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 2026-09-27T18:37:43Z in 0.182 seconds.

total:

2778

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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86489a9e8cd0fd51aefd5b60c103be0d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025042880013_001
title:
Vi i Posten & Bring : konserninformasjon fra Posten Norge. 2014 Vol. 63 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Posten Norge
year:
2014
publisher:
Posten Norge
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_2025042880013_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/86489a9e8cd0fd51aefd5b60c103be0d
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_83750d07-292f-4a48-b3bc-733937f86649
title:
Ryggstøtten : medlemsblad for Ryggforeningen i Norge. 2025 Vol. 31 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Ryggforeningen i Norge
year:
2025
publisher:
Foreningen
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_83750d07-292f-4a48-b3bc-733937f86649_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/964b528b27c4e77282f3cf95e2e8c287
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_7efc346b-2fd7-4d7f-abad-d16bd1116657
title:
Ryggstøtten : medlemsblad for Ryggforeningen i Norge. 2024 Vol. 30 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Ryggforeningen i Norge
year:
2024
publisher:
Foreningen
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_7efc346b-2fd7-4d7f-abad-d16bd1116657_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f4ea5d8b697276232c402363ad13bb48
id:
20b8108440b7c0c23838d867995b037c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022050983054_001
title:
Ryggstøtten : medlemsblad for Ryggforeningen i Norge. 2022 Vol. 28 Nr. 1
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2022
publisher:
Foreningen
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_2022050983054_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/20b8108440b7c0c23838d867995b037c
id:
826accb769182591a2c97dd0b57f4371
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025042880015_003
title:
Post & Bringavisen : P&B : konserninformasjon fra Posten Norge. 2014 Vol. 63 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Posten Norge
2. Bring
year:
2014
publisher:
Posten Norge
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_2025042880015_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/826accb769182591a2c97dd0b57f4371
id:
aec464126b90b5d20520fa67afc4ca79
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025081983134_001
title:
Ryggstøtten : medlemsblad for Ryggforeningen i Norge. 2025 Vol. 31 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Ryggforeningen i Norge
year:
2025
publisher:
Foreningen
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_2025081983134_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/aec464126b90b5d20520fa67afc4ca79
id:
20f936b08928ff737a2b7d0b957e0fb6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_76d27195-7f43-4319-b4ab-183a5160bf38
title:
Ryggstøtten : medlemsblad for Ryggforeningen i Norge. 2024 Vol. 30 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Ryggforeningen i Norge
year:
2024
publisher:
Foreningen
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_76d27195-7f43-4319-b4ab-183a5160bf38_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/20f936b08928ff737a2b7d0b957e0fb6
id:
8820fc6a3102a691946f7072ec8494d3
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_norgeidag_null_null_20161216_16_50_1
title:
Norge Idag
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20161216
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Oslo
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_norgeidag_null_null_20161216_16_50_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8820fc6a3102a691946f7072ec8494d3
id:
59e93cb1e364145c90e5f5c7d0c51d83
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022120683314_001
title:
MS-bladet (trykt utg.) : organ for MS-forbundet i Norge og dets foreninger. 2022 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Multippel sklerose forbundet i Norge
2. Multippel sklerose-foreningen (Oslo)
year:
2022
publisher:
Multippel sklerose-foreningen
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_2022120683314_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/59e93cb1e364145c90e5f5c7d0c51d83
id:
1606f44a89b3fe55c31ed75dfcec3095
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023110783008_001
title:
MS-bladet (trykt utg.) : organ for MS-forbundet i Norge og dets foreninger. 2023 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Multippel sklerose forbundet i Norge
2. Multippel sklerose-foreningen (Oslo)
year:
2023
publisher:
Multippel sklerose-foreningen
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_2023110783008_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1606f44a89b3fe55c31ed75dfcec3095

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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