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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
queryrequiredstringFree-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
limitoptionalintegerResults per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
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&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.

Type: string. Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
Type: integer. Results per page. Unit: items. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T01:07:43Z in 0.208 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58502 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Torghatten via Brønnøysund
    id:
    0005
  2. name:
    AS Torghatten Trafikkselskap
    id:
    0006
  3. name:
    AS Torghatten Trafikkselskap Bilruter
    id:
    0015
  4. name:
    Tb0148 Innredningsarr. Torghatten Trafikklag AS
    id:
    0006
  5. name:
    Postførselsbetaling til AS Torghatten Trafikkselskap
    id:
    0008
  6. name:
    Budsjett, regnskap - Torghatten trafikkselskap as - Brønnøysund
    id:
    0001
  7. name:
    Budsjett, regnskap - Torghatten trafikkselskap as - Brønnøysund
    id:
    0001
  8. name:
    Budsjett, regnskap - Torghatten trafikkselskap as - Brønnøysund
    id:
    0001
  9. name:
    Sak 12647. Torghatten Trafikkselskap AS. Diverse saker
    id:
    4008
  10. name:
    Budsjett, regnskap - Torghatten trafikkselskap as - Brønnøysund (762.1)
    id:
    0002
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58502
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    OAVF/A-00439/Z/Zb/L0001/0005
    unit_type:
    DOKUMENT
    institution:
    Valdresmusea AS
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7ed1e78a-bc3d-41ee-b88e-18e2641bafbf
  2. urn:
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    name:
    AS Torghatten Trafikkselskap
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    0006
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    AV/RA-S-4365/E/L0004/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
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    name:
    AS Torghatten Trafikkselskap Bilruter
    id:
    0015
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    AV/SAT-A-2034/Db/L0232/0015
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    link:
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    name:
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    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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    name:
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    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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    digitized_documents:
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  8. urn:
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    id:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
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  9. urn:
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    name:
    Sak 12647. Torghatten Trafikkselskap AS. Diverse saker
    id:
    4008
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    AV/RA-PA-0886/2/D/Db/4008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/28f0214f-7b36-4a18-8f26-4c1314886ffa
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    Budsjett, regnskap - Torghatten trafikkselskap as - Brønnøysund (762.1)
    id:
    0002
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    AV/SAT-A-4181/D/Da/L0905/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a64a982c-7782-4753-9d52-c33a4bc30cdd
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c8c261cd-86a9-4e71-abb6-7aa2df1bca5f
  12. urn:
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    id:
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    Arkiv i Nordland
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    0
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7bcb678-6b43-441a-bd9a-2f1cd6ccde61
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    id:
    0002
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    AV/RA-S-1260/E/Eo/L0018/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    0
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    id:
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    MAPPE
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    digitized_documents:
    0
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    id:
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    unit_type:
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    link:
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  16. urn:
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    B/ F Torghatten
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    AIN/A-13-144/D/Da/Dab/L0010/0004
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    link:
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  22. urn:
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    institution:
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    link:
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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.