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 2026-10-17T09:52:21Z in 0.455 seconds.

Showing 10 of 223273 results in compact format.

name:
Nittedal prestearkiv
id:
SAO-A-10365
name:
Nittedal helseråd
id:
SAO-A-10789
name:
Nittedal distriktslege/helseråd
id:
SAO-A-10790
name:
Nittedal teatersmie
id:
FIA-1106
name:
Nittedal Høyre
id:
SAO-PAO-0126
name:
Nittedal arbeiderparti
id:
ARK-1271
name:
Nittedal fagforening
id:
ARK-2470
name:
Nittedal helselag
id:
FIA-1098
name:
Nittedal sparebank
id:
FIA-1104
name:
Nittedal trygdekontor
id:
SAO-A-10016

Show all fields in HTML

total:

223273

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
402112a6-40a5-470e-8037-c03317e810a9
name:
Nittedal prestearkiv
id:
SAO-A-10365
path:
AV/SAO-A-10365
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/402112a6-40a5-470e-8037-c03317e810a9
urn:
f8b8e0bb-3ffe-4f23-9300-6eb306219690
name:
Nittedal helseråd
id:
SAO-A-10789
path:
AV/SAO-A-10789
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f8b8e0bb-3ffe-4f23-9300-6eb306219690
urn:
8cc25568-2a3d-4067-9faf-1356ff054d74
name:
Nittedal distriktslege/helseråd
id:
SAO-A-10790
path:
AV/SAO-A-10790
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8cc25568-2a3d-4067-9faf-1356ff054d74
urn:
192096ee-333e-4eb0-ba53-7d7180330759
name:
Nittedal teatersmie
id:
FIA-1106
path:
AFM/FIA-1106
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Museene i Akershus
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/192096ee-333e-4eb0-ba53-7d7180330759
urn:
f324987a-405b-4612-80b1-304c58944c74
name:
Nittedal Høyre
id:
SAO-PAO-0126
path:
AV/SAO-PAO-0126
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f324987a-405b-4612-80b1-304c58944c74
urn:
a6bbf274-6401-47a1-ae8e-5cf1258dc7f9
name:
Nittedal arbeiderparti
id:
ARK-1271
path:
AAB/ARK-1271
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a6bbf274-6401-47a1-ae8e-5cf1258dc7f9
urn:
5d0a8cd1-d11b-4d30-a092-90efcf92bfab
name:
Nittedal fagforening
id:
ARK-2470
path:
AAB/ARK-2470
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5d0a8cd1-d11b-4d30-a092-90efcf92bfab
urn:
0737276c-fe62-419d-b3ef-74dc058adde7
name:
Nittedal helselag
id:
FIA-1098
path:
AFM/FIA-1098
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Museene i Akershus
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0737276c-fe62-419d-b3ef-74dc058adde7
urn:
e23fdc12-fcbd-4d3b-9252-09538b8daf7f
name:
Nittedal sparebank
id:
FIA-1104
path:
AFM/FIA-1104
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Museene i Akershus
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e23fdc12-fcbd-4d3b-9252-09538b8daf7f
urn:
b6643225-0a9f-4a94-add8-87e693928482
name:
Nittedal trygdekontor
id:
SAO-A-10016
path:
AV/SAO-A-10016
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b6643225-0a9f-4a94-add8-87e693928482
urn:
db48063e-6618-4bd1-b87a-142fa24ef25e
name:
Nittedal forliksråd
id:
SAO-A-10333
path:
AV/SAO-A-10333
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/db48063e-6618-4bd1-b87a-142fa24ef25e
urn:
aeb37cb8-bbb8-4709-8359-2672c0b02fc3
name:
Nittedal menighetsråd
id:
SAO-A-10365b
path:
AV/SAO-A-10365b
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aeb37cb8-bbb8-4709-8359-2672c0b02fc3
urn:
41678260-aec3-4450-abd0-29bdee5afd4b
name:
Nittedal lensmannskontor
id:
SAO-A-10454
path:
AV/SAO-A-10454
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41678260-aec3-4450-abd0-29bdee5afd4b
urn:
d32264da-5097-45bc-842a-187b0731d203
name:
Nittedal folkeregister
id:
SAO-A-10518
path:
AV/SAO-A-10518
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d32264da-5097-45bc-842a-187b0731d203
urn:
ead6a591-2ad4-456f-aeca-a9b6858af8ee
name:
Nittedal overformynderi
id:
SAO-A-11220
path:
AV/SAO-A-11220
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ead6a591-2ad4-456f-aeca-a9b6858af8ee
urn:
ae84e7b1-e393-403a-96b6-679ba298ff4f
name:
Nittedal likningskontor
id:
SAO-A-11280
path:
AV/SAO-A-11280
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ae84e7b1-e393-403a-96b6-679ba298ff4f
urn:
f304629c-c76b-475c-8042-ee2fc8e19a57
name:
Nittedal prestekontor Kirkebøker
id:
SAO-A-10365a
path:
AV/SAO-A-10365a
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f304629c-c76b-475c-8042-ee2fc8e19a57
urn:
5407f53d-550d-4359-8b6c-c70a0aa6ea20
name:
Nittedal og Hakadal arbeidsmannsforening
id:
ARK-1884
path:
AAB/ARK-1884
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5407f53d-550d-4359-8b6c-c70a0aa6ea20
urn:
fdc7f480-0a19-4f39-8637-389a233d250f
name:
Auksjonsprotokoll - Skedsmo og Nittedal tinglag
id:
L0030
path:
AV/SAO-A-10469/I/Ib/L0030
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fdc7f480-0a19-4f39-8637-389a233d250f
urn:
1319fbfd-590b-4470-a474-4f6cf3bae234
name:
Auksjonsprotokoll - Skedsmo og Nittedal tinglag
id:
L0032
path:
AV/SAO-A-10469/I/Ib/L0032
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1319fbfd-590b-4470-a474-4f6cf3bae234
urn:
ec638582-6177-4a51-a521-036e461de403
name:
Norges brannkasse, branntakster Nittedal
id:
SAO-A-11394
path:
AV/SAO-A-11394
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ec638582-6177-4a51-a521-036e461de403
urn:
76934189-11e9-44e6-a02e-2878c47571ad
name:
Kommunenr. 0233-0236 dvs. Akershus: Nittedal - Nes
id:
L0007
path:
AV/RA-S-1587/F/Fd/L0007
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/76934189-11e9-44e6-a02e-2878c47571ad
urn:
6acf9560-227f-4b58-b999-2ee9c41cd75a
name:
Nittedal teatersmie
id:
AKT-1156
path:
AFM/AKT-1156
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Museene i Akershus
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Nittedal teatersmie er et barne- og ungdomsteater som har bestått av Frogner barneteater, Kjerstis teater- og kulturformidling og Nittedal Teatersmie. Nittedal teatersmie ble stiftet i 06.09.1994 og ble på et senere tidspunkt en del av Nittedal teater.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6acf9560-227f-4b58-b999-2ee9c41cd75a
urn:
ffbf1a74-0a45-4c75-ab0b-45841cf1199f
name:
Nittedal kirke [oppmålingstegning]
id:
1092
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/1092
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ffbf1a74-0a45-4c75-ab0b-45841cf1199f
urn:
41dabc2d-2cb5-49ae-a50a-815312c18d1b
name:
Nittedal kirke [oppmålingstegning]
id:
1093
path:
UBIT/A-0438/F/1093
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/41dabc2d-2cb5-49ae-a50a-815312c18d1b

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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