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 2026-10-18T16:06:41Z in 1.881 seconds.

Showing 10 of 1879 results in compact format.

name:
Pa 795 - Kaldnes Heavy Lift Truck
id:
A-1917
name:
Gravemaskin og lift
id:
0018
name:
Pa 797 - Bulklift AS
id:
A-1919
name:
Ankenes kommune.Tilsynsnemnd Elvemarken skolekrets
id:
K-18550.530.11
name:
Kaldnes Heavy Lift Truck
id:
Akt-1917
name:
Balder - rapport: Artificial lift, volume 1 Gas lift
id:
L0058
name:
Ukjent - Sea Water Lift, Ukjent - Sea Water Lift C+D. System 57, Ukjent - 57.0 Sea Water Inlet Piping
id:
0003
name:
AG Lift AS
id:
0001
name:
Bo Ro Lift
id:
0003
name:
Menn: Lift - Ni
id:
L0006

Show all fields in HTML

total:

1879

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000030847
name:
Pa 795 - Kaldnes Heavy Lift Truck
id:
A-1917
path:
VEMU/A-1917
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000030847
urn:
4ca95210-6763-4639-ac6c-c0ca1d4b85e1
name:
Gravemaskin og lift
id:
0018
path:
AV/RA-PA-1307/F/Fe/0018
unit_type:
FOTOSERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4ca95210-6763-4639-ac6c-c0ca1d4b85e1
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000030849
name:
Pa 797 - Bulklift AS
id:
A-1919
path:
VEMU/A-1919
unit_type:
Arkiv
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000030849
urn:
2ab87d90-a95c-4d73-b157-053f826e1fa4
name:
Ankenes kommune.Tilsynsnemnd Elvemarken skolekrets
id:
K-18550.530.11
path:
AIN/K-18550.530.11
unit_type:
ARKIV
institution:
Arkiv i Nordland
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2ab87d90-a95c-4d73-b157-053f826e1fa4
urn:
no-VEMU_arkiv_000000031320
name:
Kaldnes Heavy Lift Truck
id:
Akt-1917
path:
VEMU/Akt-1917
unit_type:
Virksomhet
institution:
Vestfoldarkivet
country:
NORGE
digitized_documents:
0
history:
I 1978 kjøpte Kaldnes Mekansike Verksted AS rettighetene til å produsere gaffeltrucker fra Hegg Bruk A/S. Virksomheten ble etter hvert organisert i et eget datterselskap, Kaldnes Heavy Lift Trucks AS. Det ble utviklet en 16 tonns truck, som senere ble videreutviklet til nye versjoner opp til hele 52...
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-VEMU_arkiv_000000031320
urn:
5996ed1a-c86a-4502-b684-9da899d00798
name:
Balder - rapport: Artificial lift, volume 1 Gas lift
id:
L0058
path:
AV/SAST-A-100448/07/E/Ea/L0058
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5996ed1a-c86a-4502-b684-9da899d00798
urn:
0c2842eb-1dd7-485f-8757-e9ce057b31de
name:
Ukjent - Sea Water Lift, Ukjent - Sea Water Lift C+D. System 57, Ukjent - 57.0 Sea Water Inlet Piping
id:
0003
path:
AV/SAST-A-102024/02/D/Da/L0701/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0c2842eb-1dd7-485f-8757-e9ce057b31de
urn:
587c4399-b1db-47b4-bf58-a28ef9624876
name:
AG Lift AS
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAT-A-1104/H/Hc/L0004/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/587c4399-b1db-47b4-bf58-a28ef9624876
urn:
10980633-a3b0-406d-ab52-d1dc496982dd
name:
Bo Ro Lift
id:
0003
path:
OBA/A-10358/Da/L0087/0003
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Oslo byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/10980633-a3b0-406d-ab52-d1dc496982dd
urn:
6cb4d60e-e14d-4bad-bd3a-f0cfcf86d317
name:
Menn: Lift - Ni
id:
L0006
path:
AV/SAT-A-4785/4/D/Da/L0006
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6cb4d60e-e14d-4bad-bd3a-f0cfcf86d317
urn:
b130f780-50a6-40a0-8127-187f96792317
name:
