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 2026-10-22T20:37:30Z in 0.761 seconds.

Showing 10 of 379238 results in compact format.

name:
Kunder og tjenester. Jelsa Bygdeservice BA
id:
0458
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Randaberg Bygdeservice
id:
0741
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Strand Bygdeservice BA
id:
0933
name:
Engasjementsarkiv (lånesaker og BU-tilskudd) - FMLA. 1127 Randaberg. Randaberg Bygdeservice
id:
1396
name:
Bygdeservice A/S; også aksjebrev nr. 1-99.
id:
0003
name:
Landbrukssaker i SND - Engasjementsarkiv. 1119 Hå. Gnr 69 Bnr 6 Hå Bygdeservice BA
id:
0389
name:
Landbrukssaker i SND - Engasjementsarkiv. 1154 Vindafjord Vindafjord Bygdeservice
id:
1094
name:
Landbrukssaker i SND - Engasjementsarkiv. 1145 Bokn Gnr 7 Bnr 5 Bokn Bygdeservice.
id:
0898
name:
Nes likningskontor
id:
SAO-A-10544
name:
Nes Pedagogisk-psykologisk tjeneste (PPT)
id:
0616222

Show all fields in HTML

total:

379238

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
Kunder og tjenester. Jelsa Bygdeservice BA
id:
0458
path:
AV/SAST-A-102673/D/Da/0458
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/22e5aac1-7cdb-4122-b5a2-cdb04ff7ef4e
urn:
83d95ba0-8741-4753-9dd2-9d3db80df3c6
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Randaberg Bygdeservice
id:
0741
path:
AV/SAST-A-102673/D/Da/0741
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/83d95ba0-8741-4753-9dd2-9d3db80df3c6
urn:
8f749576-a995-419b-bbbc-017f83fd4b6d
name:
Kunder og tjenester. Strand Bygdeservice BA
id:
0933
path:
AV/SAST-A-102673/D/Da/0933
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f749576-a995-419b-bbbc-017f83fd4b6d
urn:
5491e434-23c5-43f9-8432-cd7dfb57e4c9
name:
Engasjementsarkiv (lånesaker og BU-tilskudd) - FMLA. 1127 Randaberg. Randaberg Bygdeservice
id:
1396
path:
AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/1396
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5491e434-23c5-43f9-8432-cd7dfb57e4c9
urn:
d51b029d-1e0c-450b-aa52-6ae7bfc0b4c1
name:
Bygdeservice A/S; også aksjebrev nr. 1-99.
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-0653/D/Db/L0001/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d51b029d-1e0c-450b-aa52-6ae7bfc0b4c1
urn:
027cb271-521e-427a-b2d6-6f4a6dce38e7
name:
Landbrukssaker i SND - Engasjementsarkiv. 1119 Hå. Gnr 69 Bnr 6 Hå Bygdeservice BA
id:
0389
path:
AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/0389
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/027cb271-521e-427a-b2d6-6f4a6dce38e7
urn:
4c9621b0-43c1-429d-8e50-6e6fbbed6863
name:
Landbrukssaker i SND - Engasjementsarkiv. 1154 Vindafjord Vindafjord Bygdeservice
id:
1094
path:
AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/1094
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4c9621b0-43c1-429d-8e50-6e6fbbed6863
urn:
b5cd1c53-a679-4943-b871-0ab467faf976
name:
Landbrukssaker i SND - Engasjementsarkiv. 1145 Bokn Gnr 7 Bnr 5 Bokn Bygdeservice.
id:
0898
path:
AV/SAST-A-512/D/Da/0898
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b5cd1c53-a679-4943-b871-0ab467faf976
urn:
e35776ab-c612-4698-a3c5-f1023f00dac8
name:
Nes likningskontor
id:
SAO-A-10544
path:
AV/SAO-A-10544
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e35776ab-c612-4698-a3c5-f1023f00dac8
urn:
ce7f8b49-b186-479b-8101-2ee54da54693
name:
Nes Pedagogisk-psykologisk tjeneste (PPT)
id:
0616222
path:
IKAK/0616222
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Kongsberg
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ce7f8b49-b186-479b-8101-2ee54da54693
urn:
72892709-4eb0-401a-b8fb-4648740b1d76
name:
Nes-Tunhovd telefonselskap
id:
0616902
path:
IKAK/0616902
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Kongsberg
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72892709-4eb0-401a-b8fb-4648740b1d76
urn:
5ec228ef-4535-4497-8737-4929ddc8a962
name:
Dagbøkene til Anstein Nes
id:
A-1043
path:
VTM/A-1043
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Vest-Telemark Museum
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5ec228ef-4535-4497-8737-4929ddc8a962
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220a7b1a-2a8d-4d22-b186-6b6f072bcdad
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Nes delingsnemnd
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0616045.1-1
path:
IKAK/0616045.1-1
unit_type:
ARKIV
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IKA Kongsberg
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/220a7b1a-2a8d-4d22-b186-6b6f072bcdad
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9d7cb048-047e-4c34-a2cb-53ee64686c35
name:
Merkelovens tilsynsmann i Nes
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SAT-A-1758
path:
AV/SAT-A-1758
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9d7cb048-047e-4c34-a2cb-53ee64686c35
urn:
4fa660b1-8ba6-423d-ada3-2d08be4ae9e2
name:
Nes Arbeiderparti
id:
ARK-496
path:
ANNO/ARK-496
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Anno museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4fa660b1-8ba6-423d-ada3-2d08be4ae9e2
urn:
00707ee8-fd57-44ed-a6df-2e36050ba402
name:
Nes kommunestyre
id:
0616022-1
path:
IKAK/0616022-1
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Kongsberg
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/00707ee8-fd57-44ed-a6df-2e36050ba402
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c8538063-bc52-42df-85ef-7087008e549c
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Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0047
path:
AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0047
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c8538063-bc52-42df-85ef-7087008e549c
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dbbddfdf-2a42-42a2-97d0-3983fec5e410
name:
Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0048
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0048
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dbbddfdf-2a42-42a2-97d0-3983fec5e410
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name:
Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0049
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0049
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe2ea5f7-27d8-485c-806a-5c22af7de1d7
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name:
Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0050
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0050
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f354d3c7-11b8-4627-827f-ee365562557f
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Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0051
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0051
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cd6be052-846a-4a97-b070-6e942f6781f8
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Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0052
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0052
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0053
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0053
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Dødsfallsprotokoll Nes
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L0054
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AV/SAO-A-10548/H/Ha/Hab/L0054
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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454445d6-ea1f-489d-ba2d-a98c40701bf2
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Nes kirkebøker
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SAKO-A-236
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AV/SAKO-A-236
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ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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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