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 2026-09-26T18:50:09Z in 0.183 seconds.

total:

1483

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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a0c96dd2930246d95d4e881b1628f3cb
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2018110181176_001
title:
Romerikstun : årbok. 1995 Vol. 18
creators:
1 results
1. Romerike historielag
year:
1995
publisher:
Historielaget
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_2018110181176_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19920302_16_35_1
title:
Ullensaker blad : lokalavisen for Øvre Romerike
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19920302
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Akershus
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_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19920302_16_35_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19920225_16_32_1
title:
Ullensaker blad : lokalavisen for Øvre Romerike
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19920225
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Akershus
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_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19920225_16_32_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0ad4e66cf0f455dd81c6f2c4d8d49336
id:
214f6ab6f2b6a3baa6046d7097172210
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19971218_21_244_1
title:
Ullensaker blad : lokalavisen for Øvre Romerike
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19971218
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Akershus
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_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19971218_21_244_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/214f6ab6f2b6a3baa6046d7097172210
id:
290eb12af373d13087408be7db8116ba
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19961114_20_222_1
title:
Ullensaker blad : lokalavisen for Øvre Romerike
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19961114
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Akershus
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_digavis_ullensakerblad_null_null_19961114_20_222_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/290eb12af373d13087408be7db8116ba
id:
1c9c31ab32e2f34c59a98439c6d82211
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_eidsvollullensakerbl_null_null_20260425_123_33_1
title:
Eidsvoll Ullensaker Blad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20260425
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Akershus
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_digavis_eidsvollullensakerbl_null_null_20260425_123_33_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1c9c31ab32e2f34c59a98439c6d82211
id:
2b2a319d98dec4ccaba86640ea00b342
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015062508058
title:
Eidsvold blad gjennom 75 år : 1901-1976
creators:
1 results
1. Eidsvold blad, AS
year:
1976
publisher:
bladet
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_2015062508058_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2b2a319d98dec4ccaba86640ea00b342
id:
93d159cebebd4115d34da5976303ad71
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000015605
title:
Konsekvensutredning for nydyrking på Lundberg (gnr 163 / bnr 5), Nes kommune
creators:
4 results
1. Jayesingha, Monica
2. Nordbakken, Jørn-Frode
3. Wendt, Marco
4. Gaut, Bjarne
year:
2020
publisher:
NIBIO
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_000015605_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/93d159cebebd4115d34da5976303ad71
id:
fd6bbd0bcb88d5834bf5f3d2a3d8ac8a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021071948616
title:
Korn og mel i bygdesamfunnet : møllene i Nes
creators:
1 results
1. Hæhre, Thorbjørn
year:
2014
publisher:
T. Hæhre
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_2021071948616_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fd6bbd0bcb88d5834bf5f3d2a3d8ac8a
id:
6efd23232b451e9b20f63e6ab949f717
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000068669
title:
Oversiktskartlegging kvikkleire : Risiko for kvikkleireskred i Stryn kommune
creators:
4 results
1. Ekseth , Kristine H. H.
2. Havnen, Ingrid
3. Kalsnes, Bjørn
4. Søvik, Marius M.
year:
2022
publisher:
Norges vassdrags- og energidirektorat
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_pliktmonografi_000068669_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6efd23232b451e9b20f63e6ab949f717

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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