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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 2026-10-27T16:05:30Z in 1.396 seconds.

Showing 10 of 55062 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Tungenes kystsignalstasjon
    id:
    SAST-A-101571
  2. name:
    Forsvaret, Sjøforsvarets overkommando/Signalskolen Sjøforsvarets sambandsskole
    id:
    RA-RAFA-5503
  3. name:
    Equipment - Signals
    id:
    0014
  4. name:
    Telegrams (Signals)
    id:
    0014
  5. name:
    Submarine Signals
    id:
    0005
  6. name:
    Code-Signals
    id:
    0008
  7. name:
    Royal School of Signals
    id:
    0002
  8. name:
    "Smoke Signals" norwegian
    id:
    0002
  9. name:
    Training - Signals (including Radar)
    id:
    0011
  10. name:
    IMCO. International Code of Signals
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
55062
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

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    1044fa50-a1f3-4d0a-9e56-521eb74a72c2
    name:
    Tungenes kystsignalstasjon
    id:
    SAST-A-101571
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101571
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1044fa50-a1f3-4d0a-9e56-521eb74a72c2
  2. urn:
    da9bb8df-9a9e-4804-84ac-ac609fddcfc2
    name:
    Forsvaret, Sjøforsvarets overkommando/Signalskolen Sjøforsvarets sambandsskole
    id:
    RA-RAFA-5503
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-5503
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/da9bb8df-9a9e-4804-84ac-ac609fddcfc2
  3. urn:
    7903a23c-7b3e-407a-aae1-5e15a4664b45
    name:
    Equipment - Signals
    id:
    0014
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-4411/D/L0001/0014
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7903a23c-7b3e-407a-aae1-5e15a4664b45
  4. urn:
    ed157341-e93b-4951-a834-d51dbc520c90
    name:
    Telegrams (Signals)
    id:
    0014
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-4411/D/L0002/0014
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ed157341-e93b-4951-a834-d51dbc520c90
  5. urn:
    7dfbf059-0b5b-42ee-b75c-e731880dccd0
    name:
    Submarine Signals
    id:
    0005
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1711/2/D/Da/L0223/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7dfbf059-0b5b-42ee-b75c-e731880dccd0
  6. urn:
    d40686b9-6a70-47a6-a085-6979344055d8
    name:
    Code-Signals
    id:
    0008
    path:
    AV/RA-S-2131/D/Db/L0093/0008
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d40686b9-6a70-47a6-a085-6979344055d8
  7. urn:
    ad6a9ee5-ee82-4e5b-8b80-50b5bd230e30
    name:
    Royal School of Signals
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-6539/F/Fa/L0142/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ad6a9ee5-ee82-4e5b-8b80-50b5bd230e30
  8. urn:
    cc4ccf93-778f-4fb5-883c-5b08c593f7f4
    name:
    "Smoke Signals" norwegian
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102445/U/Uf/L0003/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cc4ccf93-778f-4fb5-883c-5b08c593f7f4
  9. urn:
    e5ac1450-3b10-416e-8087-c86212dd2cec
    name:
    Training - Signals (including Radar)
    id:
    0011
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-4411/D/L0003/0011
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e5ac1450-3b10-416e-8087-c86212dd2cec
  10. urn:
    b9593833-1fdb-4400-91ad-b59f4be11bb7
    name:
    IMCO. International Code of Signals
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1409/2/E/Ea/L0129/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b9593833-1fdb-4400-91ad-b59f4be11bb7
  11. urn:
    1d9e52b1-9fea-4b9f-93e0-51c47ea3efae
    name:
    M05 various non 1/S signals
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102320/01/E/Ec/Ecd/L0047/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1d9e52b1-9fea-4b9f-93e0-51c47ea3efae
  12. urn:
    4bec647a-a795-4e47-a8da-7fd24f9897f6
    name:
    "Distress signals" - 16mm filmrull
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102587/4/E/Ea/L0018/0003
    unit_type:
    FILM
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4bec647a-a795-4e47-a8da-7fd24f9897f6
  13. urn:
    0ddc45d6-535e-4021-967e-6ce9d8cf06e8
    name:
    List of Lights and Fog-Signals, Newfoundland
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1685/Y/L0003/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0ddc45d6-535e-4021-967e-6ce9d8cf06e8
  14. urn:
    72c66cfb-7476-41dd-baf9-61f7eb8c2ff6
    name:
    2050/Org - Alarm Signals. Policy (1940).
