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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`offset`	optional	integer	Number 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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-24T03:34:06Z in 0.355 seconds.

Showing 10 of 140099 results in compact format.

name:
Det Nordfjeldske Dampskibselskap
id:
0003
name:
Nordfjeldske Teglverk A/S
id:
0003
name:
Kontroll- og Renteprotokoller
id:
Ca
name:
Askim kommune. Kontrollnemnda
id:
A-1085
name:
Kontroll- og renteprotokoll
id:
L0003
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Høstoffensiven. Damfisk AS, Gravvikfisk AS
id:
0003
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Uttian fiskeoppdrett AS, Dyrfisk AS
id:
0007
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Brødrene Bondø AS, Viknasjøfarm AS
id:
0008
name:
Kontroll flåtestasjoner - Sjøservice AS
id:
0006
name:
Kontroll- og renteprotokoll
id:
L0004

Show all fields in HTML

total:

140099

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
007a0903-10c6-47d1-8cae-900a89b2a8f6
name:
Det Nordfjeldske Dampskibselskap
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-5407/D/Da/L0121/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/007a0903-10c6-47d1-8cae-900a89b2a8f6
urn:
6480eaa4-bf11-43b4-a262-dffd90aab4ff
name:
Nordfjeldske Teglverk A/S
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAT-A-6871/E/Ee/L0011/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6480eaa4-bf11-43b4-a262-dffd90aab4ff
urn:
3249c09c-6b52-4c11-9e3c-b8047c82e2a1
name:
Kontroll- og Renteprotokoller
id:
Ca
path:
VTM/A-1002/C/Ca
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Vest-Telemark Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3249c09c-6b52-4c11-9e3c-b8047c82e2a1
urn:
aec5ad08-d300-4118-a2cb-c60d92698c2b
name:
Askim kommune. Kontrollnemnda
id:
A-1085
path:
ARKIVO/A-1085
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv Øst IKS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aec5ad08-d300-4118-a2cb-c60d92698c2b
urn:
55e87072-c4bb-41fe-963e-be276267c0c8
name:
Kontroll- og renteprotokoll
id:
L0003
path:
VTM/A-1002/C/Ca/L0003
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Vest-Telemark Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/55e87072-c4bb-41fe-963e-be276267c0c8
urn:
cdb3062a-0d32-4e37-afe7-ce315601d267
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Høstoffensiven. Damfisk AS, Gravvikfisk AS
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0117/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cdb3062a-0d32-4e37-afe7-ce315601d267
urn:
8e589a16-afa8-40a9-8e42-5803d842e64f
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Uttian fiskeoppdrett AS, Dyrfisk AS
id:
0007
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0118/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8e589a16-afa8-40a9-8e42-5803d842e64f
urn:
b39f890a-0676-493d-8314-c04d93b5cfe6
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Brødrene Bondø AS, Viknasjøfarm AS
id:
0008
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0133/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b39f890a-0676-493d-8314-c04d93b5cfe6
urn:
d1ad7662-1a82-4c5b-b804-2adef5d5e7ff
name:
Kontroll flåtestasjoner - Sjøservice AS
id:
0006
path:
AV/SATØ-S-1558/D/Da/L0005/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d1ad7662-1a82-4c5b-b804-2adef5d5e7ff
urn:
9fc77d57-133e-4772-840c-43b37a56e37a
name:
Kontroll- og renteprotokoll
id:
L0004
path:
VTM/A-1002/C/Ca/L0004
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Vest-Telemark Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9fc77d57-133e-4772-840c-43b37a56e37a
urn:
fc3a61d1-f9d9-4adc-9065-3911838598ca
name:
Kontroll- og renteprotokoll
id:
L0005
path:
VTM/A-1002/C/Ca/L0005
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Vest-Telemark Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fc3a61d1-f9d9-4adc-9065-3911838598ca
urn:
eb5ba5f8-328d-42cf-bc32-e7090e369045
name:
Kontroll- og renteprotokoll
id:
L0006
path:
VTM/A-1002/C/Ca/L0006
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Vest-Telemark Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eb5ba5f8-328d-42cf-bc32-e7090e369045
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c11d061e-ae89-4d22-86d9-48064db5e27b
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Sandø Seafarm AS. Sandø fiskeoppdrett AS
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0118/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c11d061e-ae89-4d22-86d9-48064db5e27b
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b4edd8f0-c4b3-45f0-bcbb-7eaaef3bdd00
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Avløs fiskeoppdrett AS, Bekken Edelfisk AS
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0118/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b4edd8f0-c4b3-45f0-bcbb-7eaaef3bdd00
urn:
4af0668b-aeea-484c-a43e-a77e232308b9
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Simo laks AS, Simo havlaks AS
id:
0011
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0119/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4af0668b-aeea-484c-a43e-a77e232308b9
urn:
9dc5521a-492d-411c-8c95-d72c605b99e2
name:
Kontroll av kjøretøyGenerelt om kontroll av kjøretøy
id:
L0285
path:
AV/SAO-A-11545/D/Db/L0285
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9dc5521a-492d-411c-8c95-d72c605b99e2
urn:
1f7209b4-d6b4-445a-a3bf-e49407b2468a
name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Solsemlaks AS
id:
0004
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0116/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1f7209b4-d6b4-445a-a3bf-e49407b2468a
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66f2b585-b8c1-4b6f-a0e0-c26fd373d64b
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Salmar AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0118/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/66f2b585-b8c1-4b6f-a0e0-c26fd373d64b
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Linjefisken AS
id:
0005
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0118/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/410ea4cb-280e-4d67-ad7e-0c084317602b
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c85ba337-31c0-42fc-a700-2ce69bceb37c
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Kråkøyfisk AS
id:
0004
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0119/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c85ba337-31c0-42fc-a700-2ce69bceb37c
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Hepsøfisk AS
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0005
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0119/0005
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Farmo AS
id:
0006
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0119/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Salar AS
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0008
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0119/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Sjølaks AS
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0004
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0121/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b90f708b-b44d-49c3-ba84-1921785985e2
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name:
Kontroll av matfiskanlegg. Hitralaks AS
id:
0002
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AV/SAT-A-1732/D/Dc/L0125/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/77f3e213-5c28-49f7-9089-8c41a7000eea

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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.

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