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 2026-11-03T01:58:44Z in 0.914 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58247 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Handelshuset Fasmer og skipper Stacich av VEnedig mot overtollbetjent Hammer og los Pettersen.
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0455
  2. name:
    Venedig - verk
    id:
    L0173
  3. name:
    Biennalen i Venedig
    id:
    0007
  4. name:
    68 fotografier av Venedig.
    id:
    0475
  5. name:
    Venedig - Venetsia
    id:
    0004
  6. name:
    Reusch, Hans - Italien, Venedig
    id:
    L1310
  7. name:
    Ole Nedigaards Vexelobligation No 172
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    M 2017 Niccolo Paganini- Karnevalet i Venedig
    id:
    0017
  9. name:
    Bolig og byplan-kongressen i Zürich. + 68 fotografier av Venedig.
    id:
    L0474-0475
  10. name:
    Beatrice af Venedig, Max Pemberton, Forlaget Limit.
    id:
    0009
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58247
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    ad8f60f3-e17e-4481-bc2f-3388b222a890
    name:
    Handelshuset Fasmer og skipper Stacich av VEnedig mot overtollbetjent Hammer og los Pettersen.
    id:
    SAB-SAB/PA-0455
    path:
    AV/SAB-SAB/PA-0455
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad8f60f3-e17e-4481-bc2f-3388b222a890
  2. urn:
    fb1fa04c-4b7c-4159-affe-bc3393b10479
    name:
    Venedig - verk
    id:
    L0173
    path:
    SPR/A-0001/G/Gb/L0173
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Språksamlingane Universitetsbiblioteket, UIB
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb1fa04c-4b7c-4159-affe-bc3393b10479
  3. urn:
    0919202b-4642-40a7-bd2a-9e45beec575d
    name:
    Biennalen i Venedig
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2309/D/Da/L0009/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0919202b-4642-40a7-bd2a-9e45beec575d
  4. urn:
    fbbfdc5b-d1b4-433c-b0d8-fd4c6e6a8a16
    name:
    68 fotografier av Venedig.
    id:
    0475
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0028/Ms-SP/L0474-0475/0475
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fbbfdc5b-d1b4-433c-b0d8-fd4c6e6a8a16
  5. urn:
    338e7887-5604-4d79-8eaf-5e33cda9051a
    name:
    Venedig - Venetsia
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-4373/U/L0004/0004/0004
    unit_type:
    FOTO
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    italia
    digitized_documents:
    1
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/338e7887-5604-4d79-8eaf-5e33cda9051a
  6. urn:
    b000b292-d871-4584-98dd-eba4fbd85abc
    name:
    Reusch, Hans - Italien, Venedig
    id:
    L1310
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-4407/4/F/Fb/L1310
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b000b292-d871-4584-98dd-eba4fbd85abc
  7. urn:
    f9b31f80-fe09-4143-9f66-acdb17f3374c
    name:
    Ole Nedigaards Vexelobligation No 172
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAO-A-11032/E/L0008/0003/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f9b31f80-fe09-4143-9f66-acdb17f3374c
  8. urn:
    0be63f3b-def1-4aee-b102-dce5584f20af
    name:
    M 2017 Niccolo Paganini- Karnevalet i Venedig
    id:
    0017
    path:
    MIST/RMT-A-1042/Dg/L0001/0017
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Museene i Sør-Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0be63f3b-def1-4aee-b102-dce5584f20af
  9. urn:
    5a1547d7-b9b4-4453-8340-22bde43eed46
    name:
    Bolig og byplan-kongressen i Zürich. + 68 fotografier av Venedig.
    id:
    L0474-0475
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0028/Ms-SP/L0474-0475
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a1547d7-b9b4-4453-8340-22bde43eed46
  10. urn:
    5569cb59-ec88-4fa2-816f-01714aee96d0
    name:
    Beatrice af Venedig, Max Pemberton, Forlaget Limit.
