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 2026-09-23T20:07:17Z in 0.194 seconds.

total:

324240

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
44cec6b9f7f19bae4a2b76c000614db2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2018101181134_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 1991
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
1991
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2018101181134_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/44cec6b9f7f19bae4a2b76c000614db2
id:
e911ec66fc266448c13335c1eba96bec
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2018101181128_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 1987
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
1987
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2018101181128_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e911ec66fc266448c13335c1eba96bec
id:
8ab5296a48ef275651471e4f6efc995b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2020012781130_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 1996
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
1996
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2020012781130_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8ab5296a48ef275651471e4f6efc995b
id:
9bfb83b7317f5b56f2ff6b9049a93ada
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2016063081378_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 2012
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
2012
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2016063081378_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9bfb83b7317f5b56f2ff6b9049a93ada
id:
886eb49d78282a4684d384c2decf7dc4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2018101181136_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 1992
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
1992
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2018101181136_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/886eb49d78282a4684d384c2decf7dc4
id:
6e0a508defa2bc1727ccab5767cacca9
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2020012781128_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 1995
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
1995
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2020012781128_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6e0a508defa2bc1727ccab5767cacca9
id:
1eeaef1328474facb22f36d05b2698ad
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2020012781146_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 2004
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
2004
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2020012781146_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1eeaef1328474facb22f36d05b2698ad
id:
66d561ccfcde5612e643ac813e6c2dc7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2020012781142_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 2002
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
2002
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2020012781142_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/66d561ccfcde5612e643ac813e6c2dc7
id:
c1c7afad3cf60cb76d38cf1fb7f080d3
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2020012781144_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 2003
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
2003
publisher:
Sogelaget.
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nno
2. nob
3. mul
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_2020012781144_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c1c7afad3cf60cb76d38cf1fb7f080d3
id:
18c3997a4b9e4fef602fc846e2acb882
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022050380074_001
title:
Ørsta-minne : årsskrift .... 2016
creators:
2 results
1. Ørsta bygdemuseumslag
2. Ørsta sogelag
year:
2016
publisher:
Ørsta sogelag
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:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022050380074_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/18c3997a4b9e4fef602fc846e2acb882

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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