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 2026-11-03T02:16:33Z in 4.860 seconds.

Showing 10 of 260 results in compact format.

name:
Frost, Nancy - Reports: Faunistic Series. No.1. - I. Amphipoda from Newfoundland Waters - with a Description of a New Species - II. Decapod Larvae from Newfoundland Waters
id:
0072
name:
Blandete saker: criteria for allyear drilling in northern waters; evaluation of allyear operations in northern Norwegian waters; contingency plans and emergency procedures; safety notes
id:
L0002
name:
M. F. R. Waters
id:
0004
name:
M. F. R. Waters
id:
0027
name:
M. F. R. Waters
id:
0028
name:
Kevin Waters
id:
0014
name:
Artic Waters AS
id:
0036
name:
008.44 Andres filmvirksomhet - "Indus waters"
id:
0006
name:
"Some Observations on Cod in Northern Waters"
id:
0005
name:
Sergeant, David E. - Dolphins in Newfoundland waters
id:
0064

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total:

260

total_exact:

yes

returned:

page:

results:

25 results

urn:
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name:
Frost, Nancy - Reports: Faunistic Series. No.1. - I. Amphipoda from Newfoundland Waters - with a Description of a New Species - II. Decapod Larvae from Newfoundland Waters
id:
0072
path:
AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0022/0072
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/b7a5813f-a2dd-4979-b38a-a1beacae8615
urn:
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name:
Blandete saker: criteria for allyear drilling in northern waters; evaluation of allyear operations in northern Norwegian waters; contingency plans and emergency procedures; safety notes
id:
L0002
path:
AV/SAST-A-101251/H/L0002
unit_type:
STYKKE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/e6b6b9c5-2e0a-4e01-a720-afc25ec2ce78
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000003771275
name:
M. F. R. Waters
id:
0004
path:
BBA/A-1917/H/Hb/L0008/0004
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003771275
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000003771254
name:
M. F. R. Waters
id:
0027
path:
BBA/A-1917/H/Hb/L0008/0027
unit_type:
Mappe
institution:
Bergen byarkiv
digitized_documents:
0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003771254
urn:
no-BBA_arkiv000003771253
name:
M. F. R. Waters
id:
0028
path:
BBA/A-1917/H/Hb/L0008/0028
unit_type:
Mappe
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Bergen byarkiv
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0
link:
https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/no-BBA_arkiv000003771253
urn:
80a084d2-6643-4468-8ee8-a3fee8e701dc
name:
Kevin Waters
id:
0014
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AV/RA-PA-1190/E/Eb/L0514/0014
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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urn:
d7b2f736-308c-4973-9d14-31cc9978afa6
name:
Artic Waters AS
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0036
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AV/SATØ-S-6374/1/E/L0041/0036
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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name:
008.44 Andres filmvirksomhet - "Indus waters"
id:
0006
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AV/RA-S-6670/D/Da/L0143/0006
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
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name:
"Some Observations on Cod in Northern Waters"
id:
0005
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AV/SAB-A-2007/F/Fa/L0007/0005
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
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name:
Sergeant, David E. - Dolphins in Newfoundland waters
id:
0064
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AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0016/0064
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DOKUMENT
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Nasjonalarkivet
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fb800eab-3a11-45af-9bac-ed931dbfd9bf
name:
Sergeant, David E. - Dolphins in Newfoundland waters
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0065
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AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0016/0065
unit_type:
DOKUMENT
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
c867a236-8219-426c-9e30-5b734ed8c22f
name:
Slijper, E. J. - White Whales in Netherlands Waters
id:
0071
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AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0016/0071
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DOKUMENT
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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urn:
c8d1b0fa-34e2-48b0-bdc1-ca98c65ad223
name:
Pilot Chart of the Central American Waters
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L0295
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AAMA/PA-2541/T/T01/L0295
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STYKKE
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Aust-Agder museum og arkiv, avd. KUBEN
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0
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Fotokopier; Flekkefjord - Åna-Sira, "Waters billeder"
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0004
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AV/RA-PA-0718/G/Gc/L0002/0004
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MAPPE
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name:
Ships available to the enemy in Northern waters
id:
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AV/RA-RAFA-2035/D/Dc/L0309/0002
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MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/09e67679-c51f-4481-bf9d-a4f2990ef044
urn:
be1591e3-a441-444b-af39-cf051c4b197f
name:
S-22 Scheme Allocation - War Damage in Special Waters
id:
0005
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AV/RA-S-2124/Dc/L0044/0005
unit_type:
MAPPE
institution:
Nasjonalarkivet
digitized_documents:
0
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https://www.arkivportalen.no/entity/be1591e3-a441-444b-af39-cf051c4b197f
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44202e42-fbaa-4530-a532-5a684d4a1bea
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Floater technology for any waters (GVA)
id:
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AV/SAST-A-102594/E/Ea/L0048/0003
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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name:
Bryden, M. M. - Whales and Whaling in Queensland Waters
id:
0093
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AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0007/0093
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Peilie, Wang - Distribution of cetaceans in chinese waters
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0006
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AV/SAB-A-100272/1/A/Ab/Abc/L0015/0006
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DOKUMENT
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0
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Dannevig, Gunnar - Sprat from Norwegian Waters
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0021
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AV/SAB-A-100272/3/001/001b/L0005/0021
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DOKUMENT
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Nasjonalarkivet
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Devold, Finn - Plaice Investigations in Norwegian waters
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0013
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0018/0013
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Nasjonalarkivet
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0024
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0025/0024
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