, Nedre Skogvei.
id:
0002
path:
OBA/A-20060/F/Fk/Fka/L0007/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/23f63144-707c-4fb4-9db2-970279f2dbd2
urn:
0dfe20e9-06ea-4ea0-a6b9-793c31f87250
name:
30. Montebello
id:
0012
path:
OBA/A-20210/D/Da/L0004/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0dfe20e9-06ea-4ea0-a6b9-793c31f87250
urn:
a275f8df-a897-4c53-b36b-1bc40059ad3a
name:
Montebello
id:
0020
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/T/Tb/Tb03/Tb03e/0004/0020
unit_type:
TEGNINGSSERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a275f8df-a897-4c53-b36b-1bc40059ad3a
urn:
2576ae92-e75d-4ffe-ba1b-779a80405d69
name:
B/N 352 Montebello
id:
L0258
path:
NTM/A-1019/Ta/L0258
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2576ae92-e75d-4ffe-ba1b-779a80405d69
urn:
5d08b436-36f1-42c9-8b14-28ad90e7c58e
name:
Akutt Montebello
id:
0001
path:
AAB/ARK-2526/D/Db/L0002/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5d08b436-36f1-42c9-8b14-28ad90e7c58e
urn:
e9d00645-2200-400a-9357-76dff3b08b55
name:
Akutt Montebello
id:
0002
path:
AAB/ARK-2526/D/Db/L0002/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e9d00645-2200-400a-9357-76dff3b08b55
urn:
cd5b4f93-fdee-410e-b72e-aec9e1483975
name:
Akutt Montebello
id:
0003
path:
AAB/ARK-2526/D/Db/L0002/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cd5b4f93-fdee-410e-b72e-aec9e1483975
urn:
4c9ac087-ca40-4694-ab6c-ead904b55305
name:
Kløverlia (Montebello)
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-1291/D/Db/L0139/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4c9ac087-ca40-4694-ab6c-ead904b55305
urn:
8abf3ab5-1b03-4e68-83ea-58934c89f1ec
name:
Montebello alarmplass
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-3336/D/Db/L0613/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8abf3ab5-1b03-4e68-83ea-58934c89f1ec
urn:
260c9736-e87c-4590-b090-db90cc85bad8
name:
5044 Montebello
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fa/L0736/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/260c9736-e87c-4590-b090-db90cc85bad8
urn:
b463550d-868c-47ba-bffc-f9d4fdf73460
name:
Montebello terrasse 14
id:
0016
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db03/0031/0014/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b463550d-868c-47ba-bffc-f9d4fdf73460
urn:
c10902dc-aec0-49a5-b6b1-c68a852fc2d0
name:
Marselisgate, Montebello
id:
0007
path:
OBA/A-20145/Tb/L0021/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c10902dc-aec0-49a5-b6b1-c68a852fc2d0
urn:
010f8e57-bbbf-4ed5-bb18-2837f118c367
name:
Montebello/Husebyområdet
id:
0003
path:
OBA/A-40208/E/Ec/Ecc/L0003/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/010f8e57-bbbf-4ed5-bb18-2837f118c367
urn:
435e1ae4-caee-432b-9631-ac3b34e8099c
name:
Montebello/Husebyområdet
id:
0004
path:
OBA/A-40208/E/Ec/Ecc/L0003/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/435e1ae4-caee-432b-9631-ac3b34e8099c

Will you use the result in generated code?

Open the same result as JSON

Is data missing or incorrect? Send feedback about this result.

Continue exploring

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.

AI agent? Read the complete navigation and programming guide.