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 2026-11-11T18:49:39Z in 1.611 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58327 results in compact format.

name:
Detaljprosjektering bygg avfallsorteringsanlegg
id:
0023
name:
PDS Klimakonsult as - nytt ventilasjonsanlegg Garaneset
id:
0001
name:
Protek AB
id:
0011
name:
Protek A/S
id:
0013
name:
ProTek Lab. - G. Sørtun & Co.
id:
0001
name:
PM 2141 - PDS
id:
0005
name:
PDS-undersøkelse
id:
0006
name:
Produktivitetsberegninger (PDS)
id:
0008
name:
Peder Indset ? (PDS)
id:
0048
name:
PDS -systemet (medarbeiderutvikling)
id:
0003

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total:

58327

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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c885ff41-c7c6-4745-8833-1788de7b6b0f
name:
Detaljprosjektering bygg avfallsorteringsanlegg
id:
0023
path:
IKAR/A-1169/G/Ge/L0003/0023
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c885ff41-c7c6-4745-8833-1788de7b6b0f
urn:
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name:
PDS Klimakonsult as - nytt ventilasjonsanlegg Garaneset
id:
0001
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IKAR/K-100199/J/Je/L0009/0001
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MAPPE
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Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
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0
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Protek AB
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0011
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AV/RA-S-5931/D/Da/L0072/0011
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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name:
Protek A/S
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0013
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AV/SAT-A-4395/E/Eb/L0007/0013
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68959fc8-7c8c-4020-9687-94293460318d
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name:
ProTek Lab. - G. Sørtun & Co.
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-1605/2/F/Fa/L0231/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/940e5122-a233-4fd4-a986-c3a796ee5b47
urn:
0594534f-064b-43a2-8b56-be13e06429a0
name:
PM 2141 - PDS
id:
0005
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AV/SAST-A-101681/2/D/Dc/L0005/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0594534f-064b-43a2-8b56-be13e06429a0
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PDS-undersøkelse
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0006
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AV/SAT-A-2031/Db/L0146/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6d7bacf-7a2a-4db0-8cd3-fe3d4f1116c3
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Produktivitetsberegninger (PDS)
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0008
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AV/SAT-A-4466/3/F/L0352/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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name:
Peder Indset ? (PDS)
id:
0048
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AV/RA-EA-4048/F/Fd/L0217/0048
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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urn:
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name:
PDS -systemet (medarbeiderutvikling)
id:
0003
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AV/SAST-A-101681/2/E/Ee/L0009/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f41d6bc-257c-49fb-ae82-cbac358ad35c
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Oppdatert PDS (Personaldatasystem)
id:
0006
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AV/SATØ-S-0339/2/D/Dc/L0015/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42fccb35-5ff2-4788-abdf-fa2e4277ddad
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PERJODAT LIMIT Protek, Proto, Prjod
id:
0005
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UBIT/A-377/F/Fc/L0023/0005
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MAPPE
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NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
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0
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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0011
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AV/RA-S-1537/2/D/Dd/L0256/0001
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MAPPE
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/71017001-3ed8-4615-9af8-648fed321474
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name:
Effektivisering, rasjonalisering, EDB, SLP, PDS
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AV/RA-S-1537/2/D/De/L0089/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ce0ac05-d5e4-4003-96d7-4e489413723f
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name:
Effektivisering, rasjonalisering, EDB (SLP, PDS)
id:
0001
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AV/SAKO-A-1391/D/Dc/L0082/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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Effektivisering - rasjonalisering - EDB, SLP, PDS
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0008
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AV/SATØ-S-0339/2/D/Dd/L0021/0008
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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PDS- undersøkelser (Problem Detection Study) (postkontorer)
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-4922/X/L0018/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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PDS- undersøkelser (Problem Detection Study) (Postverket)
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AV/RA-S-4922/X/L0018/0002
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Nasjonalarkivet
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MAPPE
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0
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