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 2026-10-17T22:08:14Z in 2.560 seconds.

Showing 10 of 2641 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Hotvedt, Dag
    id:
    A-70232
  2. name:
    Parelius, Morten (f. 1877)
    id:
    R.Ark.1349
  3. name:
    Hotvedt gård, nedrevet låve [oppmålingstegning]
    id:
    1724
  4. name:
    Hotvedt, Dag
    id:
    AS-70232
  5. name:
    Utgård, Morten
    id:
    NOMA-A-0228
  6. name:
    Morten Mulvad, Fredrikstad
    id:
    A-1012
  7. name:
    Smith-Petersen, Morten
    id:
    PA-1512
  8. name:
    Udgaard, Nils Morten
    id:
    RA-PA-2111
  9. name:
    Espesetv / Laurens, Morten
    id:
    A-1271
  10. name:
    Morten Ulrik Anker
    id:
    A-0457
Show all fields in HTML
total:
2641
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    21c9da4f-dc14-4b1d-bf2a-3d9d33b80cff
    name:
    Hotvedt, Dag
    id:
    A-70232
    path:
    OBA/A-70232
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/21c9da4f-dc14-4b1d-bf2a-3d9d33b80cff
  2. urn:
    no-ROMS_arkiv000000017248
    name:
    Parelius, Morten (f. 1877)
    id:
    R.Ark.1349
    path:
    ROMS/R.Ark.1349
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Romsdalsmuseet
    country:
    Norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ROMS_arkiv000000017248
  3. urn:
    1a013ea3-d1be-411b-9532-8ecfff056963
    name:
    Hotvedt gård, nedrevet låve [oppmålingstegning]
    id:
    1724
    path:
    UBIT/A-0438/F/1724
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1a013ea3-d1be-411b-9532-8ecfff056963
  4. urn:
    d5917eb9-82ad-4bb1-a923-b08c37377805
    name:
    Hotvedt, Dag
    id:
    AS-70232
    path:
    OBA/AS-70232
    unit_type:
    Person
    institution:
    Oslo byarkiv
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Dag Hotvedt var en av de engasjerte ungdommene i Skippergataokkupasjonen, som var med å starte Blitz og var engasjert i Ungdomsåret 1985. I 2001 koordinerte han fakkeltoget etter drapet på Benjamin Hermansen på Holmlia.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d5917eb9-82ad-4bb1-a923-b08c37377805
  5. urn:
    fbb10416-6b80-4aea-9946-8c22f7f0f3ec
    name:
    Utgård, Morten
    id:
    NOMA-A-0228
    path:
    ANNO/NOMA-A-0228
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Anno museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fbb10416-6b80-4aea-9946-8c22f7f0f3ec
  6. urn:
    1a287c89-dc24-49ad-b7af-af5c2b409e7f
    name:
    Morten Mulvad, Fredrikstad
    id:
    A-1012
    path:
    NMM/A-1012
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Norsk Maritimt Museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1a287c89-dc24-49ad-b7af-af5c2b409e7f
  7. urn:
    e2ce2198-b626-4d22-9b11-3a25c00b8f3f
    name:
    Smith-Petersen, Morten
    id:
    PA-1512
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1512
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e2ce2198-b626-4d22-9b11-3a25c00b8f3f
  8. urn:
    52858f57-a590-479f-b90f-c894a9aa026c
    name:
    Udgaard, Nils Morten
    id:
    RA-PA-2111
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-2111
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/52858f57-a590-479f-b90f-c894a9aa026c
  9. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003607
    name:
    Espesetv / Laurens, Morten
    id:
    A-1271
    path:
    BU/A-1271
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003607
  10. urn:
    80adbf0a-fbcd-45bf-a810-7434f8399cef
    name:
    Morten Ulrik Anker
    id:
    A-0457
    path:
    UBIT/A-0457
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/80adbf0a-fbcd-45bf-a810-7434f8399cef
  11. urn:
    0666402c-d098-4ca6-b803-e1f7dab32978
    name:
    Eltvedt, Morten Abraham
    id:
    PA-1922
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1922
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0666402c-d098-4ca6-b803-e1f7dab32978
  12. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000579575
    name:
    Morten Ramm Salbu Architecture
    id:
    A-5744
    path:
    BBA/A-5744
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000579575
  13. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000579576
    name:
    Morten Ramm Salbu EPF
    id:
    A-5745
    path:
    BBA/A-5745
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000579576
  14. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000168300
    name:
    Lundquist, Per Morten. Fotograf
    id:
    FA-1068
    path:
    VEMU/FA-1068
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000168300
  15. urn:
    dc6007a7-cc03-4d3f-9878-a31013698fbe
    name:
    Furuly, Morten Oluf Pedersen
    id:
    MA-A-1136
    path:
    VID/MA-A-1136
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dc6007a7-cc03-4d3f-9878-a31013698fbe
  16. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000121117
    name:
    Ingebrigtsen, Morten Andreas. Hvalskytter, skipsreder
    id:
    ARS-A-1336
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1336
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000121117
  17. urn:
    47e84300-c5bf-4524-ba93-a33fbff7b1e5
    name:
    Anne? Kolstad + Morten. NÅ nr. 19, 1977
    id:
    8882
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0076/8882
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47e84300-c5bf-4524-ba93-a33fbff7b1e5
  18. urn:
    274bce07-4e5b-4ade-ac70-5cc6ab764b3d
    name:
    Biskopen fra Rhodesia. Abel Muzorewa. Morten Stensrup. NÅ nr. 7, 1977
    id:
    8801
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0074/8801
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/274bce07-4e5b-4ade-ac70-5cc6ab764b3d
  19. urn:
    f9ce7cd1-b501-4e97-b800-7797e8d91e63
    name:
    Mortensen, Sigurd
    id:
    ARK-1345
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1345
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f9ce7cd1-b501-4e97-b800-7797e8d91e63
  20. urn:
    98071c01-e6eb-432f-b02e-afe23d983c0a
    name:
    Mortensen & Korshavn
    id:
    PA-1365
    path:
    AAMA/PA-1365
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/98071c01-e6eb-432f-b02e-afe23d983c0a
  21. urn:
    6be88ba3-475a-4939-92d1-77b304c39507
    name:
    Mortenson, Magne
    id:
    SAT-PA-0186
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0186
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6be88ba3-475a-4939-92d1-77b304c39507
  22. urn:
    260ecdde-0f3e-4978-a7ad-0ed1f328c7c0
    name:
    F. Oluf Mortensens våpenhus ca. 1460. Roskilde Domkirke.
    id:
    0814
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0015/U/0032/0814
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/260ecdde-0f3e-4978-a7ad-0ed1f328c7c0
  23. urn:
    19e9d998-6378-4fa8-952d-387869c74cd0
    name:
    Mortenson, Per og Magne
    id:
    NOMA-A-1037
    path:
    ANNO/NOMA-A-1037
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Anno museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/19e9d998-6378-4fa8-952d-387869c74cd0
  24. urn:
    65d51530-dbe1-4653-a87f-6a6ec6491dfd
    name:
    Mortenslund skysstasjon (Grong)
    id:
    A0983
    path:
    PAT/A0983
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/65d51530-dbe1-4653-a87f-6a6ec6491dfd
  25. urn:
    6b3797d6-98aa-4d62-803b-41c16cf58742
    name:
    Moe, Ingebrigt Mortensen
    id:
    SAT-PA-0543
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0543
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6b3797d6-98aa-4d62-803b-41c16cf58742
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.