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.

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 2026-10-18T15:52:01Z in 0.781 seconds.

Showing 10 of 18279 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry
    id:
    0005
  2. name:
    Moog Sweden AB
    id:
    0010
  3. name:
    Parker Hannifin Sweden AB
    id:
    0001
  4. name:
    Measurex Sweden AB. Kontrakt, prosessmåleutstyr
    id:
    0001
  5. name:
    Measurex Sweden AB: Tilbud, prosessmåleutstyr PM7
    id:
    0003
  6. name:
    Measurex Sweden AB: Kontrakt, prosessmåleutstyr. Original
    id:
    0005
  7. name:
    Schurpack Sweden AB / GLS Grafisk leverandør Service
    id:
    0005
  8. name:
    Measurex Sweden AB: Tilbud, prosessmåleutstyr PM7, Follumkopi nr.2 og PM7 tilbud.
    id:
    0004
  9. name:
    Nord-Offshore A/S. Aksjer. Årsberetninger. UDDCOMD Sweden AB. Sandnessjøen - handlingsplan. Leie av verkstedsanlegg
    id:
    0002
  10. name:
    Ubbfelt og Rønning, Uddcomb Sweden AB, Uddeholm aktiebolag, Udnæs og Isachsen A/S, Ugland Management Co
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
18279
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    be8947cd-a6ba-4b90-882c-058b5cda50b7
    name:
    Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/SAMI-PA-1189/F/Fa/L0001/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/be8947cd-a6ba-4b90-882c-058b5cda50b7
  2. urn:
    1cd8634c-c914-45da-bb93-cfdfb1084dfa
    name:
    Moog Sweden AB
    id:
    0010
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Eb/L0476/0010
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1cd8634c-c914-45da-bb93-cfdfb1084dfa
  3. urn:
    40747426-1d6d-4f24-8529-0ac2ebc559fb
    name:
    Parker Hannifin Sweden AB
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Eb/L0396/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/40747426-1d6d-4f24-8529-0ac2ebc559fb
  4. urn:
    b0163010-9601-4bbd-b1cf-b89b17e24747
    name:
    Measurex Sweden AB. Kontrakt, prosessmåleutstyr
    id:
    0001
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1064/E/Ec/Ecc/L0035/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b0163010-9601-4bbd-b1cf-b89b17e24747
  5. urn:
    24d9d2d4-7e92-41d3-95b3-9787021dd916
    name:
    Measurex Sweden AB: Tilbud, prosessmåleutstyr PM7
    id:
    0003
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1064/E/Ec/Ecc/L0034/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/24d9d2d4-7e92-41d3-95b3-9787021dd916
  6. urn:
    20b71450-def1-462d-8a51-43b2bf7468c6
    name:
    Measurex Sweden AB: Kontrakt, prosessmåleutstyr. Original
    id:
    0005
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1064/E/Ec/Ecc/L0034/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/20b71450-def1-462d-8a51-43b2bf7468c6
  7. urn:
    bb9246e7-f8f5-4594-bd46-5f76b35aa778
    name:
    Schurpack Sweden AB / GLS Grafisk leverandør Service
    id:
    0005
    path:
    OAM/A-01077/D/L0010/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Opplandsarkivet, Maihaugen
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bb9246e7-f8f5-4594-bd46-5f76b35aa778
  8. urn:
    80991a6a-a5c0-4806-920a-0b12553fcbf4
    name:
    Measurex Sweden AB: Tilbud, prosessmåleutstyr PM7, Follumkopi nr.2 og PM7 tilbud.
    id:
    0004
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1064/E/Ec/Ecc/L0034/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/80991a6a-a5c0-4806-920a-0b12553fcbf4
  9. urn:
    b7c2bca5-80f4-4483-bab4-f3bb944b1ce1
    name:
    Nord-Offshore A/S. Aksjer. Årsberetninger. UDDCOMD Sweden AB. Sandnessjøen - handlingsplan. Leie av verkstedsanlegg
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4086/D/Da/L0234/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b7c2bca5-80f4-4483-bab4-f3bb944b1ce1
  10. urn:
    66189592-21c0-4227-a8b3-57d045d3f941
    name:
    Ubbfelt og Rønning, Uddcomb Sweden AB, Uddeholm aktiebolag, Udnæs og Isachsen A/S, Ugland Management Co
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-4086/D/Da/L1266/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/66189592-21c0-4227-a8b3-57d045d3f941
  11. urn:
    13173963-a788-4e0c-abd5-f7273949cacb
    name:
    tannhelsejournalar Ab-Cu
    id:
    L0001
    path:
    VLFK/FK-1039/F/Fa/L0001
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/13173963-a788-4e0c-abd5-f7273949cacb
  12. urn:
    7a8e87e8-f2aa-4b72-bf3a-fd821b286a85
    name:
    Brink, Stefan_Place-name Evidence for Rural Expansion in Marginal Areas; an Onomastic-Geographic Study from Central Sweden.
