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 2026-10-16T15:25:13Z in 0.174 seconds.

Showing 10 of 54767 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Nobø/Nobø Tipro/Nomek/Tipro Nova
    id:
    0006
  2. name:
    Toll - nomeklaturen
    id:
    0007
  3. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0001
  4. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0002
  5. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0003
  6. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0004
  7. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0005
  8. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0006
  9. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0007
  10. name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0008
Show all fields in HTML
total:
54767
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    Nobø/Nobø Tipro/Nomek/Tipro Nova
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/SAT-AAT-0313/D/Da/L0001/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9357214b-5959-4d63-8037-82342eff713f
  2. urn:
    e981513e-317d-4847-8ef6-51eb781cb6b6
    name:
    Toll - nomeklaturen
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/SAKO-A-807/D/Da/L0006/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e981513e-317d-4847-8ef6-51eb781cb6b6
  3. urn:
    b71f82e8-e5c4-4976-bacb-2f6c2284e455
    name:
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    id:
    0001
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    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b71f82e8-e5c4-4976-bacb-2f6c2284e455
  4. urn:
    e793ed27-53ef-422e-bab3-9b16aae95b73
    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0002
    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
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    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0dbcb6b4-852a-43e1-b672-acfc7051ef9d
  6. urn:
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    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
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    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ffb799ac-52bc-427d-a519-da301c9f46a1
  7. urn:
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    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
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    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9cecc135-98be-4122-aa89-95f9ba728b73
  8. urn:
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    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0006
    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7a1dd007-f70c-4aac-af33-ee86b10f8cfe
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    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0007
    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/20bc6020-fd7a-4d72-ac9d-ac795009807d
  10. urn:
    f6b760bd-e971-4a8f-9065-c118e19db0ab
    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0008
    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6b760bd-e971-4a8f-9065-c118e19db0ab
  11. urn:
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    name:
    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
    id:
    0009
    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0001/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/588e43cf-744f-4dfa-b938-39374c403ed7
  12. urn:
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    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1732e1a4-7057-4e84-94c7-08a946a0b041
  13. urn:
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    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad45b383-bd99-4cfe-b977-e3f282a02652
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    Vitnemål, sosionomeksamen
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    VID/MDA-A-5003/F/Fc/Fca/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0cd4906c-651d-41d9-8a14-04c6c6941b3c
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    id:
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    AAT/AAT-819011/A/L0007
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
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    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv i Telemark
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/489d0b09-0a17-4512-920a-c4595c2ee3ee
  16. urn:
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    id:
    0005
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    AV/RA-S-6387/D/Da/L0004/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/16b239af-7f90-4121-9d7f-90b1878ecccc
  17. urn:
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    id:
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    link:
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  22. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    path:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  23. urn:
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    id:
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    unit_type:
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    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  24. urn:
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    digitized_documents:
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  25. urn:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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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.