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 2026-10-31T04:24:17Z in 4.934 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58417 results in compact format.

name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
RA-S-5859
name:
341 - 348 M$ullers Rederi, Victor
id:
0002
name:
Ullersmoveien 44. Ullersmo vestre. Holms hotell
id:
0040
name:
Kartnr. 2344 Ullensaker - Adkomst til boligområder ved Ullersmo L.F. fra Ullersmovegen
id:
0022
name:
Ullersmo
id:
L0047
name:
Ullersmo
id:
L0048
name:
Ullershov
id:
0039
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
S-4F-16102
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
L0010
name:
Menn: Ullersmo - Å
id:
L0036

Show all fields in HTML

total:

58417

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
c9a2009c-2b2c-48dd-a258-0f6a04c32982
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
RA-S-5859
path:
AV/RA-S-5859
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c9a2009c-2b2c-48dd-a258-0f6a04c32982
urn:
83e03dac-ec10-48d1-8d51-fa1b6df9e326
name:
341 - 348 M$ullers Rederi, Victor
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-2154/Fc/L0012/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/83e03dac-ec10-48d1-8d51-fa1b6df9e326
urn:
128224bb-4ddb-4760-8665-3cb16696aa6e
name:
Ullersmoveien 44. Ullersmo vestre. Holms hotell
id:
0040
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db02/0035/0040
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/128224bb-4ddb-4760-8665-3cb16696aa6e
urn:
0f958621-ff94-4434-9ea0-5aae6563ea06
name:
Kartnr. 2344 Ullensaker - Adkomst til boligområder ved Ullersmo L.F. fra Ullersmovegen
id:
0022
path:
AV/RA-EA-4198/F/Fa/L0093/0022
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0f958621-ff94-4434-9ea0-5aae6563ea06
urn:
cdf9b37d-7516-4027-86fc-8f1e1d4f6e2e
name:
Ullersmo
id:
L0047
path:
AV/RA-PA-2021/E/Ea/L0047
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/cdf9b37d-7516-4027-86fc-8f1e1d4f6e2e
urn:
88b70d24-9bc4-41d0-9948-21928e792b28
name:
Ullersmo
id:
L0048
path:
AV/RA-PA-2021/E/Ea/L0048
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/88b70d24-9bc4-41d0-9948-21928e792b28
urn:
1e13fbf7-f95f-426c-89e6-c5af33ef2f0c
name:
Ullershov
id:
0039
path:
AV/RA-S-6224/D/Db/Db02/0037/0039
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e13fbf7-f95f-426c-89e6-c5af33ef2f0c
urn:
d2d707c5-c0d9-48bf-9021-72ed755900a3
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
S-4F-16102
path:
AV/S-4F-16102
unit_type:
Business
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
Utover på 1940-tallet ble Botsfengselet i Oslo etter hvert mindre egnet som landsfengsel. Bygningen var gamle og tilfredsstilte i liten grad kravene til moderne fengselsdrift. Etter at Akershus landsfengsel på Akershus festning ble nedlagt i juni 1950, var Botsfengslet det eneste gjenværende landsfe...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d2d707c5-c0d9-48bf-9021-72ed755900a3
urn:
c0ad9165-0dd5-4468-bf22-d4ade836c860
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
L0010
path:
AV/RA-S-1043_1/I/L0010
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c0ad9165-0dd5-4468-bf22-d4ade836c860
urn:
92853e11-8788-4353-8280-0f965019f6d9
name:
Menn: Ullersmo - Å
id:
L0036
path:
AV/SAKO-A-200/E/Ea/L0036
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/92853e11-8788-4353-8280-0f965019f6d9
urn:
f1ec2654-2645-4029-921c-b6821127dadf
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
0001
path:
AAB/ARK-2984/D/De/L0045/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Arbeiderbevegelsens arkiv og bibliotek
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f1ec2654-2645-4029-921c-b6821127dadf
urn:
0b9cb3ec-e8f3-4cbe-85e6-83f71923ae59
name:
Ullersmo Landsfengsel
id:
0016
path:
AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01a/L0081/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0b9cb3ec-e8f3-4cbe-85e6-83f71923ae59
urn:
8ad3765b-c7bc-4d3a-9625-13c566ea6cc9
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
0030
path:
AAMA/PA-3150/U/U01/U01b/L0085/0030
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ad3765b-c7bc-4d3a-9625-13c566ea6cc9
urn:
fa48f6ee-91c2-4f1d-b5d0-4cd68aeb610a
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
0004
path:
AFK/0200040/D/Da/Daa/L0008/0004
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Akershus fylkeskommune
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fa48f6ee-91c2-4f1d-b5d0-4cd68aeb610a
urn:
3a872201-1ddb-4f8e-b360-004538d45bf5
name:
Fengselsbibliotek - Ullersmo
id:
0010
path:
AFK/0200056/D/Dc/L0024/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Akershus fylkeskommune
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3a872201-1ddb-4f8e-b360-004538d45bf5
urn:
4cb05aa5-0152-4231-9d1e-e2e1c78f69df
name:
Mullers legat
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-1493/D/Db/Dbe/L0801/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4cb05aa5-0152-4231-9d1e-e2e1c78f69df
urn:
523248d4-7c2f-4081-887d-064111a2ba1e
name:
Ullersmo Landsfengsel
id:
0008
path:
AV/RA-S-1542/D/Dd/L0172/0008
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/523248d4-7c2f-4081-887d-064111a2ba1e
urn:
2fbcba27-3e21-4530-a0ba-0482328a5268
name:
Ullersmo fengsel (48)
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-1577/D/Dg/L0022/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2fbcba27-3e21-4530-a0ba-0482328a5268
urn:
6482bae2-b2ad-4ae6-ac1e-4a555b757cea
name:
Ullersmo, Rolf
id:
0016
path:
AV/SAO-A-10621/P/Pa/L0002/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6482bae2-b2ad-4ae6-ac1e-4a555b757cea
urn:
bbd005bd-b8ab-4e57-8345-f266cdedb789
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAO-A-10987/E/L0033/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bbd005bd-b8ab-4e57-8345-f266cdedb789
urn:
76a6dfdd-3229-4d49-91e1-1d024844dcd9
name:
Ullensaker. Trafikkmaskin-Ullersmoveien
id:
L0453
path:
AFK/0200011/E/Ea/L0453
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Akershus fylkeskommune
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/76a6dfdd-3229-4d49-91e1-1d024844dcd9
urn:
4f7c580d-d4e7-4d2e-a121-8a579952eb88
name:
Forprosjekt. Reguleringsplaner. Ullersmo
id:
L0007
path:
AV/RA-S-1043_1/L/La/L0007
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4f7c580d-d4e7-4d2e-a121-8a579952eb88
urn:
8d69ea94-fe58-4e97-bbdb-71309e1383d2
name:
Endelig prosjekt. Ullersmo
id:
L0009
path:
AV/RA-S-1043_1/L/La/L0009
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8d69ea94-fe58-4e97-bbdb-71309e1383d2
urn:
8ee26e1b-450c-49f3-93f6-f711bc48137d
name:
Endelig prosjekt. Ullersmo
id:
L0010
path:
AV/RA-S-1043_1/L/La/L0010
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8ee26e1b-450c-49f3-93f6-f711bc48137d
urn:
50dfe43e-e9e1-4349-a598-c65a19655086
name:
Ullersmo landsfengsel. Plantegninger
id:
L0015
path:
AV/RA-S-1043_1/L/Lb/L0015
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/50dfe43e-e9e1-4349-a598-c65a19655086

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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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

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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.

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