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 2026-10-18T21:52:14Z in 1.017 seconds.

Showing 10 of 734 results in compact format.

name:
Fløirestauranten A/S
id:
A-2129
name:
Carmen
id:
0007
name:
Carmen 9-årig fotomodell. Eva Carmen Serrano. NÅ nr. 14 1986
id:
13586
name:
Carmen
id:
0029
name:
Carmen IV
id:
0002
name:
Carmen
id:
0001
name:
Carmen
id:
0002
name:
Carmen
id:
0001
name:
Carmen 1
id:
0003
name:
Carmen 2
id:
0004

Show all fields in HTML

total:

734

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000265711
name:
Fløirestauranten A/S
id:
A-2129
path:
BBA/A-2129
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000265711
urn:
6d5a0c89-5d83-494d-843f-2eff76a48bef
name:
Carmen
id:
0007
path:
DRMK/A-1365/K/Kb/L0001/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Drammen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6d5a0c89-5d83-494d-843f-2eff76a48bef
urn:
cf8a14e8-7ea2-4ce0-a9a8-c2040b5ffba4
name:
Carmen 9-årig fotomodell. Eva Carmen Serrano. NÅ nr. 14 1986
id:
13586
path:
AV/RA-PA-0797/U/Ud/L0167/13586
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cf8a14e8-7ea2-4ce0-a9a8-c2040b5ffba4
urn:
dc891da3-00bd-4a4a-b345-1436cea03471
name:
Carmen
id:
0029
path:
AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01b/L0148/0029
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dc891da3-00bd-4a4a-b345-1436cea03471
urn:
d88c8089-a6b2-4a59-a593-b53ce3ac5d74
name:
Carmen IV
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Df/0004/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d88c8089-a6b2-4a59-a593-b53ce3ac5d74
urn:
a8a80e98-f3dd-441a-9e86-4d6a8df4d6b3
name:
Carmen
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/F/Fa/L0006/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a8a80e98-f3dd-441a-9e86-4d6a8df4d6b3
urn:
63f12b67-ca5b-47f3-9b11-5bf11b125756
name:
Carmen
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/F/Fa/L0006/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/63f12b67-ca5b-47f3-9b11-5bf11b125756
urn:
bf2ed404-177a-4b44-bcce-202e0b345e61
name:
Carmen
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/F/Fb/L0007/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf2ed404-177a-4b44-bcce-202e0b345e61
urn:
8728e1c5-06a2-4fc6-b535-9e0df0769b3b
name:
Carmen 1
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/U/L0019/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8728e1c5-06a2-4fc6-b535-9e0df0769b3b
urn:
bab27211-9f88-4fdc-b0ee-915f2af13c01
name:
Carmen 2
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/U/L0019/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bab27211-9f88-4fdc-b0ee-915f2af13c01
urn:
24d0f4cd-ed11-492a-a3de-2838c48f301e
name:
Carmen 3
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/U/L0019/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/24d0f4cd-ed11-492a-a3de-2838c48f301e
urn:
1f41dcc2-0395-498c-be31-b76b02f634b2
name:
Carmen 4
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/U/L0019/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1f41dcc2-0395-498c-be31-b76b02f634b2
urn:
2117b91b-7424-4ee9-b492-5562d30a219b
name:
Carmen 5
id:
0007
path:
AV/SAK-D/1515/U/L0019/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2117b91b-7424-4ee9-b492-5562d30a219b
urn:
796dab4a-1425-4627-8f3a-778556ec0192
name:
Carmen
id:
0053
path:
AV/SAST-A-100345/02/X/Xb/L0021/0053
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/796dab4a-1425-4627-8f3a-778556ec0192
urn:
fc3a7f4f-7810-48f1-9d3b-fd521c0c07da
name:
Carmen
id:
0008
path:
DRMK/A-1365/K/Kb/L0001/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Drammen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fc3a7f4f-7810-48f1-9d3b-fd521c0c07da
urn:
5131ad00-4209-400a-973c-d8ea402dbbdf
name:
Carmen IV
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Df/0004/0001
unit_type:
DOKUMENTSERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5131ad00-4209-400a-973c-d8ea402dbbdf
urn:
b58f9184-c727-4056-9975-caac23577e9f
name:
"Carmen", "Richard 3"
id:
L0338
path:
AV/SAST-A-100345/02/F/Fa/L0338
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b58f9184-c727-4056-9975-caac23577e9f
urn:
cbd515c8-12b6-4285-abb2-9a7565ac1746
name:
6638 Carmen
id:
0006
path:
AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fa/L0188/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cbd515c8-12b6-4285-abb2-9a7565ac1746
urn:
b2558bc2-222f-41a5-821f-5d84e116466b
name:
4488 Carmen
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-S-4998/F/Fa/L0188/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2558bc2-222f-41a5-821f-5d84e116466b
urn:
no-DANS_arkiv_000000003590
name:
Carmen, '89. Svensk '96
id:
0003
path:
DI/DA-1/29/U/Ub/0008/0003
unit_type:
Film
institution:
Danseinformasjonen
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-DANS_arkiv_000000003590
urn:
6887e9dd-fa22-4d9c-96eb-6a4e1f86e9ef
name:
Nasjonalitetsbevis for D/S "CARMEN"
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-S-1711/2/D/Da/L0220/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6887e9dd-fa22-4d9c-96eb-6a4e1f86e9ef
urn:
85fe7d76-2c6f-4fec-b760-5aa705eca912
name:
Isla del Carmen
id:
0003
path:
AV/RA-S-6681/D/Da/L0021/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/85fe7d76-2c6f-4fec-b760-5aa705eca912
urn:
0a3da6d3-2542-41f0-bcf4-2d7492f0fdc8
name:
Kadim, Carmen Germaine
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAH-INN-002/D/Db/Dba/L0019/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0a3da6d3-2542-41f0-bcf4-2d7492f0fdc8
urn:
410b81e5-202d-4fae-99d3-83f8fe35a892
name:
Carmen januar 1984
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAK-D/1284/F/L0013/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/410b81e5-202d-4fae-99d3-83f8fe35a892
urn:
84c171f0-2afd-43a3-9f26-95704ff725ec
name:
Carmen I - II september 1996
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAK-D/1284/F/L0025/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/84c171f0-2afd-43a3-9f26-95704ff725ec

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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