Lift Up A/S, Eikelandsosen
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-S-1885/E/E13b/L0040/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b130f780-50a6-40a0-8127-187f96792317
urn:
e22c70cb-9e90-4aea-a562-bd1f27a71cc7
name:
F.12. A/S Air Lift
id:
0013
path:
AV/RA-S-4852/E/Eh/L0001/0013
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e22c70cb-9e90-4aea-a562-bd1f27a71cc7
urn:
a0253808-8048-4494-a88d-b52d2eb591d3
name:
Restfinansiering av lift
id:
0005
path:
VLFK/K-10803/D/Da/Dab/L0016/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Fylkesarkivet i Vestland
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a0253808-8048-4494-a88d-b52d2eb591d3
urn:
b957add5-fa24-429f-a9f1-acbb0131c0a9
name:
Øvelse Quick Lift
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3960/D/Db/Dba/L0003/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b957add5-fa24-429f-a9f1-acbb0131c0a9
urn:
ac8cbb12-ea88-4969-b137-e6e9c2d66357
name:
Øvelse QUICK LIFT
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-RAFA-3961/D/Da/L0006/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ac8cbb12-ea88-4969-b137-e6e9c2d66357
urn:
ce723cd3-5c13-4e5d-9107-c3ac60f9599c
name:
Løfteinnretninger. Vacu-lift
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-S-1542/D/Dc/L0206/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/ce723cd3-5c13-4e5d-9107-c3ac60f9599c
urn:
4787b335-1cf5-4a3d-afe5-008c28a2599c
name:
Heavy Lift Equipment
id:
0005
path:
AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0298/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/4787b335-1cf5-4a3d-afe5-008c28a2599c
urn:
c2a7c693-3ac1-43bb-bad8-66d61f655604
name:
Fob Lift LK5528
id:
0002
path:
AV/SAB-A-99991/1/J/L0225/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c2a7c693-3ac1-43bb-bad8-66d61f655604
urn:
32981482-89b6-4fa8-8eb5-8848353817bb
name:
Byggenr 650 - "Lift-on"
id:
0031
path:
AV/SAK-D/1439/S17/L0880/0031
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/32981482-89b6-4fa8-8eb5-8848353817bb
urn:
52e8e90e-e5f1-4aeb-aa02-c928b522bc76
name:
Jotun turret lift
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-100448/U/Ua/L0126/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/52e8e90e-e5f1-4aeb-aa02-c928b522bc76
urn:
d0761011-3b32-48d4-a2b7-c544d054d5f4
name:
Vacu-lift løfteapparat
id:
0005
path:
AV/SAST-A-101696/D/Da/L0231/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d0761011-3b32-48d4-a2b7-c544d054d5f4
urn:
a4c06c66-4026-45aa-af14-ff30dc451856
name:
Vacu-lift løfteapparat
id:
0001
path:
AV/SAST-A-101696/D/Da/L0232/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/a4c06c66-4026-45aa-af14-ff30dc451856
urn:
3d4c37a7-a08d-48eb-8b0a-ccc187ea4619
name:
514. - Artificial lift
id:
0009
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/03/D/Db/L0011/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3d4c37a7-a08d-48eb-8b0a-ccc187ea4619
urn:
fb93fa6c-c1db-4344-a8be-2bef8d270454
name:
515. - Gas lift
id:
0010
path:
AV/SAST-A-102405/03/D/Db/L0011/0010
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/fb93fa6c-c1db-4344-a8be-2bef8d270454
urn:
51ba6253-2bc2-49e3-91fe-c09ae7018c78
name:
BERG LIFT LNMI
id:
0006
path:
AV/SATØ-S-1145/E/Ei/L0104/0006
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/51ba6253-2bc2-49e3-91fe-c09ae7018c78

limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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