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 2026-11-02T21:10:28Z in 1.179 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58340 results in compact format.

name:
Prison visitors (Visitorer), Møter i visitorrådet 1964-65. Visitor -utvalgsmøter i Botsfengslet og Ullersmo landsfengsel 1966. Forberedende møter 1965.
id:
L0508
name:
488.0 Visitortjenesten Fengsels visitorer Prison visitors
id:
0001
name:
488.0 Visitortjenesten Fengsels visitorer Prison visitors
id:
0002
name:
Visitortjenesten Fengsels visitorer Prison visitors 1997 - 2009
id:
L1489
name:
Oslo Røde Kors, visitortjenesten, en visitor forteller, besøk til HIV-positive innsatte, innlevering av visitorkort
id:
0016
name:
Prison visitors (Visitorer)
id:
L0507
name:
Fengsels visitorer (Prison visitors)
id:
L0505
name:
5.70 - Overseas visitors and visitors generally
id:
L0221
name:
5.70 - Overseas visitors and visitors generally
id:
0005
name:
Prison Visitors, Visitortjenesten Scrap book, Stor bok med Avisutklipp
id:
L0582

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total:

58340

total_exact:

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returned:

page:

results:

25 results

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name:
Prison visitors (Visitorer), Møter i visitorrådet 1964-65. Visitor -utvalgsmøter i Botsfengslet og Ullersmo landsfengsel 1966. Forberedende møter 1965.
id:
L0508
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0508
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/9f4126bf-6239-405d-95ac-0ffabce533d7
urn:
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name:
488.0 Visitortjenesten Fengsels visitorer Prison visitors
id:
0001
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dg/L1489/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0f09d654-ef51-4808-b7fc-003f6cca2468
urn:
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name:
488.0 Visitortjenesten Fengsels visitorer Prison visitors
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dg/L1489/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/6bfc134c-f330-458c-b531-ef38abf5eccf
urn:
2f0f95f4-b09f-41b8-a324-cd04fa6f2ade
name:
Visitortjenesten Fengsels visitorer Prison visitors 1997 - 2009
id:
L1489
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dg/L1489
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/2f0f95f4-b09f-41b8-a324-cd04fa6f2ade
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name:
Oslo Røde Kors, visitortjenesten, en visitor forteller, besøk til HIV-positive innsatte, innlevering av visitorkort
id:
0016
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AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505/0016
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/eb077e97-6227-4bfb-aa2e-9ca324be5072
urn:
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name:
Prison visitors (Visitorer)
id:
L0507
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0507
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/73807026-6970-49e5-8f4d-88c3171cf579
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name:
Fengsels visitorer (Prison visitors)
id:
L0505
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AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505
unit_type:
STYKKE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/c7f1ccc3-a66d-44f5-a3ee-7cb51dd15e80
urn:
87d30d88-6f3e-45c4-9257-2dbe1395a43a
name:
5.70 - Overseas visitors and visitors generally
id:
L0221
path:
AV/SAST-A-101915/01/D/Da/Dab/L0221
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/87d30d88-6f3e-45c4-9257-2dbe1395a43a
urn:
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name:
5.70 - Overseas visitors and visitors generally
id:
0005
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AV/SAST-A-101915/01/D/Da/Dab/L0220/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f0a8238a-8860-4274-8b16-aa53adaa02fc
urn:
3166d8de-0763-43a7-bff3-f76cdb13b299
name:
Prison Visitors, Visitortjenesten Scrap book, Stor bok med Avisutklipp
id:
L0582
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0582
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/3166d8de-0763-43a7-bff3-f76cdb13b299
urn:
a335a58f-f463-4cd9-bdbb-7e5718d38097
name:
Prison visitors, diverse møter og samlinger på Voksentoppen, Utgangshjemmet for løslatte, Prison visitors komiteen, og annet diverse
id:
0002
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0507/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/0bd08a44-bc7a-4af0-8027-547c4f9a5f83
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name:
Visitortjenesten
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0001
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AV/RA-PA-0250/D/Dg/L1490/0001
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5d250a74-dca4-47dc-bb9c-4301084c3aae
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name:
Visitortjenesten
id:
0007
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505/0007
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/bcdfdd55-ef84-44a0-ac7a-088e6bc5e835
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81175373-9cb8-4fd8-9c24-1a61f8bd6f41
name:
Visitorutvalg
id:
0009
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505/0009
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/81175373-9cb8-4fd8-9c24-1a61f8bd6f41
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47e2837b-042b-406a-b851-343a32073eb2
name:
Om visitortjenesten
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0022
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505/0022
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/47e2837b-042b-406a-b851-343a32073eb2
urn:
f7ccea6a-85e9-4ebb-a22b-10192b180bee
name:
Visitors
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AV/RA-S-2913/1/D/Dc/L0060/0014
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f7ccea6a-85e9-4ebb-a22b-10192b180bee
urn:
7002ac7a-e6fb-4faa-a9df-edf2369d518c
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PRIO visitors
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Pd
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AV/RA-PA-1955/P/Pd
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SERIE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/7002ac7a-e6fb-4faa-a9df-edf2369d518c
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Besøkstjenesten og visitorer
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L0073
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0073
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/17bf2ec5-0e0a-40d5-b021-32f901dc5bff
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Visitorer arbeidskomite
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L0080
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AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0080
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Samlinger visitortjenesten
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L0503
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0503
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/d1a490d5-a32c-4e64-a94a-3ddc51f4d084
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Besøkstjenesten, Visitortjenesten
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L0504
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0504
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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Årlige visitorsamling
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0004
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unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/f6440edd-74dc-4fc3-b029-ede13fa96532
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name:
Visitorintervjuet, 18 spørsmål
id:
0002
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AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505/0002
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/5fd71b73-3ddb-48cc-a25e-c2854cfc6b3e
urn:
42ef587b-abd9-419d-be1d-2c02af179b4f
name:
Visitortjenesten i Larvik
id:
0015
path:
AV/RA-PA-0250/F/Fh/Fha/L0505/0015
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/42ef587b-abd9-419d-be1d-2c02af179b4f

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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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