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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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
pageoptionalintegerPage number, 1-based (default 1).
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
Type: integer. Page number, 1-based (default 1).

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-20T14:55:08Z in 1.884 seconds.

Showing 10 of 1263637 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    NIKU - Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning - bedriftslege
    id:
    A-1504
  2. name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0001
  3. name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0003
  4. name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0004
  5. name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0002
  6. name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0006
  7. name:
    NINA - Norsk institutt for naturforskning
    id:
    0009
  8. name:
    NINA, Norsk institutt for naturforskning
    id:
    1077
  9. name:
    NINA, Norsk institutt for naturforskning
    id:
    1078
  10. name:
    forskningsinstitusjoner. Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0007
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total:
1263637
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    name:
    NIKU - Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning - bedriftslege
    id:
    A-1504
    path:
    AV/A-1504
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning (NIKU) er en stiftelse som ble opprettet i 1994 som et nasjonalt og internasjonalt senter med kompetanse på kulturminneforskning. Fra 1994 og til og med 2002 inngikk NIKU sammen med Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA) i Stiftelsen for naturforskning og ...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f78198d6-9a8b-4005-ad81-169df8a5eea1
  2. urn:
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    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1675/F/L0060/0001
    unit_type:
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    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  3. urn:
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    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1675/F/L0110/0003
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  4. urn:
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    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0004
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    AAB/ARK-1675/F/L0110/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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  5. urn:
    81470101-68df-44f0-abd1-dd7e7134195b
    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0002
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    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/81470101-68df-44f0-abd1-dd7e7134195b
  6. urn:
    28e28a7c-6b78-4f58-b211-13b73e90b3af
    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA)
    id:
    0006
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    AAB/ARK-2024/D/Dc/L0138/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28e28a7c-6b78-4f58-b211-13b73e90b3af
  7. urn:
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    name:
    NINA - Norsk institutt for naturforskning
    id:
    0009
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-5209/4/D/Da/L0087/0009
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9cd9f157-2534-4b18-85f0-48ec5f9da8e2
  8. urn:
    16bbc239-9c61-4295-9af9-4702a0632c79
    name:
    NINA, Norsk institutt for naturforskning
    id:
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    path:
    AV/SAT-A-6869/D/Da/1077
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/16bbc239-9c61-4295-9af9-4702a0632c79
  9. urn:
    ec4aed35-bd8d-4ba1-b9bc-ab4952c2587c
    name:
    NINA, Norsk institutt for naturforskning
    id:
    1078
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-6869/D/Da/1078
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ec4aed35-bd8d-4ba1-b9bc-ab4952c2587c
  10. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
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    unit_type:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  11. urn:
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    id:
    0003
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    AAB/ARK-1675/F/L0276/0003
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    digitized_documents:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/20cc8548-51e3-4c5e-94fb-59624fb06a6b
  12. urn:
    8f2e2c09-be75-4f77-b609-27b03efaefde
    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning - NINA - 1991-1993
    id:
    0007
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    TIKA/A-5181/D/Da/L0014/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Trøndelag
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8f2e2c09-be75-4f77-b609-27b03efaefde
  13. urn:
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    name:
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    0008
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    TIKA/A-5181/D/Da/L0014/0008
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  14. urn:
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  16. urn:
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    id:
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  18. urn:
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  19. urn:
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    id:
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  20. urn:
    95431610-18f6-4395-a81f-98a008a63df5
    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA): Overvåking av rømt oppdrettsfisk (S 134/89)
    id:
    0004
    path:
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    link:
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  21. urn:
    01908b89-ccd3-4e31-8133-3d40fb3f13ad
    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA): Komparativ ernæringsøkologi hos sjøpattedyr ved norskekysten (D 231/92)
    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-S-2477/E/Ec/L0078/0011
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/01908b89-ccd3-4e31-8133-3d40fb3f13ad
  22. urn:
    97d4e0c8-e4f9-4d68-a3db-5fc97909d2cf
    name:
    Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA): Kystsel på Froøyene og Vega (S 44/89)
    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-S-2477/E/Ec/L0079/0002
    unit_type:
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    link:
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  23. urn:
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    id:
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  24. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    0008
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    AV/RA-S-2477/E/Ec/L0079/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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  25. urn:
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    name:
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    id:
    0007
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1675/F/L0148/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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