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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
offsetoptionalintegerNumber 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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-11T15:12:07Z in 2.102 seconds.

Showing 10 of 62743 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Norske skreddermesteres landsforbund
    id:
    RA-PA-1954
  2. name:
    Norgeskreditt AS Region Vestlandet
    id:
    A-5054
  3. name:
    Skjønnssaker, naturskadeskjønn etter skred i Hjortedal og Lisjedal
    id:
    L0001
  4. name:
    Havfiskredernes salgslag
    id:
    0006
  5. name:
    Nesgrenda driftskredittlag
    id:
    DA-1310
  6. name:
    Iveland driftskredittlag
    id:
    DA-1323
  7. name:
    Øverbygden Driftskredittlag
    id:
    A24-253
  8. name:
    Nedrebygden Driftskredittlag
    id:
    A24-258
  9. name:
    Brydal Driftskredittlag
    id:
    NOMA-A-0035
  10. name:
    Fåset Driftskredittlag
    id:
    NOMA-A-0257
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total:
62743
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    d67d60b6-2bd8-42b0-9312-5d7652605179
    name:
    Norske skreddermesteres landsforbund
    id:
    RA-PA-1954
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1954
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d67d60b6-2bd8-42b0-9312-5d7652605179
  2. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000151504
    name:
    Norgeskreditt AS Region Vestlandet
    id:
    A-5054
    path:
    BBA/A-5054
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000151504
  3. urn:
    004bd7d2-e14a-4944-bd2d-908514ca50e6
    name:
    Skjønnssaker, naturskadeskjønn etter skred i Hjortedal og Lisjedal
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-28201/0011/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/004bd7d2-e14a-4944-bd2d-908514ca50e6
  4. urn:
    5190b675-8b27-427e-ab36-e70b2d1bf97e
    name:
    Havfiskredernes salgslag
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/SAT-PA-0686/2/D/Db/L0006/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5190b675-8b27-427e-ab36-e70b2d1bf97e
  5. urn:
    473bdfc3-84d8-4428-bc31-ef6ee8533769
    name:
    Nesgrenda driftskredittlag
    id:
    DA-1310
    path:
    AAMA/DA-1310
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/473bdfc3-84d8-4428-bc31-ef6ee8533769
  6. urn:
    99682bd1-1618-432b-b429-c65d241b1e38
    name:
    Iveland driftskredittlag
    id:
    DA-1323
    path:
    AAMA/DA-1323
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/99682bd1-1618-432b-b429-c65d241b1e38
  7. urn:
    499610f8-c9f4-4d45-a83a-03b2b300a802
    name:
    Øverbygden Driftskredittlag
    id:
    A24-253
    path:
    AIN/A24-253
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/499610f8-c9f4-4d45-a83a-03b2b300a802
  8. urn:
    5e5a8928-8389-423b-bfdd-00f8bc7fc314
    name:
    Nedrebygden Driftskredittlag
    id:
    A24-258
    path:
    AIN/A24-258
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5e5a8928-8389-423b-bfdd-00f8bc7fc314
  9. urn:
    c74b337a-08ca-483d-8c8b-1aa2e39b52a1
    name:
    Brydal Driftskredittlag
    id:
    NOMA-A-0035
    path:
    ANNO/NOMA-A-0035
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c74b337a-08ca-483d-8c8b-1aa2e39b52a1
  10. urn:
    c45dba4c-07dc-40f7-8e35-c4636d66618a
    name:
    Fåset Driftskredittlag
    id:
    NOMA-A-0257
    path:
    ANNO/NOMA-A-0257
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Anno museum
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c45dba4c-07dc-40f7-8e35-c4636d66618a
  11. urn:
    e8fd0e1e-3f92-4e0c-95dc-7a8611a1efc2
    name:
    Skredsvig, Christian
    id:
    RA-PA-0353
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0353
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e8fd0e1e-3f92-4e0c-95dc-7a8611a1efc2
  12. urn:
    a165eb07-6110-4a1f-8a5f-d3c0e8df2501
    name:
    Brovold driftskredittlag
    id:
    SAH-ARK-509
    path:
    AV/SAH-ARK-509
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a165eb07-6110-4a1f-8a5f-d3c0e8df2501
  13. urn:
    a6fd342f-0949-434e-ba2f-f6f1d7089d53
    name:
    Skredderlauget i Kristiansand
    id:
    SAK-D/0264E
    path:
    AV/SAK-D/0264E
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a6fd342f-0949-434e-ba2f-f6f1d7089d53
  14. urn:
    e6d7c9c2-cd40-4373-aa42-0f6cec453145
    name:
    Oslo skredderlaug
    id:
    SAO-PAO-0332
    path:
    AV/SAO-PAO-0332
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e6d7c9c2-cd40-4373-aa42-0f6cec453145
  15. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000130251
    name:
    Sundts Herreskredderi A/S
    id:
    A-0132.3
    path:
    BBA/A-0132.3
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000130251
  16. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000510923
    name:
    Bergen Skreddermesterlaug
    id:
    A-1113
    path:
    BBA/A-1113
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000510923
  17. urn:
    no-BBA_arkiv000000471903
    name:
    Fana driftskredittlag
    id:
    A-2520
    path:
    BBA/A-2520
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Bergen byarkiv
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000471903
  18. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000004875
    name:
    Skrede, Ingar
    id:
    A-1391
    path:
    BU/A-1391
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000004875
  19. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003948
    name:
    Egge driftskredittforening
    id:
    A-1597
    path:
    BU/A-1597
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003948
  20. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000005380
    name:
    Drammen skredderlaug
    id:
    A-2159
    path:
    BU/A-2159
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000005380
  21. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000005430
    name:
    Skreddernes sykekasse
    id:
    A-2216
    path:
    BU/A-2216
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000005430
  22. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000007444
    name:
    Lier driftskredittlag
    id:
    A-2373
    path:
    BU/A-2373
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000007444
  23. urn:
    887857fb-2b4d-447c-9749-e478a28a6200
    name:
    Nettverkskreditt i Vadsø
    id:
    FMFB-PA-1125
    path:
    FMFB/FMFB-PA-1125
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Finnmark fylkesbibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/887857fb-2b4d-447c-9749-e478a28a6200
  24. urn:
    b2959f8d-db42-457a-88ea-b34979722778
    name:
    Hordabø driftskredittlag
    id:
    1260b-Pa0017
    path:
    IKAH/1260b-Pa0017
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Hordaland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2959f8d-db42-457a-88ea-b34979722778
  25. urn:
    cb830f82-91a6-4f80-8128-ef99d2e193c1
    name:
    Eidets Driftskredittlag
    id:
    P-01212
    path:
    IKAM/P-01212
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Møre og Romsdal
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cb830f82-91a6-4f80-8128-ef99d2e193c1
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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

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. 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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