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.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`query`	required	string	Free-text search, e.g. an organisation, topic or place.
`limit`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1-100 (default 25). Unit: items.
`page`	optional	integer	Page number, 1-based (default 1).
`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&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.

Result

Source: National Archives of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-15T06:16:16Z in 1.516 seconds.

Showing 10 of 6441 results in compact format.

name:
Pa 1740 - Amoco Norway Oil Company
id:
SAST-A-102405
name:
Pa 1761 - Statoil Fuel and Retail Norge AS
id:
SAST-A-102445
name:
Esso Norway AS (ENAS) - Retail strategy back-ups
id:
0003
name:
Esso Norway AS (ENAS) - Retail strategy back-ups
id:
0004
name:
Statoil Fuel and Retail AS
id:
A-102551
name:
Norway team travel – dykker prosjekt
id:
0010
name:
Travel in Norway spesialutgåve nordisk tidende
id:
0016
name:
Diverse sertifikater B & N Line, Norway Travel, Bergen Steamship Company m.m.
id:
L0004
name:
Retail strategy 98
id:
L0050
name:
Pa 1612 - Gulf Gas (Norway) AS
id:
SAST-A-102173

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total:

6441

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
3f4129b5-ac57-4ac2-8941-568ea3a4cf0b
name:
Pa 1740 - Amoco Norway Oil Company
id:
SAST-A-102405
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3f4129b5-ac57-4ac2-8941-568ea3a4cf0b
urn:
4d496582-85ab-45a1-948a-d2d3925d257f
name:
Pa 1761 - Statoil Fuel and Retail Norge AS
id:
SAST-A-102445
path:
AV/SAST-A-102445
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4d496582-85ab-45a1-948a-d2d3925d257f
urn:
23549750-e0f4-4246-8049-492ae068feba
name:
Esso Norway AS (ENAS) - Retail strategy back-ups
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAST-A-100448/E/Ea/L0047/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/23549750-e0f4-4246-8049-492ae068feba
urn:
241802a0-8638-42e1-b436-3d4c7c42f57d
name:
Esso Norway AS (ENAS) - Retail strategy back-ups
id:
0004
path:
AV/SAST-A-100448/E/Ea/L0047/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/241802a0-8638-42e1-b436-3d4c7c42f57d
urn:
27fdd931-2cee-4884-90b5-e75b0bc47e02
name:
Statoil Fuel and Retail AS
id:
A-102551
path:
AV/A-102551
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Statoil Fuel and Retail AS ble etablert under navnet Statoil Energy and Retail AS 18. mai 2010. Da som et separat forretningsområde i Statoil gruppen. Selskapet ble børsnotert 22. oktober 2010. Selskapet Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. kjøpte selskapet den 19. juni 2012 og tok selskapet av børs. Selsk...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/27fdd931-2cee-4884-90b5-e75b0bc47e02
urn:
675169d5-37a8-4eb3-a987-4ccebbaab0de
name:
Norway team travel – dykker prosjekt
id:
0010
path:
AAMA/KA0900-121/D5/L0101/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/675169d5-37a8-4eb3-a987-4ccebbaab0de
urn:
ab8ad7bd-f4f7-4d44-a220-a4af8a15ee1c
name:
Travel in Norway spesialutgåve nordisk tidende
id:
0016
path:
VLFK/K-10799/D/Da/L0017/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ab8ad7bd-f4f7-4d44-a220-a4af8a15ee1c
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000002231760
name:
Diverse sertifikater B & N Line, Norway Travel, Bergen Steamship Company m.m.
id:
L0004
path:
BBA/A-6215/M/L0004
unit_type:
Stykke
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000002231760
urn:
dfcae292-4e2c-40a1-9c1c-fe2bada93f6d
name:
Retail strategy 98
id:
L0050
path:
AV/SAST-A-100448/E/Ea/L0050
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dfcae292-4e2c-40a1-9c1c-fe2bada93f6d
urn:
191d8b67-61ca-4476-be15-c81172acd735
name:
Pa 1612 - Gulf Gas (Norway) AS
id:
SAST-A-102173
path:
AV/SAST-A-102173
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/191d8b67-61ca-4476-be15-c81172acd735
urn:
fbd3938b-b95f-4613-adb3-326f18dbcc9f
name:
Air Norway AS (Ørland)
id:
PA-6761
path:
TIKA/PA-6761
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
IKA Trøndelag
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fbd3938b-b95f-4613-adb3-326f18dbcc9f
urn:
5dbf7a3c-12c3-4904-be81-01bf2ab8f895
