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 2026-10-23T23:44:32Z in 2.216 seconds.

Showing 10 of 321 results in compact format.

name:
Sporveien arbeiderungdomslag
id:
ARK-1445
name:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening, pensjonistavdelingen
id:
SAT-AAT-0700
name:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening avdeling 52 av NKF
id:
SAT-AAT-0443
name:
Sporveiens Velferdssamband
id:
A-3826
name:
Sporveiens bedriftslag
id:
A-3827
name:
Sporveiens Schakklub
id:
A-3828
name:
Sporveiens Musikkforening
id:
A-3829
name:
Sporveiens studiereisekasse
id:
A-4157
name:
Sporveiens Velferdssamband
id:
A-3826
name:
Sporveiens bedriftslag
id:
A-3827

Show all fields in HTML

total:

321

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
61b529db-abce-470c-9ad7-010e0e980683
name:
Sporveien arbeiderungdomslag
id:
ARK-1445
path:
AAB/ARK-1445
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/61b529db-abce-470c-9ad7-010e0e980683
urn:
915dcb73-f3bb-46a5-aff0-a9bde087208d
name:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening, pensjonistavdelingen
id:
SAT-AAT-0700
path:
AV/SAT-AAT-0700
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/915dcb73-f3bb-46a5-aff0-a9bde087208d
urn:
da30f29a-7dd9-49ec-bf65-d4fe5b50c026
name:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening avdeling 52 av NKF
id:
SAT-AAT-0443
path:
AV/SAT-AAT-0443
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/da30f29a-7dd9-49ec-bf65-d4fe5b50c026
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000027085
name:
Sporveiens Velferdssamband
id:
A-3826
path:
BBA/A-3826
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000027085
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000495543
name:
Sporveiens bedriftslag
id:
A-3827
path:
BBA/A-3827
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000495543
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000027086
name:
Sporveiens Schakklub
id:
A-3828
path:
BBA/A-3828
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000027086
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000335057
name:
Sporveiens Musikkforening
id:
A-3829
path:
BBA/A-3829
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000335057
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000495568
name:
Sporveiens studiereisekasse
id:
A-4157
path:
BBA/A-4157
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000495568
urn:
04659e68-1568-4cc0-94ec-3c17c7ff8d46
name:
Sporveiens Velferdssamband
id:
A-3826
path:
SAF/A-3826
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/04659e68-1568-4cc0-94ec-3c17c7ff8d46
urn:
c2b7e2e1-ae4e-403d-939b-dbe76c413a94
name:
Sporveiens bedriftslag
id:
A-3827
path:
SAF/A-3827
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c2b7e2e1-ae4e-403d-939b-dbe76c413a94
urn:
b648abd7-8373-490a-8863-0548db87dfb8
name:
Sporveiens Schakklub
id:
A-3828
path:
SAF/A-3828
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b648abd7-8373-490a-8863-0548db87dfb8
urn:
e71b1df8-6362-44c7-96df-b0a4313f647a
name:
Sporveiens Musikkforening
id:
A-3829
path:
SAF/A-3829
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e71b1df8-6362-44c7-96df-b0a4313f647a
urn:
79953c1c-0ae7-4f07-892d-e174ad6f8d4e
name:
Sporveiens studiereisekasse
id:
A-4157
path:
SAF/A-4157
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/79953c1c-0ae7-4f07-892d-e174ad6f8d4e
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000483436
name:
MA 021 Sporveiens Tobakkslag
id:
A-2848.021
path:
BBA/A-2848.021
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000483436
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000020033
name:
Sporveiens administrasjonspersonales forening
id:
A-3825
path:
BBA/A-3825
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000020033
urn:
742ae5e9-8194-44c7-91a6-eafa8268c4eb
name:
Sporveiens administrasjonspersonales forening
id:
A-3825
path:
SAF/A-3825
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
ArkiVest
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/742ae5e9-8194-44c7-91a6-eafa8268c4eb
urn:
0c2efb66-89d8-4cf8-b6eb-6e324e213226
name:
Pa 1514 - Sporveienes Bensindepot, Norsk Oljeraffineri A/S
id:
SAST-A-101919
path:
AV/SAST-A-101919
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0c2efb66-89d8-4cf8-b6eb-6e324e213226
urn:
943aef93-2c49-4e7f-9e29-aedf9ec4e562
name:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening, pensjonistavdelingen
id:
AS-6392
path:
AV/AS-6392
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening, pensjonistavdelingen var en forening for pensjonerte medlemmer av Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening, avdeling 52 av NKF (Norsk Kommuneforbund), som virket i Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. Foreningen ble stiftet i 1980, og nedlagt i 2013. De arrangerte sammenkomster f...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/943aef93-2c49-4e7f-9e29-aedf9ec4e562
urn:
4370a9fd-e2bf-4f6a-88b0-3c1c0e9cd9ea
name:
Sporveien arbeiderungdomslag
id:
ARK-1445
path:
AAB/ARK-1445
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Sporveien arbeiderungdomslag var AUF sitt lokale organisasjonsledd i Oslo Sporveier. Trolig stiftet ca. 1920. Nedleggelsesdato er ukjent.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4370a9fd-e2bf-4f6a-88b0-3c1c0e9cd9ea
urn:
7866267f-3713-410d-bebc-3ca72a844145
name:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening avdeling 52 av NKF
id:
AS-2694
path:
AV/AS-2694
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Buss og Sporveien Verkstedforening avdeling 52 av NKF (Norsk Kommuneforbund) virket i Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag. Norsk Kommuneforbund ble i 2003 innlemmet i Fagforbundet.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7866267f-3713-410d-bebc-3ca72a844145
urn:
94b0d479-4a1b-4f7e-a683-b847695082a0
name:
Overtid, ferie lønn under sykdom og militærtjeneste - Sporveien
id:
L0006
path:
TRKO/A-1551/E/En/L0006
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/94b0d479-4a1b-4f7e-a683-b847695082a0
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000599241
name:
2065 Holdeplass for Sporveiens busslinje 3 i Christiesgt. v/byparken.
id:
0026
path:
BBA/A-0967/Df/L0068/0026
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000599241
urn:
0de1f0e2-94c8-41d2-840e-d9b5bc6042bb
name:
Leiegårdskontoret 1949. Sporveien 1939 - 1949
id:
L0012
path:
TRKO/A-1739/E/L0012
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STYKKE
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0de1f0e2-94c8-41d2-840e-d9b5bc6042bb
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000000569190
name:
Sporveiens Musikkforening
id:
A-3829
path:
BBA/A-3829
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
- Arkiveier er Tide ASA, ArkiVest-medlem nr. 88. - Stiftet 23. februar 1945 av amatørmusikere i Sporveien under navnet Sporveiens Musikkforening. Navnet senere endret til Bergens Sporveis Musikkorps.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000569190
urn:
d2ed31d8-93c7-4b14-8dc0-5ae85ed367ae
name:
Sporveiens Musikkforening
id:
A-3829
path:
SAF/A-3829
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
ArkiVest
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
- Arkiveier er Tide ASA, ArkiVest-medlem nr. 88. - Stiftet 23. februar 1945 av amatørmusikere i Sporveien under navnet Sporveiens Musikkforening. Navnet senere endret til Bergens Sporveis Musikkorps.
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d2ed31d8-93c7-4b14-8dc0-5ae85ed367ae

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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