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 2026-10-17T18:44:57Z in 0.675 seconds.

Showing 10 of 55107 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Nesbyen postkontor
    id:
    SAKO-A-87
  2. name:
    Nesbyen brannvern
    id:
    A-1323
  3. name:
    Nesbyen bridgeklubb
    id:
    A-1324
  4. name:
    Nesbyen indremisjonsforening
    id:
    A-1325
  5. name:
    Nesbyen handel og kontor
    id:
    ARK-1958
  6. name:
    Tuberkuloseforeningen Samhold Nesbyen
    id:
    A-1344
  7. name:
    Nesbyen - DEFA, Elektro Mekanisk Fabrikk
    id:
    0008
  8. name:
    Nesbyen Center
    id:
    0003
  9. name:
    Nesbyen postkontor
    id:
    AS-0638_01
  10. name:
    Nesbyen II
    id:
    L0228
Show all fields in HTML
total:
55107
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    67c708b8-5600-4b01-938c-729aa1b852ff
    name:
    Nesbyen postkontor
    id:
    SAKO-A-87
    path:
    AV/SAKO-A-87
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/67c708b8-5600-4b01-938c-729aa1b852ff
  2. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003659
    name:
    Nesbyen brannvern
    id:
    A-1323
    path:
    BU/A-1323
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003659
  3. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003660
    name:
    Nesbyen bridgeklubb
    id:
    A-1324
    path:
    BU/A-1324
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003660
  4. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003661
    name:
    Nesbyen indremisjonsforening
    id:
    A-1325
    path:
    BU/A-1325
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003661
  5. urn:
    142d9759-56fd-4f79-b788-570d5fd13d7f
    name:
    Nesbyen handel og kontor
    id:
    ARK-1958
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1958
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/142d9759-56fd-4f79-b788-570d5fd13d7f
  6. urn:
    no-BU_arkiv_000000003669
    name:
    Tuberkuloseforeningen Samhold Nesbyen
    id:
    A-1344
    path:
    BU/A-1344
    unit_type:
    Arkiv
    institution:
    Privatarkiv i Buskerud
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BU_arkiv_000000003669
  7. urn:
    e3cf684b-6522-40fc-8880-a311e604dfd1
    name:
    Nesbyen - DEFA, Elektro Mekanisk Fabrikk
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0239/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e3cf684b-6522-40fc-8880-a311e604dfd1
  8. urn:
    547c5a1b-cb7d-454b-aa4f-8dda0015a935
    name:
    Nesbyen Center
    id:
    0003
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0025/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/547c5a1b-cb7d-454b-aa4f-8dda0015a935
  9. urn:
    a241be6c-beb2-4bd7-aed9-e36a24b7b3c6
    name:
    Nesbyen postkontor
    id:
    AS-0638_01
    path:
    AV/AS-0638_01
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    NORGE
    digitized_documents:
    0
    history:
    Nes poståpneri ble opprettet ved kgl. res. 26.08. 1836. I 1917 endret nes navn til Nesbyen poståpneri (sirkulære nr. 26 22.06. 1917). Poståpneriet ble omgjort til postkontor i 1919 (sirkulære nr. 55 09.10.1919). Nesbyen postkontor ble postkontor B i 1981 (sirkulære nr. 19 25.05. 1981). Nesbyen postk...
