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 2026-11-02T21:27:03Z in 4.171 seconds.

Showing 10 of 97452 results in compact format.

name:
Arendal Forsikringsselskab AS
id:
PA-2144
name:
Sørlandske Krigsforsikring A/S
id:
PA-2768
name:
Christiania Søforsikringsselskab
id:
A-1003
name:
Kragerø søforsikringsselskap
id:
A-1076
name:
Throndhjems Brandforsikringsselskab
id:
A-0104
name:
Lom Præstegjelds Brandforsikringsindretning
id:
SAH-ARK-024
name:
Gjensidige - ALFA Livsforsikring A.S
id:
RA-PA-1948
name:
Gjensidige - Livsforsikrings Aktieselskapet Norsk Spare-Selskap/Liv-Nor
id:
RA-PA-1946
name:
PA-0847, Stavanger Forsikringsselskap AS
id:
A-1900
name:
Østlandet Forsikring (Østlandet Bilforsikring)
id:
SAH-ARK-396

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total:

97452

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
4404d738-ad0b-4a01-80f6-fb0c9aea7393
name:
Arendal Forsikringsselskab AS
id:
PA-2144
path:
AAMA/PA-2144
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4404d738-ad0b-4a01-80f6-fb0c9aea7393
urn:
29fd52f4-986a-4c97-afc8-5032ebed72dc
name:
Sørlandske Krigsforsikring A/S
id:
PA-2768
path:
AAMA/PA-2768
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/29fd52f4-986a-4c97-afc8-5032ebed72dc
urn:
cc2708fb-af31-49d2-b59c-5f954b15882d
name:
Christiania Søforsikringsselskab
id:
A-1003
path:
NMM/A-1003
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Norsk Maritimt Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cc2708fb-af31-49d2-b59c-5f954b15882d
urn:
9bee6ec8-1fdb-4cf4-b1a0-0e8bb23984c3
name:
Kragerø søforsikringsselskap
id:
A-1076
path:
NMM/A-1076
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Norsk Maritimt Museum
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9bee6ec8-1fdb-4cf4-b1a0-0e8bb23984c3
urn:
1f2bd8c4-2df4-4585-a5df-f471ccc3d18f
name:
Throndhjems Brandforsikringsselskab
id:
A-0104
path:
UBIT/A-0104
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1f2bd8c4-2df4-4585-a5df-f471ccc3d18f
urn:
f684ad44-9781-4652-8662-b7b4a56b9d13
name:
Lom Præstegjelds Brandforsikringsindretning
id:
SAH-ARK-024
path:
AV/SAH-ARK-024
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f684ad44-9781-4652-8662-b7b4a56b9d13
urn:
c6e5b9ca-88fd-4409-b4f6-100009ac1e9a
name:
Gjensidige - ALFA Livsforsikring A.S
id:
RA-PA-1948
path:
AV/RA-PA-1948
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c6e5b9ca-88fd-4409-b4f6-100009ac1e9a
urn:
b3ed9ffc-5c38-4446-b727-fcfad11b5d4a
name:
Gjensidige - Livsforsikrings Aktieselskapet Norsk Spare-Selskap/Liv-Nor
id:
RA-PA-1946
path:
AV/RA-PA-1946
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b3ed9ffc-5c38-4446-b727-fcfad11b5d4a
urn:
c64cafec-97a7-46c4-9b4b-4bc496a533e9
name:
PA-0847, Stavanger Forsikringsselskap AS
id:
A-1900
path:
BYST/A-1900
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Stavanger Byarkiv
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c64cafec-97a7-46c4-9b4b-4bc496a533e9
urn:
d77104e4-94c5-4cc3-a86e-e4d36934a5c2
name:
Østlandet Forsikring (Østlandet Bilforsikring)
id:
SAH-ARK-396
path:
AV/SAH-ARK-396
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d77104e4-94c5-4cc3-a86e-e4d36934a5c2
urn:
e1853e82-30d4-47d7-82ec-ef6896128cd2
name:
