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 2026-09-28T14:53:17Z in 0.236 seconds.

total:

42038

page:

size:

items:

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8a23fca79162868dc1481ff6dd55f354
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024091280088_004
title:
Tech Nutrition-magasinet. november 2007 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Tech Nutrition
year:
2007
publisher:
Tech Nutrition
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
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012050908241
title:
Info Tech 92 : Brukergrensesnitt og standarder : mandag 9. november 1992 : Hotel Royal Christiania
creators:
2 results
1. Info Tech 92
2. Den Norske dataforening
year:
1992
publisher:
Dataforeningen
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:
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viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007110500030
title:
Info Tech 90 : Oslo 12.-16. november : EDI og internasjonalisering : 16. november 1990
creators:
2 results
1. Info Tech 90
2. Den Norske dataforening
year:
1990
publisher:
Foreningen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
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_2007110500030_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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id:
7a0d8be51d1925ddcea7045b43a5a873
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010072008067
title:
Community health in Asia in the 80's. Vol. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Asian Health Institute
year:
1984
publisher:
Asian Health Institute
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_digibok_2010072008067_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7a0d8be51d1925ddcea7045b43a5a873
id:
5a650933dd6d6d2f7c6cd019b196b68c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024030880041_009
title:
Nordic journal of health economics (trykt utg.). 2018 Vol. 6 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Nordic Health Economists' Study Group
year:
2018
publisher:
Nordic Health Economists' Study Group
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_2024030880041_009_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5a650933dd6d6d2f7c6cd019b196b68c
id:
2af7cf0909abd0d95610b1d874e78275
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016110348134
title:
Info Tech 94 : 31. oktober - 4. november 1994 : Kvalitetssikring og ISO 9000 : torsdag 3. november 1994
creators:
2 results
1. Info Tech 94
2. Den Norske dataforening
year:
1994
publisher:
Foreningen
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_2016110348134_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2af7cf0909abd0d95610b1d874e78275
id:
233bc635607cb961e95a76b42862218e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024030880041_007
title:
Nordic journal of health economics (trykt utg.). 2017 Vol. 5 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Nordic Health Economists' Study Group
year:
2017
publisher:
Nordic Health Economists' Study Group
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_2024030880041_007_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/233bc635607cb961e95a76b42862218e
id:
fada6d6ee46d492927f8b61e40724f7b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024030880041_008
title:
Nordic journal of health economics (trykt utg.). 2017 Vol. 5 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Nordic Health Economists' Study Group
year:
2017
publisher:
Nordic Health Economists' Study Group
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_2024030880041_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fada6d6ee46d492927f8b61e40724f7b
id:
ceb0cd03afcad98c834f7046fc7b5d55
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013120608178
title:
Info Tech 94 : 31. oktober - 4. november 1994 : Internet gir konkurransefortrinn : onsdag 2. november 1994
creators:
2 results
1. Info Tech 94
2. Den Norske dataforening
year:
1994
publisher:
Foreningen
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_2013120608178_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ceb0cd03afcad98c834f7046fc7b5d55
id:
492bd829470153e4e72bb00acf4be349
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016062708049
title:
Music and health : [papers read at the conference "Music and health" in Oslo, November 4.-6. 1985]
creators:
2 results
1. Ruud, Even
2. Music and health (konferanse)
year:
1986
publisher:
Norsk musikkforlag
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
4 results
1. eng
2. ger
3. mul
4. fre
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_2016062708049_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/492bd829470153e4e72bb00acf4be349

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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 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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