    id:
    0006
    path:
    SPR/A-0003/L/L0005/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Språksamlingane Universitetsbiblioteket, UIB
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7a8e87e8-f2aa-4b72-bf3a-fd821b286a85
  13. urn:
    fa1afe75-4e40-45a5-aff1-2118a0074743
    name:
    Terra Mining AB
    id:
    A-102439
    path:
    AV/A-102439
    unit_type:
    Virksomhet
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Terra Mining AB var et svensk gruvedriftselskap. Selskapet var aktivt i de nordiske landene, og hadde den største gruven i det vestlige Europa, i Bjørkdal utenfor Skelleftea. Selskapet ble etablert i 1980 og drev utelukkende med leting, med hovedvekt på leting etter gull. I 1989 ekspanderte selskap...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fa1afe75-4e40-45a5-aff1-2118a0074743
  14. urn:
    04915770-21e1-4d01-bc47-134e980364ce
    name:
    Oppdrag for Bjørneborg Bomull AB, Finland
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1483/F/L0004/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/04915770-21e1-4d01-bc47-134e980364ce
  15. urn:
    4905f0d5-c181-432e-8df9-4ef8a94e4708
    name:
    AB-utvalg, A-team, AB stat
    id:
    0001
    path:
    VID/MDA-A-5024/V/Va/0011/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Misjons- og diakoniarkivet, VID
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4905f0d5-c181-432e-8df9-4ef8a94e4708
  16. urn:
    1dcdd3ec-6e08-4264-8e26-f2bd01867a48
    name:
    Sustainable Development
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AAB/ARK-2369/D/Dg/L0005/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1dcdd3ec-6e08-4264-8e26-f2bd01867a48
  17. urn:
    b8d0ca36-d813-4066-bfe3-44fbb03843d4
    name:
    Sustainable regulation
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1589/F/Fb/L0038/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b8d0ca36-d813-4066-bfe3-44fbb03843d4
  18. urn:
    0221d023-78b2-4c0c-b926-ef1c5bc8eb03
    name:
    Sustainable Aquaculture
    id:
    0002
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0061/H/L0004/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0221d023-78b2-4c0c-b926-ef1c5bc8eb03
  19. urn:
    900eb372-0f85-4937-82bf-c3316307891d
    name:
    Oppdrag for Bjørneborg Bomull AB, Finland
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1483/F/L0004/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/900eb372-0f85-4937-82bf-c3316307891d
  20. urn:
    aafa09b5-41b7-4e42-8468-32c30a9a1d97
    name:
    Faluhus AB
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AIN/A-12-105/E/Eb/L0005/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arkiv i Nordland
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/aafa09b5-41b7-4e42-8468-32c30a9a1d97
  21. urn:
    bbaecc79-4457-411d-9358-a62afe27ae1d
    name:
    Konsulentberegninger (mye korrespondanse med Celpap AB )
    id:
    0004
    path:
    ANNO/NSMA-ARK-1064/E/Ed/Eda/L0005/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Anno museum
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bbaecc79-4457-411d-9358-a62afe27ae1d
  22. urn:
    14703d41-6215-4f07-9182-0ae3af647d63
    name:
    Sustainable Fish Farming
    id:
    0003
    path:
    UBIT/A-0532/D/L0025/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/14703d41-6215-4f07-9182-0ae3af647d63
  23. urn:
    ad722b4d-c325-48e3-ac53-d7aa88efee34
    name:
    Sustainable Fish farming
    id:
    0001
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0061/H/L0004/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad722b4d-c325-48e3-ac53-d7aa88efee34
  24. urn:
    1a986060-e346-4ce1-900e-82f678d5dacc
    name:
    AB Vebe-Kvarnmaskiner
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AFM/FIA-1089/D/Dc/L0045/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Museene i Akershus
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1a986060-e346-4ce1-900e-82f678d5dacc
  25. urn:
    f2a7a974-2a4a-4712-aa9d-01fceb42c948
    name:
    Sweden
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1386/F/Fa/L0099/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f2a7a974-2a4a-4712-aa9d-01fceb42c948
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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How an AI agent should use this page

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

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. 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.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.