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 2026-10-30T20:48:36Z in 3.143 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58724 results in compact format.

  1. name:
    Forsvaret, Norwegian Movement Control/UN's Protection Force
    id:
    RA-RAFA-3247
  2. name:
    Kasko og spesialforsikring: Ulykkesforsikring inkl. flyulykker 1948-., Protection & Indemnity; hyre og effekt. Skuld, Krigskasko1942-.
    id:
    L0579
  3. name:
    Rapport préparé pour la Table Ronde 1982 de San Remo: "La Protection des Journalisted Dans les Missions Professionnelles Perilleuses".
    id:
    0004
  4. name:
    Jetmen Protection AS
    id:
    0007
  5. name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Strålebeskyttelse, bekledning - rammeavtale. Scanrad Protection AS
    id:
    0004
  6. name:
    Artikkel: Decay measurements as a monitoring tool for cathodic protection of steel in concrete
    id:
    0005
  7. name:
    C4.25.21 - Corrosion Protection (82), C4.25.21.02 - Cathodic Protection (81), C4.25.21.01 - Painting (80)
    id:
    0003
  8. name:
    Norwegian Movement Control/ UN's Protection Force
    id:
    RAFA-4F-12554
  9. name:
    01.19.17.7 - Dropped Object Protection, 02.19.17.7 - Dropped Object Protection, C4.11.05 - Weight Control Report 6 December 1983
    id:
    0002
  10. name:
    C 51 area painting and fire protection, job number CWU9570
    id:
    0001
Show all fields in HTML
total:
58724
total_exact:
yes
returned:
25
page:
1
results:

