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.
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=0For 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=0Replace 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.
Result
- total:
- 170567
- page:
- 0
- size:
- 10
- items:
10 results
- id:
- a80c8fd49aa3e3a32bb9f549c6fb89e1
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026061948108
- title:
- Skarpe kantar
- creators:
1 results
- Garshol, Therese
- year:
- 2025
- publisher:
- Samlaget
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- 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_2026061948108_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/a80c8fd49aa3e3a32bb9f549c6fb89e1
- id:
- f1deb6c2e7507076bcf94799756c96f8
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025061806070
- title:
- Vegar ut til alle kantar : noveller
- creators:
15 results
- Kaldestad, Per Olav
- Renberg, Tore
- Danielsen, Kristin Auestad
- Garborg, Arne
- Klyve, Odveig
- Austigard, Edmund
- Bråtveit, Inger
- Malmin, Oda
- Torkildsen, Terje
- Kvamme, Siri Milde
- Hjorteland, Heidi
- Sortland, Gaute M.
- Birkedal, Arnt
- Løland, Rasmus
- Torvund, Helge
- year:
- 2020
- publisher:
- Wigestrand
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- 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_2025061806070_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/f1deb6c2e7507076bcf94799756c96f8
- id:
- 495680bb3401bdf1cb42a91f2954a67c
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018100807055
- title:
- Publikum på alle kantar : ei stemmehandbok
- creators:
1 results
- Lognvik, Eldbjørg
- year:
- 2015
- publisher:
- Fagbokforl.
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- 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_2018100807055_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/495680bb3401bdf1cb42a91f2954a67c
- id:
- d910bd4b3b0d3b2044049eb2483488d8
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020052548114
- title:
- Poesi på alle kantar : festskrift til Paal-Helge Haugen
- creators:
2 results
- Langås, Unni
- Haugen, Paal-Helge
- year:
- 2015
- publisher:
- Cappelen Damm
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
5 results
- eng
- nob
- mul
- nno
- dan
- 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_2020052548114_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/d910bd4b3b0d3b2044049eb2483488d8
- id:
- 6477b49003cb6fa9b9857cad04060aa7
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013070205068
- title:
- Peer Gynt as 2009
- creators:
2 results
- Peer Gynt AS
- Peer Gynt-stemnet
- year:
- 2010
- publisher:
- Peer Gynt as
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
3 results
- nob
- mul
- nno
- county:
- not reported by source
- 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_2013070205068_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/6477b49003cb6fa9b9857cad04060aa7
- id:
- 58e33a1e2dc3a44cfbdc08a2f8661d1a
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011091608084
- title:
- Frå alle kantar ber vinden med seg ord og plantar og teikn
- creators:
2 results
- Nielsen, Jóanes
- Moa, Lars
- year:
- 2007
- publisher:
- Samlaget
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- 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_2011091608084_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/58e33a1e2dc3a44cfbdc08a2f8661d1a
- id:
- 1a5d0b8649f967cf47981e7104926f1c
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011081006034
- title:
- Erfaring - vår framtid : AS Bolaks 1975-2010
- creators:
2 results
- Vangsnes, Ella Marie Brekke
- Bolaks AS
- year:
- 2010
- publisher:
- AS Bolaks
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- county:
- Vestland
- 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_2011081006034_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/1a5d0b8649f967cf47981e7104926f1c
- id:
- 17df038ec44c2100a0587f06f1072107
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2024012948027
- title:
- LOBAS 75-årsjubileum : 1947-2022 : Lonevåg beslagfabrikk AS
- creators:
2 results
- Vik, Bjarte
- Lonevåg beslagfabrikk
- year:
- 2022
- publisher:
- Lonevåg beslagfabrikk AS
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- county:
- Vestland
- 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_2024012948027_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/17df038ec44c2100a0587f06f1072107
- id:
- a64a3e3853024920505fed40024a72da
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009020904077
- title:
- Frå barkeri til industrikonsern : "det ska'kje stå på vegna!" : MøreNot AS 1948-1998
- creators:
2 results
- Daugstad, Johnny
- Mørenot AS
- year:
- 1998
- publisher:
- MøreNot Holding
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- nno
- county:
- Møre og Romsdal
- 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_2009020904077_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/a64a3e3853024920505fed40024a72da
- id:
- f3c0cfecae2ac4513bc34e31f2297b01
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025112580044_002
- title:
- ABCompendiet : et informasjonsmagasin fra Arne B. Corneliussen AS. høst/vinter 2019 Nr. 2
- creators:
1 results
- Arne B. Corneliussen AS
- year:
- 2019
- publisher:
- Arne B. Corneliussen AS
- media_types:
1 results
- tidsskrift
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2025112580044_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/f3c0cfecae2ac4513bc34e31f2297b01
- limit:
- 25
- offset:
- 0
- returned:
- 10
- has_more_results:
- yes
- truncated:
- yes
- next_offset:
- 10
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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.
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