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 2026-10-27T09:01:45Z in 0.294 seconds.

Showing 10 of 55064 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Norconsult: Tilbud på forprosjekt.
    id:
    0003
  2. name:
    Kontakter utad: Kontakt Algerie - Sonatrach, Norconsult Nov.1965.
    id:
    L0015
  3. name:
    Fordelingsnett - Avløp: gnr. 168, bnr. 342 Kristianholm, Bergen kommune, Norconsult tiltakshaver: Bergen kommune
    id:
    0034
  4. name:
    Nerion AS - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0001
  5. name:
    <Norconsult AS, Bergen>
    id:
    0002
  6. name:
    Rapport - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    13/831-7 - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0005
  8. name:
    Norconsult AS. Kontrakt om rådgjevingsoppdrag
    id:
    0018
  9. name:
    15/2924-11 - Lederutvikling - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0006
  10. name:
    108/77 Namsen drivstofflager - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0002
Show all fields in HTML
total:
55064
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    7c995e7c-d459-488c-a12c-9462dd862823
    name:
    Norconsult: Tilbud på forprosjekt.
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAMI-PA-1006/E/L0003/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7c995e7c-d459-488c-a12c-9462dd862823
  2. urn:
    88be6a46-5881-4443-9acd-fdbea300411e
    name:
    Kontakter utad: Kontakt Algerie - Sonatrach, Norconsult Nov.1965.
    id:
    L0015
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/D/Df/L0015
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88be6a46-5881-4443-9acd-fdbea300411e
  3. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003347921
    name:
    Fordelingsnett - Avløp: gnr. 168, bnr. 342 Kristianholm, Bergen kommune, Norconsult tiltakshaver: Bergen kommune
    id:
    0034
    path:
    BBA/A-3563/7168/7874/D/Da/Dag/L0021/0034
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003347921
  4. urn:
    bb3f29b8-f939-402a-bca4-533cc9e671d7
    name:
    Nerion AS - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1603/1/F/Fa/L0005/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bb3f29b8-f939-402a-bca4-533cc9e671d7
  5. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003811037
    name:
    <Norconsult AS, Bergen>
    id:
    0002
    path:
    BBA/A-3563/7168/7874/E/Ea/L0016/0002
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003811037
  6. urn:
    e6cc67c2-ebff-4fde-99b4-723940aea618
    name:
    Rapport - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    IKAH/1224-501/E/Eb/L0110/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e6cc67c2-ebff-4fde-99b4-723940aea618
  7. urn:
    4f05a9b6-a234-4392-ba70-847b5649a43d
    name:
    13/831-7 - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0005
    path:
    IKAK/0702021-2/1/G/L0008/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4f05a9b6-a234-4392-ba70-847b5649a43d
  8. urn:
    4d259d0d-238e-4e00-ae34-a1b70970056c
    name:
    Norconsult AS. Kontrakt om rådgjevingsoppdrag
    id:
    0018
    path:
    IKAH/1256-022/F/Fa/L0006/0018
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4d259d0d-238e-4e00-ae34-a1b70970056c
  9. urn:
    4eb3fd2e-fd37-4c30-aae3-60a1ffa1899c
    name:
    15/2924-11 - Lederutvikling - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0006
    path:
    IKAK/0702021-2/1/G/L0035/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4eb3fd2e-fd37-4c30-aae3-60a1ffa1899c
  10. urn:
    94453b58-2ad0-43d7-9239-e6f84101c11a
    name:
    108/77 Namsen drivstofflager - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2010/1/F/Fd/L0015/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94453b58-2ad0-43d7-9239-e6f84101c11a
  11. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003344056
    name:
    Fortøyningsbøyer: Flytedokk, Laksevåg Verft A/S, Norconsult AS
    id:
    0004
    path:
    BBA/A-3563/7168/7874/D/Da/Daf/L0023/0004
    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003344056
  12. urn:
    6b1b8d25-6d84-49c2-b69e-b8fc855cb8e9
    name:
    15/256-78 - Rammeavtale rådgivningstjenester VA-BA-VEI - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0002
    path:
    IKAK/0702021-2/1/G/L0030/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6b1b8d25-6d84-49c2-b69e-b8fc855cb8e9
  13. urn:
    6ad8fe83-4a94-4765-8f18-d62d4791d4b7
    name:
    Renseanlegg Vik - Kapasitetsutvidelse, forprosjekt og detaljprosjekt
    id:
    0041
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0007/0041
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6ad8fe83-4a94-4765-8f18-d62d4791d4b7
  14. urn:
    20eaf888-6bb3-4874-bf1b-58422ba4921e
    name:
    Renseanlegg Vik - Kapasitetsutvidelse, forprosjekt og detaljprosjekt
    id:
    0041
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0008/0041
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/20eaf888-6bb3-4874-bf1b-58422ba4921e
  15. urn:
    cf42dc60-f70b-434a-8533-79836f55dcb6
    name:
    Grødaland biogassanlegg - detaljprosjektering
    id:
    0048
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0009/0048
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cf42dc60-f70b-434a-8533-79836f55dcb6
  16. urn:
    2aced45e-fedd-4c0e-9bc3-463140e2a3fd
    name:
    SNJ - prosjektering utvidelse
    id:
    0090
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0020/0090
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2aced45e-fedd-4c0e-9bc3-463140e2a3fd
  17. urn:
    a89c0c6f-b186-482f-bdfe-bc6b742fc0d4
    name:
    Grødaland renseanlegg - utvidelse - detaljprosjektering
    id:
    0109
    path:
    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0024/0109
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a89c0c6f-b186-482f-bdfe-bc6b742fc0d4
  18. urn:
    08eb23a0-645f-4289-b263-c2969b11264c
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    Grødaland renseanlegg - utvidelse - detaljprosjektering
    id:
    0156
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    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0041/0156
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/08eb23a0-645f-4289-b263-c2969b11264c
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    f8348da4-dd19-43d6-ae3d-f476da1aa9db
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    Rådgivende ingeniørtjenester for behandlingsanlegg for organisk avfall
    id:
    0177
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    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0047/0177
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f8348da4-dd19-43d6-ae3d-f476da1aa9db
  20. urn:
    c667a231-45da-4978-9b34-f7e161cf31da
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    Uavhengig kontroll rammevtale
    id:
    0178
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    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gd/L0048/0178
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c667a231-45da-4978-9b34-f7e161cf31da
  21. urn:
    b25cf4fd-5e8e-478a-bc46-3cadaeb91aad
    name:
    Opprustning Langevatn dam - prosjektering
    id:
    0079
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    IKAR/A-1169/G/Ge/L0011/0079
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b25cf4fd-5e8e-478a-bc46-3cadaeb91aad
  22. urn:
    99bdf073-d122-41d4-a40d-dd2e2a2181f8
    name:
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    id:
    0010
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    IKAR/A-1169/G/Gf/L0001/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/99bdf073-d122-41d4-a40d-dd2e2a2181f8
  23. urn:
    fd05cc84-af3a-4001-a804-24a63f3af5cd
    name:
    Langevatn dam - Dambruddsbølgeberegning
    id:
    0011
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd05cc84-af3a-4001-a804-24a63f3af5cd
  24. urn:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/80227ba5-f26d-4d27-9a0c-b2b07e4579b8
  25. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000003868809
    name:
    Rettsak, Bergen og omland havnevesen - Norconsult AS m.fl.
    id:
    Eha
    path:
    BBA/A-3563/7168/7874/E/Eh/Eha
    unit_type:
    Serie
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003868809
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.

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.