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. 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. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T11:14:18Z in 0.172 seconds.

Showing 8 of 8 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Galleria d`Arte L`orbita
    id:
    0058
  2. name:
    Cancer orbitae
    id:
    0004
  3. name:
    Sarcoma orbitae
    id:
    0022
  4. name:
    Tumor orbitae
    id:
    0021
  5. name:
    Bedrifts-ID: 1207095 - Norsk Orbital, Forus
    id:
    0040
  6. name:
    ESA Report reference ESA CR(X)986; Study of Orbital Locations for Maritime Satellites,
    id:
    0003
  7. name:
    A3146: Subsea Dolphin. Presentation of OTTO and orbital tig wlding machine for hyperbaric use.
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    XA01-00A8455 Avd. Ledelse presentation of Otto orbital fig welding machine for hyperbaric USE, Sub Sea Dolphin
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
8
total_exact:
yes
returned:
8
page:
1
results:

8 results

  1. urn:
    no-ulha_Arkiv_000000015124
    name:
    Galleria d`Arte L`orbita
    id:
    0058
    path:
    ULHA/A-1035/Y/L0001/0001/0058
    institution:
    Ulvik lokalhistorisk arkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-ulha_Arkiv_000000015124
  2. urn:
    28f3d938-702e-4b2e-879f-20ded2a7f6ae
    name:
    Cancer orbitae
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3733/F/L0007/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28f3d938-702e-4b2e-879f-20ded2a7f6ae
  3. urn:
    f757df47-e1fa-495d-863d-7f7fc3a5bffc
    name:
    Sarcoma orbitae
    id:
    0022
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3733/F/L0011/0022
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f757df47-e1fa-495d-863d-7f7fc3a5bffc
  4. urn:
    ffd28adc-4147-46f9-820e-b6a60848939a
    name:
    Tumor orbitae
    id:
    0021
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3733/F/L0012/0021
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ffd28adc-4147-46f9-820e-b6a60848939a
  5. urn:
    4948e5a2-1be7-4916-9f88-ca6a016e2007
    name:
    Bedrifts-ID: 1207095 - Norsk Orbital, Forus
    id:
    0040
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1641/D/Dg/L0036/0040
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4948e5a2-1be7-4916-9f88-ca6a016e2007
  6. urn:
    7e1d979e-6069-45d6-bc80-09a63baf4318
    name:
    ESA Report reference ESA CR(X)986; Study of Orbital Locations for Maritime Satellites,
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-S-3044/X/L0253/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7e1d979e-6069-45d6-bc80-09a63baf4318
  7. urn:
    f7b37eaf-a5c8-4b0f-b6c2-aa6f10c0b594
    name:
    A3146: Subsea Dolphin. Presentation of OTTO and orbital tig wlding machine for hyperbaric use.
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101656/0001/D/Dla/L0106/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7b37eaf-a5c8-4b0f-b6c2-aa6f10c0b594
  8. urn:
    f60bc568-2ad4-4751-b75f-8aaa4fa0693a
    name:
    XA01-00A8455 Avd. Ledelse presentation of Otto orbital fig welding machine for hyperbaric USE, Sub Sea Dolphin
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101656/0001/D/Dl/L0763/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f60bc568-2ad4-4751-b75f-8aaa4fa0693a
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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.