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. 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 2026-11-12T05:15:05Z in 1.197 seconds.

Showing 10 of 58266 results in compact format.

name:
The Skrattåsen zinc mine, results of prospecting 1994
id:
4250
name:
1866 Zinc-Coating
id:
0003
name:
U.S. Government Zinc Priorities Div.
id:
0008
name:
IMC. Copper-Zinc and Lead Comm.
id:
0003
name:
Affleck, R.J. - Zinc poisoning in a trout hatchery
id:
0016
name:
EPA nr.155 Zinc and ligth metal, Die-Casting
id:
0009
name:
S-109 "Bris". C/P 16.12.1939, Off Hire & Zinc Ore Sept. 25. 1940
id:
0015
name:
Geological setting of the Tverrfjellet copper/zinc deposit, Central Norway.
id:
4356
name:
Prefeasibility study of the Skiftesmyr and Godejord copper zinc prosjects, Grong, Central Norway
id:
4640
name:
De Haas-van Alphen effect in zinc. (Abstract.) Phys. Rev. 74, 1235. (With J.E. Robinson.)
id:
0030

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total:

58266

total_exact:

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25 results

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2057023e-71ca-4042-9a0f-d5e0c4b8ec5b
name:
The Skrattåsen zinc mine, results of prospecting 1994
id:
4250
path:
AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0465/4250
unit_type:
MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
country:
norge
digitized_documents:
0
link:
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urn:
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name:
1866 Zinc-Coating
id:
0003
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AV/SAST-A-101956/E/Ea/L0012/0003
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MAPPE
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name:
U.S. Government Zinc Priorities Div.
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0008
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AV/RA-S-2127/Fa/L0816/0008
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MAPPE
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IMC. Copper-Zinc and Lead Comm.
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0003
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AV/RA-S-1403/D/Da/L0162/0003
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MAPPE
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Affleck, R.J. - Zinc poisoning in a trout hatchery
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0016
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AV/SAB-A-100272/6/001/001a/L0001/0016
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SAK
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Nasjonalarkivet
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EPA nr.155 Zinc and ligth metal, Die-Casting
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0009
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AV/RA-S-1391/1/D/L0191/0009
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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S-109 "Bris". C/P 16.12.1939, Off Hire & Zinc Ore Sept. 25. 1940
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0015
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AV/RA-S-2130/Fc/L0028/0015
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Geological setting of the Tverrfjellet copper/zinc deposit, Central Norway.
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MAPPE
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Nasjonalarkivet
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name:
Prefeasibility study of the Skiftesmyr and Godejord copper zinc prosjects, Grong, Central Norway
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4640
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AV/SAT-A-1562/F/L0496/4640
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De Haas-van Alphen effect in zinc. (Abstract.) Phys. Rev. 74, 1235. (With J.E. Robinson.)
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0030
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Piper, C.S. - Walkley, Allan - Copper, Zinc, and Manganese in Some Plants of Agricultural Interest.
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"Koral-Melodier til den Evangelisk-christelige Psalmebog", utgitt ved H.O.C. Zinck (Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck), "Kongelig Musiklærer", Kiøbenhavn 1801
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Zinc Sheets for Graphic Purpose -Compagnie Royale Asturienne des Mines, Pedro Storm & Cia Ltda., Buuenos aires + Paris
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Nasjonalarkivet
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norge
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MAPPE
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MAPPE
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