name:
Meeting of the Retail Coordination Committee (RCC)
id:
Ac
path:
AV/SAST-A-101656/0004/A/Ac
unit_type:
SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5dbf7a3c-12c3-4904-be81-01bf2ab8f895
urn:
1f4583f0-48c8-457e-b045-54f6b147d23c
name:
Pa 1546 - Esso Norway Incorporated
id:
SAST-A-101973
path:
AV/SAST-A-101973
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1f4583f0-48c8-457e-b045-54f6b147d23c
urn:
a57a5049-6022-4a65-ad0e-57081570c9e8
name:
Riksgalleriet. The Travelling Art Gallery of Norway. 1958. 16s, ill.
id:
0003
path:
NMFK/KIM-1001/X/Xd/L0003/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a57a5049-6022-4a65-ad0e-57081570c9e8
urn:
99e4da2e-6ffc-469e-9fb0-529ebf959d05
name:
American Relief for Norway, Inc.
id:
RA-S-2072
path:
AV/RA-S-2072
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/99e4da2e-6ffc-469e-9fb0-529ebf959d05
urn:
fe7f010b-0b6c-43f6-8b6c-fc1e8b8dc828
name:
Pa 1744 - Mobil Development Norway A/S
id:
SAST-A-102411
path:
AV/SAST-A-102411
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fe7f010b-0b6c-43f6-8b6c-fc1e8b8dc828
urn:
ae5560b0-4159-4573-81ca-e20bde6484a3
name:
1-C1.74.05.08.01 - Travel Time-Coding/Schools in Norway/ Families, C1/C2/C0 - Diverse dokumenter: Work Permits/Working Hours/Expatriate Tax/Lodging/Document Distribution/Manpower Approval Request/ Typewriter Correction/Home Office/Material Expediting/Data
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0356/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ae5560b0-4159-4573-81ca-e20bde6484a3
urn:
5a9dd3f3-a7cd-48b3-a448-7f9251af3324
name:
North Sea Norway - Drilling and development, drilling equipment, Odeco Ocean Traveler
id:
0006
path:
AV/SAST-A-101917/E/Ec/L0003/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5a9dd3f3-a7cd-48b3-a448-7f9251af3324
urn:
c325a061-7e26-4390-9d56-81e95b9c3aad
name:
Pa 1602 - Mobil Exploration Norway Inc. Onshore Personalforening (MOP)
id:
SAST-A-102149
path:
AV/SAST-A-102149
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c325a061-7e26-4390-9d56-81e95b9c3aad
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000146921
name:
Pa 1574 - Rocks of Norway AS
id:
A-2849
path:
VEMU/A-2849
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000146921
urn:
7d414f97-0c3f-49ab-b359-6435d92953d8
name:
Pa 1512 - Esso Exploration and Production Norway Inc.
id:
SAST-A-101917
path:
AV/SAST-A-101917
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ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7d414f97-0c3f-49ab-b359-6435d92953d8
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c1c13a38-2132-44a1-a8af-137fbdcde795
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Pa 1578 - Mobil Exploration Norway Incorporated
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SAST-A-102024
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AV/SAST-A-102024
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ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c1c13a38-2132-44a1-a8af-137fbdcde795
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no-BBA_arkiv000000561819
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Kingsmen of Norway A/S
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A-1398
path:
BBA/A-1398
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Arkiv
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Bergen byarkiv
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000000561819
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101965a7-a1eb-44e4-9573-f1f27d7364bc
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BATCO (Norway) Ltd
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RA-PA-1084
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AV/RA-PA-1084
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ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/101965a7-a1eb-44e4-9573-f1f27d7364bc
urn:
8cc5b14c-7706-4e77-b635-f9bf1956b824
name:
Afrikan Youth in Norway
id:
A-70330
path:
OBA/A-70330
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8cc5b14c-7706-4e77-b635-f9bf1956b824

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has_more_results:

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next_offset:

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