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 2026-09-26T23:21:55Z in 0.178 seconds.

total:

9445

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
63235faa252efbae57b7fb55de31b03f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025061980077_014
title:
Coop medlem (trykt utg.). okt/nov 2011 Nr. 7
creators:
4 results
1. Coop Norge handel
2. Coop Norge SA
3. Coop Norge AS
4. Coop NKL Medlemsavdelingen
year:
2011
publisher:
Coop Norge SA
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. nno
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025061980077_014_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/63235faa252efbae57b7fb55de31b03f
id:
e0cb75e30f5daacdfeaaa7c31454fff3
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014111908102
title:
Kelterna och deras kultur
creators:
1 results
1. Bugge, Alexander
year:
1926
publisher:
Norstedt
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. swe
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_2014111908102_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e0cb75e30f5daacdfeaaa7c31454fff3
id:
7f3e5f098536c0ea8e481366af774efe
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022042680016_026
title:
Den Unge soldat. 1920 Vol. 26 Nr. 26
creators:
1 results
1. Frelsesarmeen
year:
1920
publisher:
[Frelsesarmeen]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022042680016_026_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7f3e5f098536c0ea8e481366af774efe
id:
73df2d7b777b74617bb6a938676a60dc
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011072205523
title:
Granskingsmetodikk : menneske, teknologi, organisasjon : en kartlegging av kompetansemiljøer og metoder
creators:
3 results
1. Tinmannsvik, Ranveig Kviseth
2. Sklet, Snorre
3. Jersin, Erik
year:
2004
publisher:
SINTEF, Teknologi og samfunn, Sikkerhet og pålitelighet
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_2011072205523_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/73df2d7b777b74617bb6a938676a60dc
id:
736f43b7eeb4c26c7b4c6587576abca8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010021500087
title:
Norsk rettskrivning blå ordbok
creators:
1 results
1. Guttu, Tor
year:
1998
publisher:
Kunnskapsforl.
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_2010021500087_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/736f43b7eeb4c26c7b4c6587576abca8
id:
e1bfbfab5bc150f91af1228bb0e1d983
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013071905130
title:
Studia caucasologica. 1 : Proceedings of the Third Caucasian Colloquium, Oslo, July 1986
creators:
2 results
1. Thordarson, Fridrik
2. Caucasian Colloquium
year:
1988
publisher:
Norwegian University Press
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. ger
3. mul
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_2013071905130_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e1bfbfab5bc150f91af1228bb0e1d983
id:
40c72faa728eb1352a8fe4935df9b4ef
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015120908141
title:
Norsk fugle-register : en systematisk ordnet navnefortegnelse over Norges fugle og deres utbredelse hos os tillikemed samtlige literaturnavne i tide 1599-1912
creators:
1 results
1. Schaanning, Hans Thomas Lange
year:
1914
publisher:
not reported by source
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_2015120908141_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/40c72faa728eb1352a8fe4935df9b4ef
id:
cabdf7fc09990dcafcc87adfc0bc45ab
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telen_null_null_19930315_65_51_1
title:
Telen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19930315
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Telemark
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_telen_null_null_19930315_65_51_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cabdf7fc09990dcafcc87adfc0bc45ab
id:
36058cf5c8e4c49229eb045bae0c2ba7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gjoviksbladattenattifire_null_null_19110529_51_63_1
title:
Gjøviks Blad (1884-1920)
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19110529
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:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gjoviksbladattenattifire_null_null_19110529_51_63_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/36058cf5c8e4c49229eb045bae0c2ba7
id:
bb8270fd8ff65a12791cabbecbf429d7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_laagendalsposten_null_null_19720427_70_81_1
title:
Laagendalsposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19720427
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Buskerud
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_laagendalsposten_null_null_19720427_70_81_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bb8270fd8ff65a12791cabbecbf429d7

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.

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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