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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-13T01:47:04Z in 0.239 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58433 results in compact format.

name:
Fraktpapirer - "Oslo", "Nortrans Gloria", "Nortrans Elma" og "Nortrans Vision"
id:
0002
name:
Nortrans veg og anlegg AS. Rammeavtale maskinentrepenør
id:
0047
name:
Nortrans
id:
0038
name:
Flyspesialisten Nortrans
id:
0078
name:
Nortrans Elma
id:
0031
name:
Nortrans touring
id:
0008
name:
Nortrans Gloria
id:
0010
name:
Nortrans Vision
id:
0011
name:
Nortrans Enterprise
id:
0012
name:
Nortrans Kathe
id:
0013

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total:

58433

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
Fraktpapirer - "Oslo", "Nortrans Gloria", "Nortrans Elma" og "Nortrans Vision"
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAK-D/0962/G/Gn/L0237/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/81fecdb8-b006-4b3c-853d-22a056a0cfcc
urn:
19f4bcba-fa14-4189-a76a-69162dae6632
name:
Nortrans veg og anlegg AS. Rammeavtale maskinentrepenør
id:
0047
path:
IKAH/1256-022/F/Fa/L0006/0047
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
IKA Hordaland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/19f4bcba-fa14-4189-a76a-69162dae6632
urn:
f820dd0c-34db-4617-affa-13e41311c29b
name:
Nortrans
id:
0038
path:
AV/SATØ-S-1145/E/Em/L0162/0038
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f820dd0c-34db-4617-affa-13e41311c29b
urn:
f84dd228-807a-4721-adc4-9099380eb9ff
name:
Flyspesialisten Nortrans
id:
0078
path:
AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01b/L0118/0078
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f84dd228-807a-4721-adc4-9099380eb9ff
urn:
b9ca7d33-7807-41c5-8534-74dbfba38503
name:
Nortrans Elma
id:
0031
path:
AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01b/L0169/0031
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b9ca7d33-7807-41c5-8534-74dbfba38503
urn:
86f2041f-d043-4526-88b9-4f4ee10dac81
name:
Nortrans touring
id:
0008
path:
ARKSOR/1000VA491/E/Er/L0023/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Arkivsenter Sør
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/86f2041f-d043-4526-88b9-4f4ee10dac81
urn:
dc0e2eba-d0af-4f6f-aed0-93b72b08dced
name:
Nortrans Gloria
id:
0010
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AV/SAK-D/0962/H/He/L0324/0001/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dc0e2eba-d0af-4f6f-aed0-93b72b08dced
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name:
Nortrans Vision
id:
0011
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AV/SAK-D/0962/H/He/L0324/0001/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9d152da0-c66e-4c5a-a5e0-acc088c8e9a4
urn:
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name:
Nortrans Enterprise
id:
0012
path:
AV/SAK-D/0962/H/He/L0324/0001/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
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urn:
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name:
Nortrans Kathe
id:
0013
path:
AV/SAK-D/0962/H/He/L0324/0001/0013
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
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urn:
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name:
Nortrans Elma
id:
0014
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AV/SAK-D/0962/H/He/L0324/0001/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aa80f013-9550-4cb1-a76a-88808ef65930
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name:
Nortrans Egerø
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0015
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AV/SAK-D/0962/H/He/L0324/0001/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
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0012
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
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AV/SAK-D/0962/F/Fa/Fac/L0078
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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name:
Dekksdagbok M/S "Nortrans Gloria"
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AV/SAK-D/0962/F/Fa/Fac/L0079
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7983181c-7478-4cb1-85c4-445c3daceadc
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name:
Dekksdagbok M/S "Nortrans Gloria"
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AV/SAK-D/0962/F/Fa/Fac/L0080
unit_type:
STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8bf863af-0d01-4b50-80fa-6478a93fa96b
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name:
Dekksdagbok M/S "Nortrans Gloria"
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L0081
path:
AV/SAK-D/0962/F/Fa/Fac/L0081
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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AV/SAK-D/0962/G/Ga/L0005
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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L0006
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AV/SAK-D/0962/G/Ga/L0006
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
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AV/SAK-D/0962/G/Ga/L0007
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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STYKKE
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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

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.

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