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; page: integer, optional, default 1; 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&page=1&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit}, {page} 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&page=1&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.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`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&page=1&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&page=1&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&page=1&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 2026-10-27T04:02:42Z in 1.587 seconds.

Showing 10 of 54926 results in compact format.

name:
Promis AS. Oracle. Tieto Enator Consulting. B&C Solution. Interconsult ASA. PwC. Computer Associares. Sjaavaag AS. UNI consult. IKT. Veritas. Gartner Norge AS. Marco Logic AS
id:
0004
name:
Vidar Johansson. Escosoft Norge AS. Accenture. Opus One AS. X-ray Soft. Computas. Teamco. Tieto Enator. Siamo. Citrix. Help 4 Job. Tevik Karakguelle. Promis. A T Kearny. Caleb
id:
0001
name:
Nøgne Ø. Det kompromissløse bryggeri AS
id:
0018
name:
Promise
id:
0006
name:
Promise
id:
0006
name:
Promise
id:
0001
name:
Promise
id:
0001
name:
Promise
id:
0012
name:
Promise
id:
0001
name:
Promise
id:
0011

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total:

54926

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
9a78d77a-562b-4b3f-9521-8cadfad9bacc
name:
Promis AS. Oracle. Tieto Enator Consulting. B&C Solution. Interconsult ASA. PwC. Computer Associares. Sjaavaag AS. UNI consult. IKT. Veritas. Gartner Norge AS. Marco Logic AS
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-1536/F/Fb/L0006/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9a78d77a-562b-4b3f-9521-8cadfad9bacc
urn:
a03e6800-b215-4b71-9a42-807bfe2af136
name:
Vidar Johansson. Escosoft Norge AS. Accenture. Opus One AS. X-ray Soft. Computas. Teamco. Tieto Enator. Siamo. Citrix. Help 4 Job. Tevik Karakguelle. Promis. A T Kearny. Caleb
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-1536/F/Fb/L0005/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a03e6800-b215-4b71-9a42-807bfe2af136
urn:
c07664b2-7815-4072-953b-707058ada6ab
name:
Nøgne Ø. Det kompromissløse bryggeri AS
id:
0018
path:
AAMA/KA0904-619a/D/D03/L0010/0018
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c07664b2-7815-4072-953b-707058ada6ab
urn:
742ca508-18c8-45fd-9e18-487bbdf5f270
name:
Promise
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-2081/G/Gg/L0205/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/742ca508-18c8-45fd-9e18-487bbdf5f270
urn:
cd517c0d-9139-4d1a-9470-5a7ec8bff39d
name:
Promise
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-2113/Db/L0485/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cd517c0d-9139-4d1a-9470-5a7ec8bff39d
urn:
2cf12083-7c96-4583-a5ad-19ef05b15318
name:
Promise
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-2113/Db/L0486/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2cf12083-7c96-4583-a5ad-19ef05b15318
urn:
7c51e293-56b4-40e7-a524-b13fffa65046
name:
Promise
id:
0001
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AV/RA-S-2115/Fb/L0055/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
98721134-458c-4d5a-9379-a58bdc738921
name:
Promise
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0012
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fal/L0471/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/98721134-458c-4d5a-9379-a58bdc738921
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11eae581-4430-46d6-a877-7e660c27e93e
name:
Promise
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0001
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fam/L0500/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/11eae581-4430-46d6-a877-7e660c27e93e
urn:
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name:
Promise
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0011
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fan/L0525/0011
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a31d1d0f-402d-493a-ac41-c134d20c47aa
urn:
05291043-3333-4ed2-bd2f-46d69d746136
name:
Promise
id:
0002
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fba/L0309/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/05291043-3333-4ed2-bd2f-46d69d746136
urn:
e059c404-ef10-4f85-9074-2ed7efc1433f
name:
Promise
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0002
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AV/RA-S-2122/Fb/L0814/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e059c404-ef10-4f85-9074-2ed7efc1433f
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3f0e293a-2ded-4b70-ab21-78ed236138b0
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S/S "Promise"
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0018
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AV/RA-S-2124/Da/L0012/0018
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MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3f0e293a-2ded-4b70-ab21-78ed236138b0
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5de63779-09d8-4e10-8744-78f5fb8b3fe2
name:
Promise
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0006
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AV/RA-S-2124/Db/L0021/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5de63779-09d8-4e10-8744-78f5fb8b3fe2
urn:
1e36916a-f1d6-4669-9374-6a7fe131efa1
name:
Promise
id:
0018
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AV/RA-S-2124/Ds/L0130/0018
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e36916a-f1d6-4669-9374-6a7fe131efa1
urn:
067e881f-a211-4708-b7e2-d52bbee801d2
name:
Promise
id:
0004
path:
AV/RA-S-2124/Ea/L0026/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/067e881f-a211-4708-b7e2-d52bbee801d2
urn:
55b57b48-c5be-48f8-86cc-d7251778872d
name:
Promise
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0021
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AV/RA-S-2153/Da/L0018/0021
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/55b57b48-c5be-48f8-86cc-d7251778872d
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ed22f9e4-ad06-4cc6-bb0c-c1e6acb154cc
name:
D/S Promise
id:
0002
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AV/RA-S-4622/D/L0186/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed22f9e4-ad06-4cc6-bb0c-c1e6acb154cc
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9729b61b-a50a-445f-90e7-0b3e1e80de52
name:
635. Promise.
id:
L1031
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AV/RA-S-3273/G/Gb/L1031
unit_type:
STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9729b61b-a50a-445f-90e7-0b3e1e80de52
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57669dc5-70b3-4268-8cef-4a735e4db8a2
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Kompromisser, 1923/24
id:
0021
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AV/RA-PA-0633/F/L0020/0021
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MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/57669dc5-70b3-4268-8cef-4a735e4db8a2
urn:
ca8cd846-6c09-4de6-a2fd-c606c19058be
name:
Compromis de vente
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0005
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AV/RA-PA-1822/F/Fb/Fbc/L0009/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ca8cd846-6c09-4de6-a2fd-c606c19058be
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0a23c9f7-8cf4-46f1-8344-6a05ad9585b2
name:
Promise. Memorandum
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0015
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AV/RA-S-2117/Fa/L0069/0015
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0a23c9f7-8cf4-46f1-8344-6a05ad9585b2
urn:
e4fdd83b-dae0-42d4-8f1e-72e1a3f3863e
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Promise. Diverse
id:
0018
path:
AV/RA-S-2117/Fa/L0069/0018
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e4fdd83b-dae0-42d4-8f1e-72e1a3f3863e
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89255c5b-852e-4d3a-babf-fc8f77d43a01
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S.S. Promise
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0006
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AV/RA-S-2127/Fb/L0644/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/89255c5b-852e-4d3a-babf-fc8f77d43a01
urn:
28cd0411-3b54-47e4-a23a-331716de19c8
name:
876 Promise
id:
0028
path:
AV/RA-S-2147/Fa/L0037/0028
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28cd0411-3b54-47e4-a23a-331716de19c8

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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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