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; 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&offset=0

Replace {query}, {limit} 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&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. Through this API: default 25, maximum 100.
`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&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&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&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 2026-11-03T03:06:17Z in 1.441 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58980 results in compact format.

name:
Veninnegjengen - RARIHÅ
id:
A-08-119
name:
Fengsler, forskjellig proveniens
id:
SAO-A-11300
name:
Barneasyl - ukjent proveniens
id:
A-50233
name:
Pa 74 - Schavenius, P. C. enke. Kjøpmann
id:
A-1090
name:
Tiller kommune. Kvenildskogens kloakkselskap
id:
A-1377
name:
Beslaglagt NS-materiale med blandet proveniens
id:
RA-PA-1987
name:
Fotoarkivet etter Henrik Govenius Melsom
id:
FA-1067
name:
Avtale med Veni AS
id:
0001
name:
Veni, A/S
id:
0010
name:
Veni
id:
0002

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total:

58980

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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bfc7cb37-d5fc-4edb-a85d-39f8ad20da6f
name:
Veninnegjengen - RARIHÅ
id:
A-08-119
path:
AIN/A-08-119
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bfc7cb37-d5fc-4edb-a85d-39f8ad20da6f
urn:
aedcd9e5-ed38-4c31-b64c-7f31414aed64
name:
Fengsler, forskjellig proveniens
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SAO-A-11300
path:
AV/SAO-A-11300
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ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
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urn:
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name:
Barneasyl - ukjent proveniens
id:
A-50233
path:
OBA/A-50233
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3fd95241-079e-480a-bb9b-d6256da41fe5
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000013023
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Pa 74 - Schavenius, P. C. enke. Kjøpmann
id:
A-1090
path:
VEMU/A-1090
unit_type:
Arkiv
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Vestfoldarkivet
country:
norge
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000013023
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1ce50958-bf75-4dde-8aab-6cfb04c92bb3
name:
Tiller kommune. Kvenildskogens kloakkselskap
id:
A-1377
path:
TRKO/A-1377
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Trondheim byarkiv
country:
norge
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/1ce50958-bf75-4dde-8aab-6cfb04c92bb3
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58483c68-68c8-4f2a-a08c-7e5c3e0eb4fa
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Beslaglagt NS-materiale med blandet proveniens
id:
RA-PA-1987
path:
AV/RA-PA-1987
unit_type:
ARKIV
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/58483c68-68c8-4f2a-a08c-7e5c3e0eb4fa
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000168299
name:
Fotoarkivet etter Henrik Govenius Melsom
id:
FA-1067
path:
VEMU/FA-1067
unit_type:
Arkiv
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Vestfoldarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000168299
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8e6e3030-f9a5-464e-903c-5665e7cd536f
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Avtale med Veni AS
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0001
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AV/SAST-A-102445/E/Ec/L0055/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/8e6e3030-f9a5-464e-903c-5665e7cd536f
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Veni, A/S
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0010
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AV/RA-PA-1071/F/Fg/L0077/0010
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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AV/RA-S-2081/G/Gg/L0280/0002
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MAPPE
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MAPPE
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Veni
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MAPPE
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fal/L0479/0021
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MAPPE
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Veni
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Veni
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0010
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fan/L0532/0010
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b2dc7fa4-514c-45c6-b12d-6580c4a443f0
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Veni
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AV/RA-S-2120/Fba/L0412/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/dd167965-609d-43b7-b364-e98f207d2d79
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Veni
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0001
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AV/RA-S-2122/Fb/L1194/0001
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Veni
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Veni
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Nasjonalarkivet
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