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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-13T19:56:14Z in 0.255 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58273 results in compact format.

name:
Storvask A/S, Trondheim - Vask av tøy
id:
0008
name:
Storvask AS (pasientjournaler: Almli J-Johnsen M)
id:
L0121
name:
Storvask AS (pasientjournaler: Karlsen K-Aavik I)
id:
L0122
name:
Storvask A/S
id:
0005
name:
Storvask. 5 ex.
id:
0002
name:
Storvask A/S, Porsgrunn
id:
0003
name:
Storvask A/S, Porsgrunn
id:
0004
name:
Storvask A/S, Porsgrunn
id:
0005
name:
Storvask A/S, Skien
id:
0006
name:
Storvask A/S, Skien
id:
0007

Show all fields in HTML

total:

58273

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
Storvask A/S, Trondheim - Vask av tøy
id:
0008
path:
TRKO/A-1204/F/L0064/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e2b704a3-94c5-4bd5-926d-47cb8362f102
urn:
b7525331-b7f8-4366-8adb-fb5f06f91625
name:
Storvask AS (pasientjournaler: Almli J-Johnsen M)
id:
L0121
path:
AV/SAT-A-5240/Fa/L0121
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
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1d04f272-648b-4a96-ad29-5e51dd5c8b29
name:
Storvask AS (pasientjournaler: Karlsen K-Aavik I)
id:
L0122
path:
AV/SAT-A-5240/Fa/L0122
unit_type:
STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
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1ac47fc6-4f72-460c-8080-bf27c7c9abde
name:
Storvask A/S
id:
0005
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AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Ff/L0035/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ac47fc6-4f72-460c-8080-bf27c7c9abde
urn:
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name:
Storvask. 5 ex.
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0002
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NF/Ark-1001/X/L0224/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Norsk folkemuseum
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/60e46fee-2a24-4519-ae7d-add107dc768b
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a7bf3cca-9419-4113-b161-db522d027031
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Storvask A/S, Porsgrunn
id:
0003
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AV/RA-S-2414/2/E/Ea/L0143/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a7bf3cca-9419-4113-b161-db522d027031
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name:
Storvask A/S, Porsgrunn
id:
0004
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AV/RA-S-2414/2/E/Ea/L0143/0004
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f5b5205c-820e-4fc5-aa9e-a165ae7e3ff4
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name:
Storvask A/S, Porsgrunn
id:
0005
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AV/RA-S-2414/2/E/Ea/L0143/0005
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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name:
Storvask A/S, Skien
id:
0006
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AV/RA-S-2414/2/E/Ea/L0143/0006
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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name:
Storvask A/S, Skien
id:
0007
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AV/RA-S-2414/2/E/Ea/L0143/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
9a1a67ed-ab78-4897-b893-4422af0db011
name:
F. Storvask. 12.05.89
id:
0019
path:
AV/SAKO-A-944/1/D/Da/L0093/0019
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9a1a67ed-ab78-4897-b893-4422af0db011
urn:
7ca27154-fbc0-4bf6-b190-e1d050e5c7fd
name:
Grand Vaskeri og A/S Storvask
id:
0009
path:
AV/RA-S-1559/2/D/Da/L0058/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7ca27154-fbc0-4bf6-b190-e1d050e5c7fd
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Vest-Telemark Næringsbygg A/S, Storvask
id:
0008
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AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fa/L0421/0008
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Laksevåg: 70398 "Storvask" (Vaskeri)
id:
0029
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AV/RA-S-4852/D/Dl/L1684/0029
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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"Storvask". Draktuke i Erbach m.m.
id:
0004
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NF/Ark-1001/D/L0197/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Norsk folkemuseum
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b7abca29-9351-4beb-a3eb-01e78e259884
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name:
Storvask på gården rundt 1900
id:
0005
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NF/Ark-1001-56/H/L0004/0002/0005
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DOKUMENT
institution:
Norsk folkemuseum
country:
norge
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/58c17383-5a55-4b41-b6d1-ac16d37c7dd0
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3c7d6c0e-d31b-46ca-ac76-ae3f0b79a81a
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Norsk Kjemisk Industriarbeiderforbund. A/S Storvask. Trondheim
id:
0010
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AAB/ARK-1579/D/Dd/L0063/0010
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3c7d6c0e-d31b-46ca-ac76-ae3f0b79a81a
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61403b4d-6caa-40e9-a6ac-78db40f020dc
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A/S Storvask, Trondheim - oppsigelse. Forslag vedtatt
id:
0029
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AV/RA-S-1559/2/D/Da/L0132/0029
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/61403b4d-6caa-40e9-a6ac-78db40f020dc
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f86c3419-f096-4f07-9090-00751253e2fe
name:
Trondheim: 3008 Storvask A/S (Mek. vaskeri)
id:
0005
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AV/RA-S-4852/D/Dp/L2134/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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name:
Industriutslipp, konsesjoner, uttalelser. Kviteseid: Storvask A/S
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0027
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AV/SAKO-A-944/2/D/Da/L0275/0027
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Industriutslipp, konsesjoner, uttalelser. Skien: Storvask A/S
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0011
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AV/SAKO-A-944/2/D/Da/L0276/0011
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Storvask A/S Trondheim. Avdeling 22, Trondheim kjemiske arbeiderforening
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0004
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AAB/ARK-1662/D/Dd/L0319/0004
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MAPPE
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
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0
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Den Norske Handelsbanken. A/S Storvask A (Oslo B) Trondheim. I
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0007
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AV/RA-S-3161/D/L0669/0007
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Den Norske Handelsbanken. A/S Storvask A (Oslo B) Trondheim. II
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0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Den Norske Handelsbanken. A/S Storvask A (Oslo B) Trondheim IV
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0003
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AV/RA-S-3161/D/L0670/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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