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 2026-11-14T11:45:22Z in 0.244 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58726 results in compact format.

name:
Dosent, Norges Lærerhøgskole Trd - NLH1
id:
L0087
name:
Dosent, Norges Lærerhøgskole Trd - NLH2
id:
L0088
name:
Oslo - Trondheim Oslo - Røros -Trd.
id:
0012
name:
Travel Unlimited AS
id:
0005
name:
Fjord Travel Norway AS
id:
0002
name:
Global Business travel AS
id:
0014
name:
Dag Aasbø Travel AS – turvognløyve
id:
0007
name:
Aktive fredsreiser/Travel for peace AS – turvognløyve
id:
0002
name:
Aktive Fredsreiser – Travel for peace as – turvogn
id:
0001
name:
Bedrifts-ID: 401399 - Rica-hotellene Oslo AS, Rica Travel Hotell
id:
0008

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total:

58726

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
Dosent, Norges Lærerhøgskole Trd - NLH1
id:
L0087
path:
AV/RA-PA-1842/F/L0087
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/69ed8850-e972-4650-bf3f-ebe63cb35e9a
urn:
135f0448-b182-41fb-bfc8-3c6aedbb6da0
name:
Dosent, Norges Lærerhøgskole Trd - NLH2
id:
L0088
path:
AV/RA-PA-1842/F/L0088
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/135f0448-b182-41fb-bfc8-3c6aedbb6da0
urn:
nb-NLM_arkiv000000006375
name:
Oslo - Trondheim Oslo - Røros -Trd.
id:
0012
path:
NLM/As-1003/06/D/L0027/0012
unit_type:
Mappe
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Norsk luftfartsmuseum
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/nb-NLM_arkiv000000006375
urn:
11ee2547-d60e-40e6-8804-f8ba40ca904e
name:
Travel Unlimited AS
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-PA-1194/D/Dc/L0021/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/11ee2547-d60e-40e6-8804-f8ba40ca904e
urn:
13d80848-942c-4a97-a00b-c416ef67a223
name:
Fjord Travel Norway AS
id:
0002
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AV/SAB-A-100613/D/Da/L0054/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/13d80848-942c-4a97-a00b-c416ef67a223
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000177691
name:
Global Business travel AS
id:
0014
path:
VEMU/A-3085/H/L0001/0014
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000177691
urn:
7da18a81-e577-4612-b970-7a7acfd94928
name:
Dag Aasbø Travel AS – turvognløyve
id:
0007
path:
AAMA/KA0900-121/D5/L0293/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7da18a81-e577-4612-b970-7a7acfd94928
urn:
c40eb87b-a9e9-4ddd-ac17-332f2b6b570d
name:
Aktive fredsreiser/Travel for peace AS – turvognløyve
id:
0002
path:
AAMA/KA0900-121/D4/L0843/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c40eb87b-a9e9-4ddd-ac17-332f2b6b570d
urn:
b8cfcbfb-636d-442e-9b00-9d26e8b0868b
name:
Aktive Fredsreiser – Travel for peace as – turvogn
id:
0001
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AAMA/KA0900-121/D5/L0292/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b8cfcbfb-636d-442e-9b00-9d26e8b0868b
urn:
3d45432c-ffea-458a-9ba0-b4877c64bc8a
name:
Bedrifts-ID: 401399 - Rica-hotellene Oslo AS, Rica Travel Hotell
id:
0008
path:
AAB/ARK-1641/D/Dg/L0011/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3d45432c-ffea-458a-9ba0-b4877c64bc8a
urn:
712d0ac0-3a17-4206-b5b2-9d515542a18c
name:
Søderberg-elektrde
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAT-PA-0595/E/Ee/L0720/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/712d0ac0-3a17-4206-b5b2-9d515542a18c
urn:
77d4ae39-e533-4c8a-afb3-88b39cf216b1
name:
Ukjent - 42-08 Travel, Ukjent - 42-10 Procurement, Ukjent - 42-11Weighing Procedure (Much Leirvik Sveis AS)
id:
0006
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AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0640/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Utrdrag fra regnskap
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Rb
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AIN/A-23-105/R/Rb
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Arkiv i Nordland
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0
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Rekneskapsutrdag og godkjent rekneskap
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Rxa
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IKAM/K-15630.850/R/Rx/Rxa
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SERIE
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IKA Møre og Romsdal
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0
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Utrd.VA-samarb.Østreg.fase 1.forprosj.
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0009
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AAMA/KA0902-100/D/Dc/Dca/L0002/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/22347409-5305-40f5-a468-970d259da08b
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74593d69-a2e4-4c30-b44c-23477fd0f393
name:
Utrdag av ankesaker i Høyesterett
id:
0002
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AV/RA-S-3212/D/De/L0210/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/74593d69-a2e4-4c30-b44c-23477fd0f393
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6e0e1b2e-3966-4d02-8f7c-94dbd2ed4238
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Faktisk tilleggsutrdrag II til Høyesterett
id:
0001
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AV/RA-PA-2023/F/L0007/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6e0e1b2e-3966-4d02-8f7c-94dbd2ed4238
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Utrdir for bortsett ARGUSpros
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AV/RA-RAFA-5281/D/L0036/0047
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Ref fra matrdriftkonf i Harstad
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0027
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AV/RA-RAFA-5309/D/L0009/0027
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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0008
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AV/RA-S-1195/1/E/Ea/L0032/0008
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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NIA/A-1108/D03/L0041/0002
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AAB/ARK-1813/E/Eb/L0050/0001
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Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
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Nasjonalarkivet
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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