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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T12:40:59Z in 1.765 seconds.

Showing 10 of 109599 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Norconsult: Tilbud på forprosjekt.
    id:
    0003
  2. name:
    Prosjekt, referat, samarbeid. Informasjonssystemer, IT/IKT
    id:
    L0005
  3. name:
    Informasjonssystemer as
    id:
    0014
  4. name:
    Nerion AS - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0001
  5. name:
    Kontakter utad: Kontakt Algerie - Sonatrach, Norconsult Nov.1965.
    id:
    L0015
  6. name:
    <Norconsult AS, Bergen>
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    Rapport - Norconsult AS
    id:
    0002
  8. name:
    Allianse Informasjonssystemer AS (Medlnr. 1267)
    id:
    0002
  9. name:
    Allianse Informasjonssystemer AS (Medlnr. 1267)
    id:
    0002
  10. name:
    Norconsult AS. Kontrakt om rådgjevingsoppdrag
    id:
    0018
Show all fields in HTML
total:
109599
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    Norconsult: Tilbud på forprosjekt.
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    0003
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    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:
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    name:
    Prosjekt, referat, samarbeid. Informasjonssystemer, IT/IKT
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    L0005
    path:
    AFK/0200095_1/D/Db/L0005
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Akershus fylkeskommune
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2eb3438a-5ca4-4319-b960-8c52de8ac292
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    Informasjonssystemer as
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    0014
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    AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0090/0014
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    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
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    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0472e761-0256-46c5-8663-3aa41cf1d1f1
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    name:
    Nerion AS - Norconsult AS
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    0001
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    AV/RA-S-1603/1/F/Fa/L0005/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
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    link:
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    name:
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    id:
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    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
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    name:
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    id:
    0002
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    unit_type:
    Mappe
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003811037
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    name:
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    id:
    0002
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    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
  8. urn:
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    name:
    Allianse Informasjonssystemer AS (Medlnr. 1267)
    id:
    0002
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    AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0167/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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    Allianse Informasjonssystemer AS (Medlnr. 1267)
    id:
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    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/40ede934-12ad-4050-afca-cd982b4b4ab1
  10. urn:
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    name:
    Norconsult AS. Kontrakt om rådgjevingsoppdrag
    id:
    0018
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    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
  11. urn:
    4f05a9b6-a234-4392-ba70-847b5649a43d
    name:
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    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
  12. urn:
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    id:
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    AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0167/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3710af5d-4e5e-40e2-9fb1-3ebac988367e
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    108/77 Namsen drivstofflager - Norconsult AS
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    0002
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    AV/RA-RAFA-2010/1/F/Fd/L0015/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94453b58-2ad0-43d7-9239-e6f84101c11a
  17. urn:
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    IKAK/0702021-2/1/G/L0035/0006
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    digitized_documents:
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  23. urn:
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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.