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 2026-10-27T01:53:00Z in 1.026 seconds.

Showing 10 of 57100 results in compact format.

name:
Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/II (1)
id:
0004
name:
Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/II (3)
id:
0001
name:
Reports/Cost price ledger 1990/I
id:
0002
name:
Reports/Cost price ledger 1990/II
id:
0003
name:
Reports/Cost price ledger 1989/I (1)
id:
0002
name:
Hovedregnskapsbøker "Ledger"
id:
Rb
name:
Ledger. L.16. (Private ledger nr.1.)
id:
L0001
name:
Arne Wang. What is good and what is bad – sorry, not so good – in SIMULA? As seen from an academic point of view. s.a. 3 s.
id:
0062
name:
Kurubai, Rebecca Maduley: "Is a shepherd like other shepherds?: Jesus as the good shepherd in John 10.11-18, with a view to the maasai culture"
id:
0004
name:
Ukjent - Gravity Base Structure and Mechanical Outfitting, MRDC Management Review, Ukjent - Summary Report, Status as of end August 1982, Ukjent - Management Project Review Meetin 21.09.82
id:
0001

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total:

57100

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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MAPPE
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MAPPE
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0004
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MAPPE
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STYKKE
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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limit:

offset:

has_more_results:

yes

next_offset:

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How to use the search_archives lookup

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
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