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 2026-09-26T22:31:43Z in 0.172 seconds.

total:

31346

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
48824eaacd77a3122138ec49935608b2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000074048
title:
Hvithetens pedagogikk : hva du som lærer må vite om rasisme
creators:
1 results
1. Fylkesnes, Sandra
year:
2026
publisher:
Universitetsforlaget
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_pliktmonografi_000074048_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/48824eaacd77a3122138ec49935608b2
id:
f0babf002fb724027aab8a9ff32d7685
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00184_NB_WF_BK_056355
title:
Widerøe Flyveselskaps flyfoto fra Bømlo kommune : Fylkesnes, Meland.
creators:
1 results
1. Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
county:
Hordaland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00184_NB_WF_BK_056355/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f0babf002fb724027aab8a9ff32d7685
id:
9a5f14b70bf9d9306d4b4d455742309b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00170_NB_WF_BK_056342
title:
Widerøe Flyveselskaps flyfoto fra Bømlo kommune : Fylkesnes, Meland.
creators:
1 results
1. Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
county:
Hordaland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00170_NB_WF_BK_056342/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9a5f14b70bf9d9306d4b4d455742309b
id:
d4d3991c0f5bed5b3177148f0d117ae4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00174_NB_WF_BK_056346
title:
Widerøe Flyveselskaps flyfoto fra Bømlo kommune : Fylkesnes, Meland.
creators:
1 results
1. Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
county:
Hordaland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00174_NB_WF_BK_056346/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d4d3991c0f5bed5b3177148f0d117ae4
id:
674a0f50683a8d3aa6f5b263499c650b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00172_NB_WF_BK_056344
title:
Widerøe Flyveselskaps flyfoto fra Bømlo kommune : Fylkesnes, Meland.
creators:
1 results
1. Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
county:
Hordaland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150827_00172_NB_WF_BK_056344/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/674a0f50683a8d3aa6f5b263499c650b
id:
80d2a5cf53e2f6240008bba460aee163
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150903_00088_NB_WF_BK_164187
title:
Widerøe Flyveselskaps flyfoto fra Bømlo kommune : Fylkesnes, Meland.
creators:
1 results
1. Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
county:
Hordaland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150903_00088_NB_WF_BK_164187/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/80d2a5cf53e2f6240008bba460aee163
id:
d1e78db1e40a07558959cef3945a8cdd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150903_00089_NB_WF_BK_164188
title:
Widerøe Flyveselskaps flyfoto fra Bømlo kommune : Alvsvåg, Fylkesnes, Meland.
creators:
1 results
1. Widerøes Flyveselskap AS
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
county:
Hordaland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifoto_20150903_00089_NB_WF_BK_164188/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d1e78db1e40a07558959cef3945a8cdd
id:
932a4e6fd2c210cc9fe537b651ae4584
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022011148062
title:
Opplandsarkivet : privatarkiv i 40 år
creators:
2 results
1. Fylkesnes, Silje Cathrin
2. Opplandsarkivet
year:
2021
publisher:
[Opplandsarkivet]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022011148062_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/932a4e6fd2c210cc9fe537b651ae4584
id:
07f8df1022fb814c5f3c4ee1104a2552
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Stein på stein -rute for rute : vegen frå lokal knoppskyting til internasjonal aktør : jubileumsmagasin for Matre & Co AS
creators:
4 results
1. Sortland, Simon Knutsson
2. Raknes, Magne
3. Fylkesnes, Torleiv
4. Matre & Co.
year:
2003
publisher:
Matre & Co
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. eng
3. mul
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/07f8df1022fb814c5f3c4ee1104a2552
id:
8bc5806063b3c51af5e5bff5ef5c030b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012080609009
title:
Gull og grønne skoler? : en rapport fra Sosialistisk venstreparti
creators:
2 results
1. Sosialistisk venstreparti
2. Fylkesnes, Torgeir Knag
year:
2002
publisher:
Sosialistisk venstreparti
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
bokhylla
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NORWAY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012080609009_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8bc5806063b3c51af5e5bff5ef5c030b

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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