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 2026-10-24T06:10:03Z in 5.302 seconds.

Showing 10 of 63133 results in compact format.

name:
Lyng, Elisabeth B, Kristian, Ole
id:
SAT-PA-0555
name:
Lyngdal landboforening
id:
SAK-LYK-013
name:
Lyngdal kvegavlsforening
id:
SAK-LYK-016
name:
Lyngdal meieri
id:
SAK-LYK-019
name:
Lyngedals dampskipsselskap
id:
1246-pa0013
name:
Lyngdal landbrukslag
id:
SAK-LYK-012
name:
Lyngen sau- og geitalslag
id:
TOPA-P-0065
name:
Lyngen ornitologiske forening
id:
TOPA-P-0030
name:
Lyng Industrier
id:
0001
name:
Lyng Industrier A/S
id:
0012

Show all fields in HTML

total:

63133

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
435d78c2-5b86-4fc3-8103-35884ef07471
name:
Lyng, Elisabeth B, Kristian, Ole
id:
SAT-PA-0555
path:
AV/SAT-PA-0555
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/435d78c2-5b86-4fc3-8103-35884ef07471
urn:
f902d854-2d0b-463c-9ff2-5a1cf397d43a
name:
Lyngdal landboforening
id:
SAK-LYK-013
path:
AV/SAK-LYK-013
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f902d854-2d0b-463c-9ff2-5a1cf397d43a
urn:
9ced4aa0-ece8-4185-8256-bf3d1db2929a
name:
Lyngdal kvegavlsforening
id:
SAK-LYK-016
path:
AV/SAK-LYK-016
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9ced4aa0-ece8-4185-8256-bf3d1db2929a
urn:
114bd2f8-fceb-47c0-bf1b-af24e7a2b7f1
name:
Lyngdal meieri
id:
SAK-LYK-019
path:
AV/SAK-LYK-019
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/114bd2f8-fceb-47c0-bf1b-af24e7a2b7f1
urn:
03e018c1-5603-4e2e-9eef-be533fb4e2c4
name:
Lyngedals dampskipsselskap
id:
1246-pa0013
path:
IKAH/1246-pa0013
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Hordaland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/03e018c1-5603-4e2e-9eef-be533fb4e2c4
urn:
69e566ce-e769-4c2f-8620-7f272633906c
name:
Lyngdal landbrukslag
id:
SAK-LYK-012
path:
AV/SAK-LYK-012
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/69e566ce-e769-4c2f-8620-7f272633906c
urn:
04ede14f-97fd-409b-822d-6dc6ec2b49be
name:
Lyngen sau- og geitalslag
id:
TOPA-P-0065
path:
TOPA/TOPA-P-0065
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Privatarkiv i Troms
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/04ede14f-97fd-409b-822d-6dc6ec2b49be
urn:
9d744277-9897-4c87-96be-52c59dc05d44
name:
Lyngen ornitologiske forening
id:
TOPA-P-0030
path:
TOPA/TOPA-P-0030
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Privatarkiv i Troms
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9d744277-9897-4c87-96be-52c59dc05d44
urn:
ed33977a-b20c-46ac-8977-1fce5dfd9c4d
name:
Lyng Industrier
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0100/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed33977a-b20c-46ac-8977-1fce5dfd9c4d
urn:
eea8fc9f-b475-4f04-a771-51013f507e4e
name:
Lyng Industrier A/S
id:
0012
path:
AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0015/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eea8fc9f-b475-4f04-a771-51013f507e4e
urn:
c2ed7921-152d-4ac7-a60a-1717c0e84a19
name:
Lyng Verksteder A/S
id:
0009
path:
AV/RA-PA-1700/M/L0061/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c2ed7921-152d-4ac7-a60a-1717c0e84a19
urn:
5be3937c-1b29-40fb-ab1d-0a6f2c52adbc
name:
Smidesang Eiendom A/S
id:
0009
path:
AV/SAH-INN-001/D/De/Dea/L0327/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5be3937c-1b29-40fb-ab1d-0a6f2c52adbc
urn:
9e1f21be-8af3-43dd-8ef3-4207abd0f832
name:
Kvinner: Smidesang - Steen, G.
id:
L0043
path:
AV/SAO-A-10504/E/Ea/L0043
