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 2026-10-16T15:24:26Z in 1.201 seconds.

Showing 10 of 49395 results in compact format.

name:
Pasienter utskrevet fra sykehjem til eget hjem. En deskriptiv, longitudinell undersøkelse av utskrevne sykehjemspasienter
id:
0005
name:
Mo Sparebank
id:
A-22-226
name:
Åmli Sparebank
id:
PA-1998
name:
Arendal Sparebank
id:
PA-2323
name:
Stegens Sparebank
id:
A-13-132
name:
Vefsn Sparebank
id:
A-22-229
name:
Aalen sparebank
id:
SAT-PA-0385
name:
Thingelstad Arbeiderspareforening
id:
H-A-00119
name:
Sparebank 1 Svalbard
id:
A-1102
name:
Alstahaug Sparebank
id:
A-21-166

Show all fields in HTML

total:

49395

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
4b74b4a3-17d1-4774-ad53-f5c362992bc5
name:
Pasienter utskrevet fra sykehjem til eget hjem. En deskriptiv, longitudinell undersøkelse av utskrevne sykehjemspasienter
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAT-A-1591/F/Fa/L0014/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4b74b4a3-17d1-4774-ad53-f5c362992bc5
urn:
2e2ff11e-d724-46bf-9feb-fe7f24c2af49
name:
Mo Sparebank
id:
A-22-226
path:
AIN/A-22-226
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2e2ff11e-d724-46bf-9feb-fe7f24c2af49
urn:
6c782e0a-a363-47a9-b7ce-0bada2257182
name:
Åmli Sparebank
id:
PA-1998
path:
AAMA/PA-1998
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6c782e0a-a363-47a9-b7ce-0bada2257182
urn:
b24a8d15-8543-4256-9d71-65650870aa0b
name:
Arendal Sparebank
id:
PA-2323
path:
AAMA/PA-2323
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b24a8d15-8543-4256-9d71-65650870aa0b
urn:
bd13fc1e-9c51-4a3f-a624-e45531df9790
name:
Stegens Sparebank
id:
A-13-132
path:
AIN/A-13-132
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bd13fc1e-9c51-4a3f-a624-e45531df9790
urn:
a3993159-8a7c-41a0-87a7-91a45443087f
name:
Vefsn Sparebank
id:
A-22-229
path:
AIN/A-22-229
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a3993159-8a7c-41a0-87a7-91a45443087f
urn:
49c6be0b-0538-41ce-bc1a-a50608693098
name:
Aalen sparebank
id:
SAT-PA-0385
path:
AV/SAT-PA-0385
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/49c6be0b-0538-41ce-bc1a-a50608693098
urn:
2009e405-4feb-4e6e-847d-02a592039394
name:
Thingelstad Arbeiderspareforening
id:
H-A-00119
path:
OARM/H-A-00119
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Randsfjordmuseet AS
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2009e405-4feb-4e6e-847d-02a592039394
urn:
446dd595-721f-4d8d-aebd-4f76baff0dd5
name:
Sparebank 1 Svalbard
id:
A-1102
path:
SVAM/A-1102
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Svalbard Museum
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/446dd595-721f-4d8d-aebd-4f76baff0dd5
urn:
43afe6a2-7ffd-40ac-8d66-fe021e86df5c
name:
Alstahaug Sparebank
id:
A-21-166
path:
AIN/A-21-166
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/43afe6a2-7ffd-40ac-8d66-fe021e86df5c
urn:
efef8670-ed08-4851-8c93-ab48eac42033
name:
Totens Sparebank
id:
SAH-ARK-180
path:
AV/SAH-ARK-180
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
1
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/efef8670-ed08-4851-8c93-ab48eac42033
urn:
1a8f93fe-0327-4efa-b3db-ea19d45371a0
name:
Sparebank1) Ringerike Hadeland
id:
H-A-00640
path:
OARM/H-A-00640
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Randsfjordmuseet AS
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1a8f93fe-0327-4efa-b3db-ea19d45371a0
urn:
e0f34cb7-b15e-4974-ac90-c08f6a316c83
name:
Velfjord sparebank
id:
A-22-230
path:
AIN/A-22-230
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e0f34cb7-b15e-4974-ac90-c08f6a316c83
urn:
c79eb8b9-15ac-4fc5-8d15-a4dd1f97f515
name:
Vega sparebank
id:
A24-110
path:
AIN/A24-110
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c79eb8b9-15ac-4fc5-8d15-a4dd1f97f515
urn:
ae76785b-a45b-4873-a0f6-0890b3721abc
name:
Leppe- og ganespalteforeningen, Nordland
id:
A-07-131
path:
AIN/A-07-131
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ae76785b-a45b-4873-a0f6-0890b3721abc
urn:
107661c4-e4e0-44c2-a8dd-9552eec02afe
name:
Hægebostad og Eiken Sparebank
id:
SAK-D/1540
path:
AV/SAK-D/1540
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/107661c4-e4e0-44c2-a8dd-9552eec02afe
urn:
26c63232-8f06-4cdd-9479-2b767161e05c
name:
Søndre Undal Sparebank
id:
SAK-D/1541
path:
AV/SAK-D/1541
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/26c63232-8f06-4cdd-9479-2b767161e05c
urn:
71efa214-53e5-4b98-9dc0-3a915d4d4b56
name:
Øyslebø og Laudals Sparebank
id:
SAK-D/1578
path:
AV/SAK-D/1578
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/71efa214-53e5-4b98-9dc0-3a915d4d4b56
urn:
6f3d9150-b6be-4bf0-9503-cc1d9df8075f
name:
Sparebanken Sør, avdeling Bykle
id:
PA-2777
path:
AAMA/PA-2777
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6f3d9150-b6be-4bf0-9503-cc1d9df8075f
urn:
bb591853-660e-401d-b04f-27ca233d2257
name:
G17-G/02/26 Italia. Skipsverft "Ferriere ed Acciaierie di Udine". Følgebrev til søknad om forlengelse av 4 familiepass.
id:
0025
path:
AV/RA-S-2644/D/Db/L0121/0025
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bb591853-660e-401d-b04f-27ca233d2257
urn:
5e7c65b9-dc94-4da1-b434-a760cd538666
name:
Studine?
id:
0024
path:
UBIT/A-0397/U/L0001/0005/0024
unit_type:
FOTO
institution:
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5e7c65b9-dc94-4da1-b434-a760cd538666
urn:
ab9a4ad2-964b-4a49-9c50-694af7f5326e
name:
Skarestad, Klaudine
id:
0100
path:
AV/RA-PA-0233/G/Ga/L0123/0100
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ab9a4ad2-964b-4a49-9c50-694af7f5326e
urn:
aa331bfd-6eaf-47fd-98bf-6561f2ccc2f7
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Longitudinell forskning
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-S-2918/D/Dc/Dck/Dckj/L0707/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aa331bfd-6eaf-47fd-98bf-6561f2ccc2f7
urn:
ea460812-7e40-423b-b14f-d9ef7eff9820
name:
Sola: Knudine Helleland
id:
0026
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-1225/D/Dd/L0344/0026
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ea460812-7e40-423b-b14f-d9ef7eff9820
urn:
21dd64ec-b7e2-490d-8f7a-15d913e69ece
name:
Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Olso - Antarktische und Antiboreale Polychaeten Nebst Einer Hirudinee - By H. Augener
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001c/L0112/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/21dd64ec-b7e2-490d-8f7a-15d913e69ece

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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