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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 2026-10-18T23:33:09Z in 0.946 seconds.

Showing 10 of 138893 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Buskerud
    id:
    RA-PA-2171
  2. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Sør-Trøndelag
    id:
    RA-PA-2172
  3. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Nord-Trøndelag
    id:
    RA-PA-2173
  4. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening
    id:
    RA-PA-2168
  5. name:
    Pa 52 - Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Vestfold
    id:
    A-1062
  6. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Vestfold
    id:
    Akt-1062
  7. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening
    id:
    P-17278
  8. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening (Akershus avdeling)
    id:
    0004
  9. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Østfold
    id:
    RA-PA-2170
  10. name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Nordland
    id:
    RA-PA-2174
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total:
138893
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    id:
    RA-PA-2171
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-2171
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f960961b-3d8f-4ed6-83c3-91bc86b55ab9
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    name:
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    unit_type:
    ARKIV
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  3. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-PA-2173
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
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    digitized_documents:
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    id:
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    VEMU/A-1062
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
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    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  6. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000017593
    name:
    Norsk bibliotekforening, avdeling Vestfold
    id:
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    path:
    VEMU/Akt-1062
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
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    country:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000017593
  7. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Norsk Bibliotekforening er en uavhengig landssammenslutning som har til formål å fremme utviklingen av bibliotek-, dokumentasjons- og informasjonsvirksomhet. Organisasjonen ble stiftet i Stavanger 25. oktober 1913. Som medlemmer opptas biblioteker, skoler, institusjoner og enkeltpersoner. Organisasj...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bb91c15f-3d89-4b04-b149-a7291ced7df1
  8. urn:
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    id:
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    AFK/0200056/D/Db/L0019/0004
    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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  9. urn:
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    name:
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    AV/RA-PA-2170
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    digitized_documents:
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  10. urn:
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    digitized_documents:
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  11. urn:
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    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed1d949d-7414-4ec3-a05b-288398b0927c
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    AAB/ARK-1675/F/L0133/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f563f67c-daf0-4f3d-8b7e-b79d09e8b8ef
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    digitized_documents:
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limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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.

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