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, 1-100 (default 25). 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 2026-11-03T08:47:05Z in 3.790 seconds.

Showing 10 of 59308 results in compact format.

name:
Executive Komitee
id:
0003
name:
Executive Komitee
id:
0004
name:
Executive Komitee
id:
0005
name:
Executive Council - IFRC
id:
L0384
name:
Convention og Executive Komitee
id:
Db
name:
Executive Council - IFRC
id:
L0385
name:
Special Operations Executive. Norwegian Section.
id:
0167
name:
Convention 1970 - 1991 Executive Komitee 1961 - 1990
id:
L0001
name:
Executive minibus
id:
0013
name:
Korrespondanse - executive committee m.m
id:
0005

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total:

59308

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
672d54aa-f898-4e30-a8e3-0a2f582d21db
name:
Executive Komitee
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-PA-1648/D/Db/L0001/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/672d54aa-f898-4e30-a8e3-0a2f582d21db
urn:
d0d0065a-ebaa-4747-bf33-5e0dcf248f3b
name:
Executive Komitee
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-PA-1648/D/Db/L0001/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d0d0065a-ebaa-4747-bf33-5e0dcf248f3b
urn:
077e9c0d-6318-450b-a13f-8f1c903d55cf
name:
Executive Komitee
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-PA-1648/D/Db/L0001/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/077e9c0d-6318-450b-a13f-8f1c903d55cf
urn:
7001607d-758c-4794-b971-cdcab2fa016a
name:
Executive Council - IFRC
id:
L0384
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dc/L0384
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7001607d-758c-4794-b971-cdcab2fa016a
urn:
7e60eacb-cd49-489b-a20b-b48925d89f1b
name:
Convention og Executive Komitee
id:
Db
path:
AV/RA-PA-1648/D/Db
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7e60eacb-cd49-489b-a20b-b48925d89f1b
urn:
47be729b-f362-4cf1-9aba-9ffaaa78acf4
name:
Executive Council - IFRC
id:
L0385
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dc/L0385
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47be729b-f362-4cf1-9aba-9ffaaa78acf4
urn:
1e9f05fd-ac8b-44aa-9e58-042b4c29d6a7
name:
Special Operations Executive. Norwegian Section.
id:
0167
path:
NHM/0167
unit_type:
Person
institution:
Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Det britiske Special Operations Executive (SOE) ble opprettet 19. juli 1940 for å utføre undergraving og sabotasje mot fienden. En base for operasjoner mot Norge ble etablert på Shetland høsten 1940. De første to årene var kontakten med norske eksilmyndigheter sporadisk og nærmest tilfeldig noe som ...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e9f05fd-ac8b-44aa-9e58-042b4c29d6a7
urn:
5f3365fb-f1e9-4866-98b5-19206d5e0d94
name:
Convention 1970 - 1991 Executive Komitee 1961 - 1990
id:
L0001
path:
AV/RA-PA-1648/D/Db/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5f3365fb-f1e9-4866-98b5-19206d5e0d94
urn:
2838ebdf-6cfd-4f9a-b104-8e9ea61c07e9
name:
Executive minibus
id:
0013
path:
AFM/US-1011/U/Ue/L0002/0013
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Museene i Akershus
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2838ebdf-6cfd-4f9a-b104-8e9ea61c07e9
urn:
85746d50-09b8-4c57-bdcd-1bcec332405f
name:
Korrespondanse - executive committee m.m
id:
0005
path:
VID/MA-A-1006/F/Fa/L0026/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/85746d50-09b8-4c57-bdcd-1bcec332405f
urn:
4c911d5e-5f81-4383-9563-638ff6efae07
name:
Prime Sea Products AS
id:
0035
path:
AV/SATØ-S-6374/1/E/L0038/0035
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4c911d5e-5f81-4383-9563-638ff6efae07
urn:
8c17c56b-45e8-4c14-b26d-378a859a645c
name:
Executive Committee League of Red Cross Society (ICRC) 1960 - 1962
id:
L0322
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dc/L0322
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8c17c56b-45e8-4c14-b26d-378a859a645c
urn:
a9d19c00-2193-48a4-86d5-9456f9cac10b
name:
Executive Committee League of Red Cross Society (ICRC) 1946 – 1952
id:
L0320
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dc/L0320
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a9d19c00-2193-48a4-86d5-9456f9cac10b
urn:
3acf7290-ec7b-45fb-b600-06abe45fbc73
name:
Executive Committee League of Red Cross Society (ICRC) 1964 - 1972
id:
L0323
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dc/L0323
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3acf7290-ec7b-45fb-b600-06abe45fbc73
urn:
deb49a0d-1a5f-49b6-9e54-9d52f7765162
name:
Prime-minister F
id:
0009
path:
AV/RA-S-2061/D/L0201/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/deb49a0d-1a5f-49b6-9e54-9d52f7765162
urn:
19d879cd-b304-4012-8e4b-86b8916f9783
name:
1472 Prime
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fa/L0853/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/19d879cd-b304-4012-8e4b-86b8916f9783
urn:
95218b7f-0a90-4859-9c98-61b51c264d06
name:
Primex Ingredients AS
id:
0012
path:
AV/SATØ-S-6374/1/E/L0009/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/95218b7f-0a90-4859-9c98-61b51c264d06
urn:
e82578be-5259-4988-b56c-4e7e8c900d74
name:
Primeira Export AS
id:
0016
path:
AV/SATØ-S-6374/1/E/L0046/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e82578be-5259-4988-b56c-4e7e8c900d74
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000018447
name:
General Prime
id:
0022
path:
VEMU/A-1079/G/Ga/L0010/0022
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000018447
urn:
e0efee94-5552-4cd5-ba9a-fc6d912fae5e
name:
Executive Committee League of Red Cross Society (ICRC) 1953 - 1959
id:
L0321
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dc/L0321
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e0efee94-5552-4cd5-ba9a-fc6d912fae5e
urn:
198d8646-6026-4205-b072-9f70f00ca4f5
name:
Dear Prime Minister, Malta
id:
0015
path:
AIN/A-07-134/X/L0018/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/198d8646-6026-4205-b072-9f70f00ca4f5
urn:
00b5ec34-790c-4bcd-b1a1-e1eb0ff8c3d0
name:
Truck, prime mover w/winch
id:
0064
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-2361/D/Dg/Dga/L0012/0064
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/00b5ec34-790c-4bcd-b1a1-e1eb0ff8c3d0
urn:
7e37efd1-8c64-42c4-bd4d-c549baf63a30
name:
Nygårdsvold - Norw. Prime Minister
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-2131/D/Da/L0074/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7e37efd1-8c64-42c4-bd4d-c549baf63a30
urn:
32963b0f-e514-4e24-bcd2-b75e852b9aa8
name:
Prime Contractor - FGW (Fluggerätewerk)
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAKO-P-1081/H/He/L0003/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/32963b0f-e514-4e24-bcd2-b75e852b9aa8
urn:
fbf6b0bf-fb92-47f8-8e00-1cb463b889fb
name:
Prime quality herring for humans
id:
0007
path:
AV/SAB-A-100041/D/Da/L0074/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fbf6b0bf-fb92-47f8-8e00-1cb463b889fb

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