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a241be6c-beb2-4bd7-aed9-e36a24b7b3c6
  10. urn:
    e72ed776-39d1-4af8-9544-68da7cf1d5f0
    name:
    Nesbyen II
    id:
    L0228
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1570/G/Gc/L0228
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e72ed776-39d1-4af8-9544-68da7cf1d5f0
  11. urn:
    bebd88ff-7b4e-4b53-bbf6-ba564f40aa70
    name:
    Nesbyen - Skoglund
    id:
    L0229
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1570/G/Gc/L0229
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bebd88ff-7b4e-4b53-bbf6-ba564f40aa70
  12. urn:
    37def44e-dd61-4b74-98b1-2cacf656471c
    name:
    Reguleringssaker, Nesbyen Øst
    id:
    0003
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0012/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/37def44e-dd61-4b74-98b1-2cacf656471c
  13. urn:
    22858e32-4cde-45e2-ba71-adef4bc1c89e
    name:
    Nesbyen barneskole
    id:
    0616231.08-1
    path:
    IKAK/0616231.08-1
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/22858e32-4cde-45e2-ba71-adef4bc1c89e
  14. urn:
    00c70ad8-1b8d-4302-9590-f7a8dff3560c
    name:
    Diverse søknader om stønad, idrettsarbeid, reguleringssaker, Realskolevegen og kartlegging i Nesbyen
    id:
    0002
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dc/L0006/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/00c70ad8-1b8d-4302-9590-f7a8dff3560c
  15. urn:
    f027d1c6-4a43-4d35-ab01-d12c0bfb66ed
    name:
    Reguleringssaker, Nesbyen Øst
    id:
    0002
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0012/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f027d1c6-4a43-4d35-ab01-d12c0bfb66ed
  16. urn:
    31a0d52f-2e22-4358-92ea-85bb8bd60235
    name:
    Bygningssaker; klager over vedtak og gebyrfastsetting, Nesbyen auto
    id:
    0001
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0012/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/31a0d52f-2e22-4358-92ea-85bb8bd60235
  17. urn:
    f019bf60-b908-4a2e-a2fd-d9514956202a
    name:
    Reguleringssaker, Nesbyen Øst
    id:
    0001
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0013/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f019bf60-b908-4a2e-a2fd-d9514956202a
  18. urn:
    92e85cab-b0d8-4ae7-92a5-757aa4127c73
    name:
    Bakke, Ola A._Litt om lokale steds- og gårdsnavn rundt Nesbyen og deres opprinnelse.
    id:
    0039
    path:
    SPR/A-0003/L/L0068/0039
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Språksamlingane Universitetsbiblioteket, UIB
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/92e85cab-b0d8-4ae7-92a5-757aa4127c73
  19. urn:
    201f5cd0-a516-4e5c-b204-c0f050c719b9
    name:
    Myhren, Magne_Nes eller Nesbyen
    id:
    0015
    path:
    SPR/A-0003/L/L0051/0015
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Språksamlingane Universitetsbiblioteket, UIB
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/201f5cd0-a516-4e5c-b204-c0f050c719b9
  20. urn:
    09f54f0c-49b8-4fe7-ad1f-f44eda50cd31
    name:
    Innlån fram til 1968, Nesbyen vannverk og ungdomskule
    id:
    0001
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0029/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/09f54f0c-49b8-4fe7-ad1f-f44eda50cd31
  21. urn:
    f65e1a67-c98d-4b56-acff-7ffc5dbd8069
    name:
    Hallingmarken og Nesbyen turistkontor
    id:
    0001
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0019/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f65e1a67-c98d-4b56-acff-7ffc5dbd8069
  22. urn:
    74c40601-d1c3-4a68-b8be-b6078ee6d05b
    name:
    Lien jordbruksskole, Ål folkehøgskole, Rukkedalen skole, Nesbyen skole og rundskriv og bestemmelser
    id:
    0003
    path:
    IKAK/0616021-1/D/Dd/L0009/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/74c40601-d1c3-4a68-b8be-b6078ee6d05b
  23. urn:
    5cb1ad74-939a-4d15-a389-e6d2e4c1d4d5
    name:
    Nesbyen videregående skole
    id:
    0600251.21
    path:
    IKAK/0600251.21
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    IKA Kongsberg
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5cb1ad74-939a-4d15-a389-e6d2e4c1d4d5
  24. urn:
    eeca0bd0-6eb1-4af7-ab9e-1b5843352d92
    name:
    Nesbyen Trevarefabrikk - Nesbyen
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2991/F/Fa/L0123/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eeca0bd0-6eb1-4af7-ab9e-1b5843352d92
  25. urn:
    106e6f70-999b-43b2-b888-4c43e77b3d7a
    name:
    Nesbyen - Nesbyen Mekaniske Verksted
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAB/ARK-1659/E/L0044/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/106e6f70-999b-43b2-b888-4c43e77b3d7a
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.