    id:
    0009
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1522/X/Xd/L0002/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5569cb59-ec88-4fa2-816f-01714aee96d0
  11. urn:
    f19a671a-7379-48ed-94d2-15b3f063179d
    name:
    Deutsches Theater - Eine Nacht in Venedig 22.4.1942
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-3309/U/L0029a/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f19a671a-7379-48ed-94d2-15b3f063179d
  12. urn:
    11498309-feb1-4ef0-b53e-d243a678c7e6
    name:
    Pressetagung in Venedig, Mai 1942 (m.bl.a. minister Lunde)
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-3309/U/L0050a/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/11498309-feb1-4ef0-b53e-d243a678c7e6
  13. urn:
    a64bacdd-885c-4c4d-ba31-78a5f0d87add
    name:
    Rentsch Reisebyrå, Arendal - Reis til "Nordens Venedig"
    id:
    0013
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0059/0013
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a64bacdd-885c-4c4d-ba31-78a5f0d87add
  14. urn:
    fd94e3e9-52b8-4eb3-b035-c5637a314037
    name:
    Ein Tag in Venedig, E. Nevin, arr. L. Weininger, Leipzig 1899
    id:
    0007
    path:
    OAM/A-00796/F/Fn/L0017/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fd94e3e9-52b8-4eb3-b035-c5637a314037
  15. urn:
    88cec117-6276-4ed8-84cb-746cf4215ecd
    name:
    Den 2. internasjonale kongress for studium av italiensk språk og litteratur i Venedig
    id:
    0048
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3022/D/Da/L0111/0048
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88cec117-6276-4ed8-84cb-746cf4215ecd
  16. urn:
    6c520886-bc39-442d-a204-c4a73d454c8c
    name:
    Undervisningsmateriell. Arkitektur plansjer "Palast-Architektur Italiens, Venedig" (innkjøpte plansjer)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAO-A-10583/10/G/Ga/L0004/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6c520886-bc39-442d-a204-c4a73d454c8c
  17. urn:
    e2bcf8cc-933a-474a-875a-1b0f9fdf49ed
    name:
    70 Congres International D'historie du Costume. Plan om en internasjonal bibliografi over klesdraktens historie som centeret i Venedig overveier. Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, 1952- 1955
    id:
    0001
    path:
    NMFK/KIM-1001/D/Db/L0182/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e2bcf8cc-933a-474a-875a-1b0f9fdf49ed
  18. urn:
    fdf798be-5d89-48c8-99b7-dc0404adb7b3
    name:
    Handelshuset Fasmer og skipper Starcich av Venedig mot overtollbetjent Hammer og los Pettersen
    id:
    A-1731
    path:
    AV/A-1731
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Det dreier seg om en rettssak mellom Handelshuset Fasmer og skipper Marcus Antonio Starcich av Venedig som den ene part. Den annen part var lieutenant og overtoldbetjent Hammer og lods Poul Christian Pettersen som tapte saken.
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fdf798be-5d89-48c8-99b7-dc0404adb7b3
  19. urn:
    d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
    name:
    Bodø - Nymo Maskin AS - Norsk sikteduk AS - Norsk Haukultur AS - Nord Norges Salgslag AS - Norlandsbryggeriet AS - Nordland Betongindustri AS - Max Mat AS - Margarinfabrikken Norge - Løvolds industri AS - Landego Fiske - K.S Helligværfisk - Fiskekroken AS
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AIN/NFK-23-113/D/Da/L0126/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d960cdd1-f17f-4a46-950b-65a785d0d660
  20. urn:
    b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
    name:
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    id:
    E
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1488/E
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2694440-c38b-44ac-8da0-16f387c5bf8d
  21. urn:
    6343c273-4af5-4064-9743-6928d4ae0380
    name:
    Avlevert fra Takeda AS 2017 (flere aktører)
    id:
    Ea
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1488/E/Ea
    unit_type:
    SERIE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6343c273-4af5-4064-9743-6928d4ae0380
  22. urn:
    28820749-a8f4-4460-a946-585c89cfe081
    name:
    Aksjonæravtale Haakon Koch - Otto Koch AS.
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AIN/A-19-180/F/Fa/L0003/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28820749-a8f4-4460-a946-585c89cfe081
  23. urn:
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    name:
    Utklippsbok Pyrox AS
    id:
    L0007
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    VEMU/A-2939/Z/Ze/L0007
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000164394
  24. urn:
    no-VEMU_arkiv_000000110797
    name:
    Årsberetninger AS Ørnen og AS Nor
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    VEMU/ARS-A-1048/X/L0001
    unit_type:
    Stykke
    institution:
    Vestfoldarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000110797
  25. urn:
    fea031aa-5102-48ff-b146-b7a435c3ce24
    name:
    Avdeling 9, medlem 12337 - yrkesskade. Bedrift 710969 Ringnes AS Arendal Bryggeri. Saksnummer: 19.02.2007-13628
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/E/Eh/L0005/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fea031aa-5102-48ff-b146-b7a435c3ce24
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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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