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 2026-09-25T22:25:19Z in 0.242 seconds.

total:

145

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
4dcbb5d42040d49a0a7cc72890115e28
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014090306048
title:
Sikkerhet for programområdet salg, service og sikkerhet i utdanningsprogrammet service og samferdsel
creators:
2 results
1. Rødbøl, Tom
2. Brynhildsvoll, Per
year:
2008
publisher:
Økonomiforl.
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_2014090306048_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4dcbb5d42040d49a0a7cc72890115e28
id:
a6702a7a17d6ccc4a297ea2e387ecbf5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011052708056
title:
Arbeidsbok for VK1 : salg og service
creators:
3 results
1. Smørholm, Margaret
2. Hovland, Anja
3. Husby, Bjørn Terje
year:
2005
publisher:
Økonomiforl. i samarbeid med Fagbokforl.
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_2011052708056_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a6702a7a17d6ccc4a297ea2e387ecbf5
id:
0c27b36bd2691010d35bd5efaf4118f8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011052706053
title:
Sikkerhet : videregående kurs 1
creators:
2 results
1. Rødbøl, Tom
2. Nørgaard, Per (Per Emil)
year:
2002
publisher:
Økonomiforl.
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_2011052706053_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0c27b36bd2691010d35bd5efaf4118f8
id:
7e270d4c3b9d9f68ace1b790ac6b92f8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024052983001_001
title:
Norsk sikkerhetsforum. 1997 Vol. 10 Nr. Bilag
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1997
publisher:
Norsk sikkerhetsforlag
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_2024052983001_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7e270d4c3b9d9f68ace1b790ac6b92f8
id:
651fe457983d7d679d8069d73dcc3949
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024052983002_001
title:
Norsk sikkerhetskatalog : guide i markedet for sikring, vern og miljø. 1999
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1999
publisher:
Norsk sikkerhetsforlag.
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_2024052983002_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/651fe457983d7d679d8069d73dcc3949
id:
c3b53bc982a1a0f563d3e5f4fc76e7a2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_hadeland_null_null_20251202_108_95_1
title:
Hadeland
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20251202
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_hadeland_null_null_20251202_108_95_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c3b53bc982a1a0f563d3e5f4fc76e7a2
id:
bdea6e9dc72d8af383723e72dee011a8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024052983003_001
title:
Norsk sikkerhetskatalog : guide i markedet for sikring, vern og miljø. 2000
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2000
publisher:
Norsk sikkerhetsforlag.
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_2024052983003_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bdea6e9dc72d8af383723e72dee011a8
id:
33b7457031a7b4456c3b7bde28cdc42d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025052280065_008
title:
Bevis : kontaktorgan for Kriminalteknisk forum. 2011 Vol. 21 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Kriminalteknisk forum
year:
2011
publisher:
Kriminalteknisk forum
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_2025052280065_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/33b7457031a7b4456c3b7bde28cdc42d
id:
ff3bdef0ed186055c40d8bf7ad62de1c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011093005015
title:
Sikkerheit : vidaregåande kurs 1
creators:
2 results
1. Rødbøl, Tom
2. Nørgaard, Per (Per Emil)
year:
2004
publisher:
Økonomiforl.
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2011093005015_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ff3bdef0ed186055c40d8bf7ad62de1c
id:
0951c727fab2546d562d98ea03f6e5e6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_72aebb57-6276-4448-a030-0fba92e02e93
title:
Politihunden. 2021 Vol. 81 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Norsk politihundelag
year:
2021
publisher:
Nordisk kjæledyrforlag
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_plikttidsskrift_72aebb57-6276-4448-a030-0fba92e02e93_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0951c727fab2546d562d98ea03f6e5e6

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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