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 2026-10-24T04:59:17Z in 0.254 seconds.

Showing 9 of 9 results in compact format.

name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0001
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0003
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0003
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0001
name:
Nordkontakt A/S
id:
0005
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0014
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0006
name:
Ad hoc utvalg og prosjekter i trygdeetaten. Prosjektnummer 2175. Prosjekt døgnåpen forvaltning. DF 3.4-3.5 IT-avdelingen, nordkontakt
id:
0003
name:
Bodø - Bodø Auto A/S; Bodø Mekaniske Verksted; Ingeniør Per Gulbrandsen; Molo Slip & Mekanisk Verksted; Nordkontakt; Rapp Fabrikker A/S; Widerøes Flyselskap
id:
0001

Show all fields in HTML

total:

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

9 results

urn:
094c2767-e9ff-4568-b178-de71ff3ad503
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0001
path:
AIN/NFK-20-201/D/Dd/L0017/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/094c2767-e9ff-4568-b178-de71ff3ad503
urn:
93af2387-e8dc-451e-a7f6-2669bca6914a
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1071/G/Ga/L0066/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/93af2387-e8dc-451e-a7f6-2669bca6914a
urn:
883c1b04-b606-49ab-871e-04653fb0edd6
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1230/3/D/Da/L0067/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/883c1b04-b606-49ab-871e-04653fb0edd6
urn:
e498b37d-b7e6-4fd8-a35e-481e310fb43a
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-PA-1230/3/D/Da/L0068/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e498b37d-b7e6-4fd8-a35e-481e310fb43a
urn:
18658e48-1bfd-4996-9ccf-49b98a492664
name:
Nordkontakt A/S
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-1605/2/E/Eb/Ebb/L0048/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/18658e48-1bfd-4996-9ccf-49b98a492664
urn:
f55c31c2-d1d0-45e8-8c53-096ac4b39032
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0014
path:
AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Ec/L0017/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f55c31c2-d1d0-45e8-8c53-096ac4b39032
urn:
bf07f110-9af9-41c3-b00c-c0451608bb78
name:
Nordkontakt
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Ec/L0024/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf07f110-9af9-41c3-b00c-c0451608bb78
urn:
4b063999-5947-49cc-91ab-50f7bb0b6566
name:
Ad hoc utvalg og prosjekter i trygdeetaten. Prosjektnummer 2175. Prosjekt døgnåpen forvaltning. DF 3.4-3.5 IT-avdelingen, nordkontakt
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-4503/1/D/Dd/L0535/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4b063999-5947-49cc-91ab-50f7bb0b6566
urn:
5cba6e67-e6a9-490c-ae91-5bea3973efb1
name:
Bodø - Bodø Auto A/S; Bodø Mekaniske Verksted; Ingeniør Per Gulbrandsen; Molo Slip & Mekanisk Verksted; Nordkontakt; Rapp Fabrikker A/S; Widerøes Flyselskap
id:
0001
path:
AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0279/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5cba6e67-e6a9-490c-ae91-5bea3973efb1

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

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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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