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 2026-09-24T22:58:49Z in 0.194 seconds.

total:

140

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
0f60f2ac9b315b5b767e29a7bd20da6e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000016413
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Ranfjorden i 2022. Overvåking for Mo Industripark AS, Celsa Armeringsstål AS, Elkem ASA Rana, Ferroglobe Mangan Norge AS, Miljøteknikk Terrateam AS og Rana Gruber AS
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_pliktmonografi_000016413_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0f60f2ac9b315b5b767e29a7bd20da6e
id:
60727adea91816ce98529dc622ae11a6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000041819
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Ranfjorden i 2023 : overvåking for Mo Industripark AS, Celsa Armeringsstål AS, Elkem ASA Rana, Ferroglobe Mangan Norge AS, Miljøteknikk Terrateam AS og Rana Gruber AS
creators:
3 results
1. Øxnevad, Sigurd
2. Dag , Eftevåg
3. Sæther , Veronica
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
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_000041819_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/60727adea91816ce98529dc622ae11a6
id:
dd154707cd3adda328ccde8f081a0efd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000002817
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Ranfjorden i 2020. Overvåking for Mo Industripark AS, Celsa Armeringsstål AS, Elkem ASA Rana, Ferroglobe Mangan Norge AS, Rana Gruber AS og Miljøteknikk Terrateam AS
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2021
publisher:
Norsk Institutt For Vannforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_pliktmonografi_000002817_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/dd154707cd3adda328ccde8f081a0efd
id:
f77d747181619f0a31cc01376cf9a8d6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000008840
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Ranfjorden i 2021. Overvåking for Mo Industripark AS, Celsa Armeringsstål AS, Elkem ASA Rana, Ferroglobe Mangan Norge AS, Miljøteknikk Terrateam AS, Rana Gruber AS og Rana kommune
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2022
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_pliktmonografi_000008840_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f77d747181619f0a31cc01376cf9a8d6
id:
bb7ebabd0f186b7cc9c0e0cf3721cc81
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000008843
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåkning i Follafoss havneområde og Beitstadfjorden i 2021 for MM FollaCell AS og SalMar Settefisk AS
creators:
4 results
1. Borgersen, Gunhild
2. Gitmark, Janne Kim
3. Håvardstun, Jarle
4. Staalstrøm, André
year:
2022
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_pliktmonografi_000008843_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bb7ebabd0f186b7cc9c0e0cf3721cc81
id:
14ae0437c9fed6b94fc79a5b4ff798bf
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000008974
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Glommas munningsområde og Hvalerestuaret for Kronos Titan AS og Borregaard AS – undersøkelse av miljøgifter, 2021
creators:
3 results
1. Ranneklev, Sissel Brit
2. Hjermann, Dag Øystein
3. Lund, Espen
year:
2022
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_pliktmonografi_000008974_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/14ae0437c9fed6b94fc79a5b4ff798bf
id:
eb7ecc0d4169bcd38bb6d142084f5d40
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000008859
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Hemnefjorden i 2021. Overvåking for Wacker Chemicals Norway AS
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2022
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_pliktmonografi_000008859_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/eb7ecc0d4169bcd38bb6d142084f5d40
id:
a61a466e8f7a9e9b6ae2cb417ae525ef
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000041718
title:
Tiltaksorientert overvåking av Vefsnfjorden i 2023. Overvåking for Alcoa Norway AS avd. Mosjøen
creators:
3 results
1. Øxnevad, Sigurd
2. Hjermann, Dag
3. Eftevåg, Veronica Sæter
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
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_000041718_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a61a466e8f7a9e9b6ae2cb417ae525ef
id:
5a12993b24009f3c244c77204114d82c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020062648557
title:
Bivalve mollusks as tools for monitoring antibiotic resistance in the marine environment
creators:
1 results
1. Grevskott, Didrik Hjertaker
year:
2020
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_digibok_2020062648557_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5a12993b24009f3c244c77204114d82c
id:
7d4cde2c7f7f61ea0c16428a098908a4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000041722
title:
Tiltaksorientert vannovervåking etter vannforskriften for Real Alloy AS i Tingvollfjorden. Undersøkelse av blåskjell i 2021
creators:
2 results
1. Schøyen, Merete
2. Håvardstun, Jarle
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
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_000041722_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7d4cde2c7f7f61ea0c16428a098908a4

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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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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