search

Search the National Library's catalog - books, newspapers, journals, photos, maps, music, manuscripts, radio/TV and more, both physical and digitized. Digitized text (OCR) is matched too by default, so a query can surface newspaper or book pages that mention a term even when it's not in the title.

Signature: search(q: string, required; media_type: string, optional, default None; language: string, optional, default None; county: string, optional, default None; year_from: integer, optional, default None; year_to: integer, optional, default None; digital_only: yes/no, optional, default False; sort: string, optional, default None; page: integer, optional, default 0; size: integer, optional, default 10; 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/nasjonalbiblioteket/search/?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort}, {page}, {size} 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/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`q`	required	string	Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
`media_type`	optional	union	Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.
`language`	optional	union	Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.
`county`	optional	union	Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
`year_from`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`year_to`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`digital_only`	optional	boolean	Only items that have been digitized.
`sort`	optional	union	One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
`page`	optional	integer	Zero-based page index.
`size`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
`limit`	optional	integer	Gateway page size; 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/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&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/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&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/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "nasjonalbiblioteket",
  "operation": "search",
  "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.

q (required) Type: string. Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.

media_type Type: string. Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.

language Type: string. Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.

county Type: string. Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".

year_from Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

year_to Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

digital_only Type: yes/no. Only items that have been digitized.

sort Type: string. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).

page Type: integer. Zero-based page index.

size Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-09-22T03:22:14Z in 0.180 seconds.

total:

57626

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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663939a8ec8b0c13535c8a3250939883
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013072208144
title:
Nilen : historiens elv
creators:
1 results
1. Tvedt, Terje
year:
2012
publisher:
Aschehoug
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013072208144_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/663939a8ec8b0c13535c8a3250939883
id:
0377a20fd0cb1dbf796b698822d43936
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021092348591
title:
Nilen : historiens elv
creators:
1 results
1. Tvedt, Terje
year:
2018
publisher:
Aschehoug
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021092348591_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0377a20fd0cb1dbf796b698822d43936
id:
f6d9a0da0c3e0541b385418242c29306
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022051080026_001
title:
Forum for development studies (trykt utg.) : the Nordic journal of development research. 2022 Vol. 49 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Norsk utenrikspolitisk institutt
2. Norsk forening for utviklingsforskning
year:
2022
publisher:
Routledge
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022051080026_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f6d9a0da0c3e0541b385418242c29306
id:
b7bdfd2a22b6a3b1da027bf87e40aa77
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023050383046_001
title:
Fiskesport (Oslo) : [organ for sportsfisket i Norge]. juni 1939 Vol. 5 Nr. 6
creators:
2 results
1. Elv og sjø
2. Norges sportsfiskerforbund
year:
1939
publisher:
Elv og sjø
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023050383046_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b7bdfd2a22b6a3b1da027bf87e40aa77
id:
812af9ca673dcff640edf8dfa0d16156
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683045_001
title:
Fiskesport (Oslo) : [organ for sportsfisket i Norge]. 1961 Vol. 27 Nr. 1-12
creators:
2 results
1. Elv og sjø
2. Norges sportsfiskerforbund
year:
1961
publisher:
Elv og sjø
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683045_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/812af9ca673dcff640edf8dfa0d16156
id:
05a3b8e93ff388ae63ecd9dfb7dc4eb3
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023011980054_002
title:
Fiskesport (Oslo) : [organ for sportsfisket i Norge]. 1941 Vol. 7 Nr. 1-12
creators:
2 results
1. Elv og sjø
2. Norges sportsfiskerforbund
year:
1941
publisher:
Elv og sjø
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023011980054_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/05a3b8e93ff388ae63ecd9dfb7dc4eb3
id:
4dd44c54c53af81eff34eccaec877102
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683046_001
title:
Fiskesport (Oslo) : [organ for sportsfisket i Norge]. 1960 Vol. 26 Nr. 1-12
creators:
2 results
1. Elv og sjø
2. Norges sportsfiskerforbund
year:
1960
publisher:
Elv og sjø
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683046_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4dd44c54c53af81eff34eccaec877102
id:
e00ca880e12322c66fb1c98bf63e956d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683043_001
title:
Fiskesport (Oslo) : [organ for sportsfisket i Norge]. 1962 Vol. 28 Nr. 1-12
creators:
2 results
1. Elv og sjø
2. Norges sportsfiskerforbund
year:
1962
publisher:
Elv og sjø
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683043_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e00ca880e12322c66fb1c98bf63e956d
id:
60bc7bad374bb31366592e4f611f376e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683044_001
title:
Fiskesport (Oslo) : [organ for sportsfisket i Norge]. 1959 Vol. 25 Nr. 1-12
creators:
2 results
1. Elv og sjø
2. Norges sportsfiskerforbund
year:
1959
publisher:
Elv og sjø
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024101683044_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/60bc7bad374bb31366592e4f611f376e
id:
57ee70148c4a4a060b147760bb574772
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000009334
title:
Synthesis and method development of silver N-heterocyclic complexes as cytotoxic agents
creators:
1 results
1. Lundevall, Frida Johanne Rakneberg
year:
2022
publisher:
University of Bergen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000009334_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/57ee70148c4a4a060b147760bb574772

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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How an AI agent should use this page

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 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.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

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