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9e1f21be-8af3-43dd-8ef3-4207abd0f832
urn:
7992229c-cad0-4749-8f95-67ec82c1a14d
name:
Smidesang, Ole E., Fåvang
id:
0010
path:
AV/RA-S-3161/E/L0263/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7992229c-cad0-4749-8f95-67ec82c1a14d
urn:
c01c6e06-8677-4e1c-9b78-74e394895a0a
name:
Smidesang, Ole E., Fåvang
id:
0013
path:
AV/SAH-NBLI-001/D/Da/L0039/0013
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c01c6e06-8677-4e1c-9b78-74e394895a0a
urn:
83952f57-78fa-46b2-b30d-41ad0eadd1a4
name:
Smidesang, Roald - født 211028
id:
0056
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-5124/P/Pb/L0002/0056
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/83952f57-78fa-46b2-b30d-41ad0eadd1a4
urn:
3152012a-a3c7-487e-b439-6da54abee475
name:
Smidesang, gnr. 149, bnr. 2
id:
0012
path:
GDM/M-A-00185/D/L0002/0001/0012
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Gudbrandsdalsmusea AS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3152012a-a3c7-487e-b439-6da54abee475
urn:
8ae4762c-8c30-47e1-86dd-a4c7f8ab0a97
name:
Lyng, Marcus Sodeman
id:
P-00217
path:
AV/P-00217
unit_type:
Person
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Marcus Sodeman Lyng (1762-1831), fogd i Gudrandsdalen 1797-1814, Aker og Follo 1814-1831.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ae4762c-8c30-47e1-86dd-a4c7f8ab0a97
urn:
b08123f8-ee28-4565-a01e-57d9a7f2d1b7
name:
Arkiv Fåvang Bondelag under formann Ole E. Smidesang
id:
L0001
path:
GDM/M-A-00120/Y/L0001
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Gudbrandsdalsmusea AS
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b08123f8-ee28-4565-a01e-57d9a7f2d1b7
urn:
3176c836-8113-45db-8032-250697271f2a
name:
Lyng, John
id:
P-00672
path:
AV/P-00672
unit_type:
Person
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
John (Johan) Daniel Fürstenberg Lyng (1905-1978), jurist og politiker. Han var ferdig utdannet jurist i 1927 og hadde sakførerforretning i Trondheim 1932-1942. Han flyktet til Sverige og var i 1943-1944 ved den norske legasjonens rettskontor i Stockholm. Fra 1944 var han i Justisdepartementet i Lond...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3176c836-8113-45db-8032-250697271f2a
urn:
84c1c159-938e-430f-8b40-edc50d900cbe
name:
Lyng, John
id:
RA-PA-0672
path:
AV/RA-PA-0672
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/84c1c159-938e-430f-8b40-edc50d900cbe
urn:
bcbe2a03-c325-4cf3-9d94-cb5e304e073c
name:
Lyng m.fl
id:
RA-PA-0217
path:
AV/RA-PA-0217
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bcbe2a03-c325-4cf3-9d94-cb5e304e073c
urn:
bf9c437d-47ef-4f0e-aaeb-a925fe773795
name:
Arne Lyng
id:
0030
path:
OAMM/T-A-00800/1/0030
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Mjøsmuseet, Opplandsarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bf9c437d-47ef-4f0e-aaeb-a925fe773795
urn:
90d131d1-72a3-4b79-9f1f-2af3121bd927
name:
Reiersøl og Lyngdal Planteskoler AS
id:
PA-2186
path:
AAMA/PA-2186
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/90d131d1-72a3-4b79-9f1f-2af3121bd927
urn:
db4d118c-e1bb-43aa-8d98-a085928dea03
name:
Utenriksminister John Lyng
id:
RA-S-6518
path:
AV/RA-S-6518
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/db4d118c-e1bb-43aa-8d98-a085928dea03

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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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