25 results

  1. urn:
    5256b815-8fd3-459e-937d-d92859b4a554
    name:
    Forsvaret, Norwegian Movement Control/UN's Protection Force
    id:
    RA-RAFA-3247
    path:
    AV/RA-RAFA-3247
    unit_type:
    ARKIV
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5256b815-8fd3-459e-937d-d92859b4a554
  2. urn:
    527265be-facd-46e9-ab1e-404d5dc2e836
    name:
    Kasko og spesialforsikring: Ulykkesforsikring inkl. flyulykker 1948-., Protection & Indemnity; hyre og effekt. Skuld, Krigskasko1942-.
    id:
    L0579
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1728/D/Dc/L0579
    unit_type:
    STYKKE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/527265be-facd-46e9-ab1e-404d5dc2e836
  3. urn:
    a42f4da2-c61c-4365-abaf-b0549f8629f2
    name:
    Rapport préparé pour la Table Ronde 1982 de San Remo: "La Protection des Journalisted Dans les Missions Professionnelles Perilleuses".
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dd/L0501/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a42f4da2-c61c-4365-abaf-b0549f8629f2
  4. urn:
    0245f0dc-aa58-435e-907a-1d71cf671ff3
    name:
    Jetmen Protection AS
    id:
    0007
    path:
    AAMA/KA0900-121/D4/L0307/0007
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0245f0dc-aa58-435e-907a-1d71cf671ff3
  5. urn:
    1d44d55e-6ad2-4f14-a0c4-7a53dbf1461a
    name:
    Kontrakt og tilbud. Strålebeskyttelse, bekledning - rammeavtale. Scanrad Protection AS
    id:
    0004
    path:
    AV/SAT-A-1581/F/Fa/Fab/L0005/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1d44d55e-6ad2-4f14-a0c4-7a53dbf1461a
  6. urn:
    8bdb8c3d-fbc2-4be3-9478-7e7941d0394d
    name:
    Artikkel: Decay measurements as a monitoring tool for cathodic protection of steel in concrete
    id:
    0005
    path:
    UBIT/Tek-0059/I/L0012/0005
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8bdb8c3d-fbc2-4be3-9478-7e7941d0394d
  7. urn:
    06d90b4a-963d-419e-ae90-899c0310cc11
    name:
    C4.25.21 - Corrosion Protection (82), C4.25.21.02 - Cathodic Protection (81), C4.25.21.01 - Painting (80)
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0122/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/06d90b4a-963d-419e-ae90-899c0310cc11
  8. urn:
    f6ab508b-00ee-4163-833f-567d8bbb9e96
    name:
    Norwegian Movement Control/ UN's Protection Force
    id:
    RAFA-4F-12554
    path:
    AV/RAFA-4F-12554
    unit_type:
    Business
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6ab508b-00ee-4163-833f-567d8bbb9e96
  9. urn:
    d7000fef-b512-489c-b93c-e2f69fffcbcf
    name:
    01.19.17.7 - Dropped Object Protection, 02.19.17.7 - Dropped Object Protection, C4.11.05 - Weight Control Report 6 December 1983
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0399/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d7000fef-b512-489c-b93c-e2f69fffcbcf
  10. urn:
    b1af2c9c-36e8-4a8d-b3e8-4b630cf2d0a7
    name:
    C 51 area painting and fire protection, job number CWU9570
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101915/02/E/Ec/L0001/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b1af2c9c-36e8-4a8d-b3e8-4b630cf2d0a7
  11. urn:
    380a5ed5-840d-44d1-9e98-ef1db99f97d2
    name:
    C6.54.16.00 - 08.003(D) Contractual. Alfsen & Gunderson AS (Much BOMEK AS (Bodø Mekaniske Verksted)), Ukjent - 08.003(E) Contractual BOMEK AS (Bodø Mekaniske Verksted) Surface Preparation and Protection Coat
    id:
    0001
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0575/0001
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/380a5ed5-840d-44d1-9e98-ef1db99f97d2
  12. urn:
    6964bc39-4592-429a-9b37-8a50e057fef3
    name:
    867.0: Corrocean - Design for offshore cathodic protection systems. 867.1: Marintek - Computer program for flexible riser analysis - Riflex. 867.2: Seatex AS - Safety in drilling SID project proposal
    id:
    0003
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-101915/01/D/Db/Dbg/Dbgb/L0104/0003
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6964bc39-4592-429a-9b37-8a50e057fef3
  13. urn:
    31770d25-3ece-410a-9c9b-61c5bfb35b6d
    name:
    Engelsk versjon av rapport 2/94: Environmental Protection in the International and National Market. An evaluation of the possibilities and limitations with special emphasis on the EU's policies towards market directed environmental protection
    id:
    0006
    path:
    AV/RA-PA-0641/2/X/Xd/L0003/0006
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    country:
    norge
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/31770d25-3ece-410a-9c9b-61c5bfb35b6d
  14. urn:
    68d69337-0354-49d6-9fd0-06f46c1a9e42
    name:
    Ukjent - Group 1. General Specifications Modules 1 (Dual Agent Hose Reels, Fire Protection, Accidental Loads, Hoists, Hatch Covers, Preservation and Protection of Equipment, Packaging, Acoustic Insulation, Piping Standards & Procedures Manual etc.) 1 av 2
    id:
    0001
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    AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0532/0001
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/68d69337-0354-49d6-9fd0-06f46c1a9e42
  15. urn:
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    Ukjent - Group 1. General Specifications Modules 1 (Dual Agent Hose Reels, Fire Protection, Accidental Loads, Hoists, Hatch Covers, Preservation and Protection of Equipment, Packaging, Acoustic Insulation, Piping Standards & Procedures Manual etc.) 2 av 2
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0532/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
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    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6325de9-c221-4d8d-a36a-e629e539c4b8
  16. urn:
    91f83710-a0bf-4797-8c5f-707db44963ac
    name:
    Wire protection
    id:
    0002
    path:
    AAMA/PA-2810/F/F01/L0019/0002
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/91f83710-a0bf-4797-8c5f-707db44963ac
  17. urn:
    3db54d5b-e4fd-4d53-a697-a0f719107e00
    name:
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    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fe/Feb/L0002/0064
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3db54d5b-e4fd-4d53-a697-a0f719107e00
  18. urn:
    0721d5dc-cf1b-47ea-b40e-f440798f33ca
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    AV/RA-S-1605/2/D/Db/Dbd/L0044/0001
    unit_type:
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    Nasjonalarkivet
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0721d5dc-cf1b-47ea-b40e-f440798f33ca
  19. urn:
    1e943ef8-5367-45ca-b6c3-f5acd4c58637
    name:
    Maritime Protection A/S
    id:
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    path:
    AV/RA-S-1605/2/D/Db/Dbd/L0083/0004
    unit_type:
    MAPPE
    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1e943ef8-5367-45ca-b6c3-f5acd4c58637
  20. urn:
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    name:
    Maritime Protection A/S
    id:
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    AV/RA-S-1605/2/D/Db/Dbe/L0016/0001
    unit_type:
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    institution:
    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
    0
    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ec9e36fb-d6b0-4f2a-9d81-9a4203f9059c
  21. urn:
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    name:
    Maritime Protection A/S
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    path:
    AV/RA-S-1605/2/E/Ea/Eac/L0004/0003
    unit_type:
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    Nasjonalarkivet
    digitized_documents:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8a7f5d72-39a5-4efc-879b-9d5825ea1eef
  22. urn:
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    0001
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    link:
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  23. urn:
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    unit_type:
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    link:
    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9c640e76-dec5-4530-b16a-a393fff0f5e4
  24. urn:
    595b3ba7-572c-48a8-9abb-8263e9babbf4
    name:
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    https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/595b3ba7-572c-48a8-9abb-8263e9babbf4
  25. urn:
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    name:
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    0003
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    unit_type:
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    link:
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limit:
25
offset:
0
has_more_results:
yes
next_offset:
25
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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

  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.

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