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 2026-10-14T19:21:42Z in 0.878 seconds.

Showing 10 of 214 results in compact format.

name:
Forsvaret, United Nations Iraq - Kuwait Observations Mission
id:
RA-RAFA-3574
name:
Nr. 56. The Auroral Observatory at Tromsø. Magnetic Observations 1965. Bergen 1967. ( The Auroral Observatory at Tromsø. Magnetic Observations 1966-1989 )
id:
0011
name:
Sælen, Odd Henrik - The natural history of the Hardangerfjord 3. The hydrogrphical observations 1955-1956. Tables of observations and longitudinal sections
id:
0018
name:
Report on observations at Ingajokka prospekt.
id:
0478
name:
Some Observations on WO3 Polymorphism
id:
0014
name:
Some Observations on the Future of WILPF
id:
0024
name:
Barnes, H. - New advances in underwater observations
id:
0086
name:
"Some Observations on Cod in Northern Waters"
id:
0005
name:
Additional observations by the Kingdom of Norway
id:
0001
name:
Report on observations at Ingajokka prospect 1973.
id:
2772

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total:

214

total_exact:

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page:

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25 results

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Forsvaret, United Nations Iraq - Kuwait Observations Mission
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AV/RA-RAFA-3574
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ARKIV
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Nr. 56. The Auroral Observatory at Tromsø. Magnetic Observations 1965. Bergen 1967. ( The Auroral Observatory at Tromsø. Magnetic Observations 1966-1989 )
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0011
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Sælen, Odd Henrik - The natural history of the Hardangerfjord 3. The hydrogrphical observations 1955-1956. Tables of observations and longitudinal sections
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Report on observations at Ingajokka prospekt.
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Some Observations on WO3 Polymorphism
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MAPPE
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name:
Some Observations on the Future of WILPF
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0024
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Barnes, H. - New advances in underwater observations
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Report on observations at Ingajokka prospect 1973.
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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United Nations Iraq - Kuwait Observations Mission
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RAFA-4F-13036
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AV/RAFA-4F-13036
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Fyrdir. 1098 "Lista LIGHTHOUSE Acoustic Observations". 9 II nr. 68
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Vinje, Torgny E. - Sea ice observations in 1969
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Vinje, Torgny E. - Sea ice observations in 1968
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Loosanoff, Victor L. - Observations in Long Island Sound
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0045
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0044/0045
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MAPPE
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Lønnberg, Einar - Observations on certain Flat-fishes
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0009
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0046/0009
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MAPPE
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Oren, O.H. - Resultats des observations Hydrologiques
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0014
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Spooner, G.M. - Some Observations on Schooling in Fish
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0028
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0069/0028
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Margaret Time: Some Observations on the Future of WILPF.
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0001/0049
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Barnes, H. - Further observations on rugophilic behaviour in Balanus Balanoides (L.)
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Iversen, Thor - Some Observations on Cod in Northern Waters
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Vik, Rolf - Bird Observations in the North Atlantic
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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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