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 2026-11-13T04:44:51Z in 0.197 seconds.

Showing 10 of 61003 results in compact format.

name:
Medisinalvarekommisjonen 1808-1809
id:
RA-EA-5439
name:
Norske ertsforekomster, Foslie & Poulsons kartotek
id:
A-1835
name:
Oslo krets av venstrekommunistisk ungdomsfylking. Arbeids- og kampgruppa
id:
ARK-1600
name:
Avhenting, transport og behandling av impregnert trevirke
id:
0035
name:
Henting, transport og behandling av impregnert trevirke
id:
0002
name:
Befaring av Reppen og Oksen Au-As forekomster i Bindalen.
id:
0580
name:
Boring og prøvetaking i Reppen Au, As forekomst, Bindal
id:
0579
name:
Reppen Arsenkisforekomst (Kvartsforekomst) i Bindalen.
id:
4065
name:
Fordelingen av As, Ag og Au i prøver fra gull-arsenkisforekomster i Finnlifjell m.v. og Kalklavdalen, Bindalen
id:
0568
name:
Mikrosondeundersøkelser av noen prøver fra Gautelis gullforekomst, Nordland
id:
4671

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total:

61003

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
9e00b689-027d-4770-838e-062611f425d1
name:
Medisinalvarekommisjonen 1808-1809
id:
RA-EA-5439
path:
AV/RA-EA-5439
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9e00b689-027d-4770-838e-062611f425d1
urn:
no-BU_arkiv_000000005252
name:
Norske ertsforekomster, Foslie & Poulsons kartotek
id:
A-1835
path:
BU/A-1835
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Privatarkiv i Buskerud
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000005252
urn:
593e2e9f-d9fe-4131-9be5-d5857317f89d
name:
Oslo krets av venstrekommunistisk ungdomsfylking. Arbeids- og kampgruppa
id:
ARK-1600
path:
AAB/ARK-1600
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/593e2e9f-d9fe-4131-9be5-d5857317f89d
urn:
7a698086-93f2-4ed2-b00e-741ad9cb3764
name:
Avhenting, transport og behandling av impregnert trevirke
id:
0035
path:
IKAR/A-1169/G/Ge/L0005/0035
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7a698086-93f2-4ed2-b00e-741ad9cb3764
urn:
cd3e3556-241d-4dfb-93fe-7627b1071072
name:
Henting, transport og behandling av impregnert trevirke
id:
0002
path:
IKAR/A-1169/G/Gf/L0029/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cd3e3556-241d-4dfb-93fe-7627b1071072
urn:
6004c02f-935b-4f25-9e50-0ecd91ad511b
name:
Befaring av Reppen og Oksen Au-As forekomster i Bindalen.
id:
0580
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0058/0580
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6004c02f-935b-4f25-9e50-0ecd91ad511b
urn:
f2ae7a79-6389-48ae-bb55-1edda09d8727
name:
Boring og prøvetaking i Reppen Au, As forekomst, Bindal
id:
0579
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0058/0579
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f2ae7a79-6389-48ae-bb55-1edda09d8727
urn:
5dfe1659-b2d8-45f3-a010-763f2f3111f9
name:
Reppen Arsenkisforekomst (Kvartsforekomst) i Bindalen.
id:
4065
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0454/4065
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5dfe1659-b2d8-45f3-a010-763f2f3111f9
urn:
0d7b75f7-3f7b-44a1-aff8-427e55d5ec34
name:
Fordelingen av As, Ag og Au i prøver fra gull-arsenkisforekomster i Finnlifjell m.v. og Kalklavdalen, Bindalen
id:
0568
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0057/0568
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0d7b75f7-3f7b-44a1-aff8-427e55d5ec34
urn:
f7b3f172-a56c-4cc5-bcc9-50b61b31879c
name:
Mikrosondeundersøkelser av noen prøver fra Gautelis gullforekomst, Nordland
id:
4671
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0499/4671
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7b3f172-a56c-4cc5-bcc9-50b61b31879c
urn:
f5b5e8dc-93d7-4e10-83a6-b760a7ecfbab
name:
Rapport fra undersøkelse av kalksteinsforekomst på Ytterøy 1995. Del 1: Rapport og profiler fra forekomsten
id:
4550
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0488/4550
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f5b5e8dc-93d7-4e10-83a6-b760a7ecfbab
urn:
ed7e774b-9919-42c8-b2f3-6da10beb7e12
name:
Notat med befaringsrapport 1974 og synspunkter om forekomstene ved Gullverket i Eidsvoll.
id:
4678
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0499/4678
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed7e774b-9919-42c8-b2f3-6da10beb7e12
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ef3c79ca-a513-4dd3-a066-930eac2a47a2
name:
Skjerstad arsenkisforekomster,
id:
4071
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0455/4071
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ef3c79ca-a513-4dd3-a066-930eac2a47a2
urn:
9cbfbbd6-73c6-4bfc-96f1-085583adb7a2
name:
Skjerstad arsenkisforekomster.
id:
4073
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0455/4073
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9cbfbbd6-73c6-4bfc-96f1-085583adb7a2
urn:
2358a38a-4b9e-4ef0-aa36-5b3e0dba47c9
name:
Bidjovagge gruvefelt. A-forekomsten.
id:
2561
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0283/2561
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2358a38a-4b9e-4ef0-aa36-5b3e0dba47c9
urn:
9e29d60d-9d76-481f-8a0c-53584bc8948a
name:
Forslag til prøvedrift i Kolsvik gull-forekomst, Bindalen
id:
5450
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0541/5450
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9e29d60d-9d76-481f-8a0c-53584bc8948a
urn:
73cdee84-e36d-49f7-9a5e-21cf610c12ee
name:
Brennåsen kleberstensforekomst på Tynset
id:
4612
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0493/4612
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/73cdee84-e36d-49f7-9a5e-21cf610c12ee
urn:
68dd7d1b-275f-4aaa-a642-6319dc9b6ec6
name:
Lassedalen flusspatforekomst (foredrag)
id:
5704
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0557/5704
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68dd7d1b-275f-4aaa-a642-6319dc9b6ec6
urn:
ddcc79bb-2cb0-444b-90a0-0e05394442c7
name:
Reppenforekomsten av Gullholdig Arsenkis.
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4062
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0454/4062
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ddcc79bb-2cb0-444b-90a0-0e05394442c7
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Diverse stiftelsesdokumenter og vedtekter: Rekom AS, Svaaheia Avfall AS og Minorga Vekst AS
id:
0109
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IKAR/A-1169/G/Ge/L0015/0109
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Interkommunalt arkiv i Rogaland IKS
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/676bee2c-8c6c-410a-b4d7-65d9b917cb11
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Vurdering av kjernemateriale fra Grundnes klebersteinsforekomst, 1994
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4538
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0487/4538
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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Analyser forekomst C. Medmalmsoner Gruben
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2544
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0282/2544
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1dc0bf26-fe4e-4950-9fa0-a63b6d8f9ba4
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Befaring av arsenkisforekomster nær Skjerstad.
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3023
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0352/3023
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/b2ffb53d-2cdd-4692-84aa-bf99d83818ae
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Ad. kvatsittforekomst i Sørfold
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5021
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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/d83187b0-18d9-42c0-a958-510624e10ae8
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9cae68f0-60cc-41c0-9a6a-bdf885a909d8
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Eva - A - forekomsten
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5606
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0550/5606
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9cae68f0-60cc-41c0-9a6a-bdf885a909d8

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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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