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-3974/E/Ed/L0016/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/72c66cfb-7476-41dd-baf9-61f7eb8c2ff6
  15. urn:
    677f6b9c-084c-4ac5-96ff-842d2e5df919
    name:
    H3A1 Intern. Code of Signals Committee, London
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1724/1/D/Da/L0156/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/677f6b9c-084c-4ac5-96ff-842d2e5df919
  16. urn:
    af78376c-a627-476a-98fd-a2ccc9e9f279
    name:
    423.1 - Navigational aids and warning signals
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102405/03/D/Db/L0009/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/af78376c-a627-476a-98fd-a2ccc9e9f279
  17. urn:
    5e9b77c1-b1b6-478d-b5b9-12c5cebb5053
    name:
    Brief Survey. Signals Infrastructure Situation - Norway. Datert 23.08.1953 (?).
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2975/D/Da/L0003/0004/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5e9b77c1-b1b6-478d-b5b9-12c5cebb5053
  18. urn:
    be19363e-498b-41be-b902-c3075285e09d
    name:
    Special Signals (Kom) (1946) om norsk deltagelse i britiske kommunik.kurs)
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-3880/F/Fa/L0005/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/be19363e-498b-41be-b902-c3075285e09d
  19. urn:
    436cb3e1-b06a-4626-901a-30ab7634cbbe
    name:
    20 22/6 17/46 Haakon VII frihetsmedalje til chief Yeoman of signals Bernard Rayner
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AV/RA-S-1724/1/D/Da/L0551/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/436cb3e1-b06a-4626-901a-30ab7634cbbe
  20. urn:
    8c6eeefb-5de0-4150-ab73-4859c244544a
    name:
    Skipspapirer brigg "Erin", korrespondanse Crawfurd, bøker: Lights-tides, Fog signals.
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AAMA/DA-1001/Y/L0002/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8c6eeefb-5de0-4150-ab73-4859c244544a
  21. urn:
    2e2bd50d-0205-424a-b49a-0c4dfb0cfc4f
    name:
    Ford, John K.B. & Fisher H. Dean - Underwater acoustic signals of the narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0009/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2e2bd50d-0205-424a-b49a-0c4dfb0cfc4f
  22. urn:
    659d42ec-8ac1-4fd6-b283-8629610d5c32
    name:
    Ljungblad, Donald K., Leatherwood, Stephen & Johnson, Richard A. - Echolocation signals of wild Pacific Bottlenosed dolphins.
    id:
    0023
    path:
    AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0012/0023
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/659d42ec-8ac1-4fd6-b283-8629610d5c32
  23. urn:
    b5330d80-db29-427e-a51a-bd521bd268a8
    name:
    Fysiske rapporter. Samband. Flyplass. Krigshvk.. Drivstoff. Marineanlegg. Radar. Scatter. Raketter. SACLANT Signals. SH-SIG-44
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2355/4/D/Db/L0247/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b5330d80-db29-427e-a51a-bd521bd268a8
  24. urn:
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    name:
    Fysiske rapporter. Samband. Flyplass. Krigshvk.. Drivstoff. Marineanlegg. Radar. Scatter. Raketter. SACLANT Signals. SH-SIG-44. (deler i FD)
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2355/2/D/L0247/0002
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    MAPPE
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  25. urn:
    c00c8931-7b28-4408-b7eb-624ba1d23f20
    name:
    Befalsordningen I Luftforsvaret. Casuality signals for 1944. Airfield Centralised Service Organizatiom. Oppsettingsplan for Echelon. Gudstjeneste 9.4.1945. Tysk propaganda 1944-1945
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-2004/F/L0002/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c00c8931-7b28-4408-b7eb-624ba1d23f20
limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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