Raffineringsverket AS sitt sikringsfond til Evje fattigkommune
id:
PA-2288
path:
AAMA/PA-2288
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e1853e82-30d4-47d7-82ec-ef6896128cd2
urn:
cc6542e7-3b7e-4d26-9b8b-e7a18befdd1d
name:
Gjensidige - Samtrygd Norsk Gjensidig Forsikringsforening/Gjensidige Norsk Skadeforsikring
id:
RA-PA-1913
path:
AV/RA-PA-1913
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cc6542e7-3b7e-4d26-9b8b-e7a18befdd1d
urn:
807610e8-97ef-496e-a9eb-1ffff0520704
name:
Nes husdyrforsikringsselskap og diverse andre lokale forsikringsselskap
id:
SAO-PAO-0273
path:
AV/SAO-PAO-0273
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/807610e8-97ef-496e-a9eb-1ffff0520704
urn:
b46b3dc4-e16b-40db-a55a-3fc3e1baf7f7
name:
Forsikringsrådet
id:
RA-S-1684
path:
AV/RA-S-1684
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b46b3dc4-e16b-40db-a55a-3fc3e1baf7f7
urn:
f980d7fa-5498-41db-bb05-fd613817d80d
name:
Finansdepartementet, Brannforsikringskontoret
id:
RA-S-1078
path:
AV/RA-S-1078
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f980d7fa-5498-41db-bb05-fd613817d80d
urn:
6c512b72-79c0-41b3-a48b-a633fa07ff58
name:
Samvirke forsikring
id:
ARK-2028
path:
AAB/ARK-2028
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6c512b72-79c0-41b3-a48b-a633fa07ff58
urn:
466efbfc-afd5-4074-9298-271e8f88fc16
name:
Forsikringsforeningen Jørd
id:
PA-1259
path:
AAMA/PA-1259
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/466efbfc-afd5-4074-9298-271e8f88fc16
urn:
a4f9cd9b-40bf-4c76-9002-33a223179f2a
name:
Porsgrund Søforsikringsselskab
id:
PA-1487
path:
AAMA/PA-1487
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a4f9cd9b-40bf-4c76-9002-33a223179f2a
urn:
117ea3ff-ee1c-4e08-bfe8-99c92df14def
name:
Sortland kommune.Riksforsikringsanstalten
id:
K-18700.620
path:
AIN/K-18700.620
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/117ea3ff-ee1c-4e08-bfe8-99c92df14def
urn:
e784bfb0-4b72-4677-89fa-3a67bfce0e26
name:
Kvikne Brannforsikringsforening
id:
NOMA-A-1050
path:
ANNO/NOMA-A-1050
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Anno museum
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e784bfb0-4b72-4677-89fa-3a67bfce0e26
urn:
01eee5f9-d719-447b-b142-d7a8ad384ea4
name:
Norsk Varekrigsforsikring A/S
id:
RA-PA-0732
path:
AV/RA-PA-0732
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/01eee5f9-d719-447b-b142-d7a8ad384ea4
urn:
d33caf87-0baa-4102-a35b-5d5fdd81fb8f
name:
Forsikringsaktieselskapet Oslo
id:
RA-PA-0840
path:
AV/RA-PA-0840
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d33caf87-0baa-4102-a35b-5d5fdd81fb8f
urn:
1878393b-2dbb-4a15-87b3-c285fd003f0d
name:
Forsikringsaktieselskapet Tellus
id:
RA-PA-0843
path:
AV/RA-PA-0843
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1878393b-2dbb-4a15-87b3-c285fd003f0d
urn:
15dfd584-2be4-4f14-908e-9604dad43b7a
name:
Forsikringsaktieselskapet Nation
id:
RA-PA-0847
path:
AV/RA-PA-0847
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/15dfd584-2be4-4f14-908e-9604dad43b7a
urn:
e85891c1-8a67-4177-9c7f-3a08dff7979a
name:
Forsikringsaktieselskapet Krig
id:
RA-PA-0848
path:
AV/RA-PA-0848
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e85891c1-8a67-4177-9c7f-3a08dff7979a

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