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 2026-11-03T14:28:06Z in 8.260 seconds.

Showing 10 of 12 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Fridalen skoles gitar- og mandolinorkester
    id:
    A-4033
  2. name:
    ViolinoViola I , II
    id:
    0002
  3. name:
    Grim Mandolinorkester
    id:
    0041
  4. name:
    Grim Mandolinorkester
    id:
    0014
  5. name:
    EBU, Torremolinos
    id:
    0001
  6. name:
    0420 Foscolino
    id:
    0002
  7. name:
    Utferds-Draapa (Violino I)
    id:
    0025
  8. name:
    Utferds-Draapa (Violino II)
    id:
    0026
  9. name:
    Arvesaksnr. 7: Semedo, Marcolino Garcia
    id:
    0008
  10. name:
    Generelt - Interpol. Generalforsamling i Interpol, Torremolinos 1982
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
12
total_exact:
yes
returned:
12
page:
1
results:

12 results

  1. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000036465
    name:
    Fridalen skoles gitar- og mandolinorkester
    id:
    A-4033
    path:
    BBA/A-4033
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000036465
  2. urn:
    0940589d-86fc-4bed-bd87-d8f3653801f2
    name:
    ViolinoViola I , II
    id:
    0002
    path:
    OAM/A-00796/F/Fn/L0021/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0940589d-86fc-4bed-bd87-d8f3653801f2
  3. urn:
    936e8e20-fbde-4f0b-88b9-65ab87d4107e
    name:
    Grim Mandolinorkester
    id:
    0041
    path:
    AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01a/L0042/0041
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/936e8e20-fbde-4f0b-88b9-65ab87d4107e
  4. urn:
    8fd61635-9c1b-4531-8210-b2181ebe3f45
    name:
    Grim Mandolinorkester
    id:
    0014
    path:
    AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01b/L0139/0014
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8fd61635-9c1b-4531-8210-b2181ebe3f45
  5. urn:
    879d31b2-0740-4713-af3f-22ed5d098202
    name:
    EBU, Torremolinos
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4895/D/Da/L0094/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/879d31b2-0740-4713-af3f-22ed5d098202
  6. urn:
    361b402c-1f6f-4b63-9a19-8c8c2755e271
    name:
    0420 Foscolino
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fa/L0364/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/361b402c-1f6f-4b63-9a19-8c8c2755e271
  7. urn:
    e1311bea-d5bb-4e2b-8939-a22719ba59a0
    name:
    Utferds-Draapa (Violino I)
    id:
    0025
    path:
    AIN/A-06-210/F/L0005/0025
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e1311bea-d5bb-4e2b-8939-a22719ba59a0
  8. urn:
    4ecc164d-89c5-495a-a0e9-dc9a37a90ef5
    name:
    Utferds-Draapa (Violino II)
    id:
    0026
    path:
    AIN/A-06-210/F/L0005/0026
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4ecc164d-89c5-495a-a0e9-dc9a37a90ef5
  9. urn:
    45ea7784-afa8-44a3-b0dc-5929cf13d6e2
    name:
    Arvesaksnr. 7: Semedo, Marcolino Garcia
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2987/Eb/L0012/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/45ea7784-afa8-44a3-b0dc-5929cf13d6e2
  10. urn:
    4d5fde0c-5238-4338-8ada-4e23222885e5
    name:
    Generelt - Interpol. Generalforsamling i Interpol, Torremolinos 1982
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4236/D/L0223/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4d5fde0c-5238-4338-8ada-4e23222885e5
  11. urn:
    08f6fd69-e1a7-454c-8f75-302ae0fd18de
    name:
    M 2024 Francois Davello- Sonate a Violino Solo et Basso
    id:
    0024
    path:
    MIST/RMT-A-1042/Dg/L0001/0024
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Museene i Sør-Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/08f6fd69-e1a7-454c-8f75-302ae0fd18de
  12. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000041918
    name:
    Fridalens skoles gitar- og mandolinorkester
    id:
    A-4033
    path:
    BBA/A-4033
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000041918
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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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