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 2026-09-23T17:09:45Z in 0.302 seconds.

total:

38290

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
255472c14d22337e71b51b5883f9f530
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024083080001_001
title:
Paragraf (Advokatfirmaet Schjødt) : et kundemagasin fra Advokatfirmaet Schjødt. 2007 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
year:
2007
publisher:
Advokatfirmaet
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_2024083080001_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/255472c14d22337e71b51b5883f9f530
id:
bcc8203c7a0c1923d6851c0effe582a2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000003392
title:
Doing business in Norway : celebrating 15 years
creators:
1 results
1. Advokatfirmaet Arntzen de Besche
year:
2015
publisher:
Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS
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_pliktmonografi_000003392_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bcc8203c7a0c1923d6851c0effe582a2
id:
c6abe7d4f9577c31674481541a5fab3e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022083148083
title:
Advokatfirmaet BA-HR gjennom 50 år
creators:
2 results
1. Eckhoff, Anders
2. Bugge, Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen (firma)
year:
2016
publisher:
Advokatfirmaet BA-HR
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_2022083148083_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c6abe7d4f9577c31674481541a5fab3e
id:
65e2ce213730902bc487e19cf111b8cc
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020070348600
title:
Doing business in Norway
creators:
1 results
1. Advokatfirmaet Arntzen de Besche
year:
2019
publisher:
Arntzen de Besche
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_2020070348600_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/65e2ce213730902bc487e19cf111b8cc
id:
26c0e9fdf53a7f663715c3780601d2e4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020051548039
title:
Doing business in Norway
creators:
1 results
1. Advokatfirmaet Arntzen de Besche
year:
2017
publisher:
Arntzen de Besche
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_2020051548039_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/26c0e9fdf53a7f663715c3780601d2e4
id:
3825c106d07f69b51e34806f9da5b5fd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016070448094
title:
Yrkesskadeforsikring : lovkommentarer og dokumentsamling
creators:
2 results
1. Arntzen, Andreas
2. Advokatfirmaet Arntzen de Besche
year:
2001
publisher:
Advokatfirmaet Arntzen de Besche
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_2016070448094_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3825c106d07f69b51e34806f9da5b5fd
id:
1d62e194f831ee0abe61d0eaa04a0dcf
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011030908115
title:
Advokatfirmaet som kunnskapsbedrift : strategisk bruk av informasjonsteknologi
creators:
1 results
1. Gottschalk, Petter
year:
2003
publisher:
Fagbokforl.
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_2011030908115_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1d62e194f831ee0abe61d0eaa04a0dcf
id:
1ec9e00d1e36312b4ba5fb27122ccd9c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011032108118
title:
Ansvarsforsikring
creators:
2 results
1. Arntzen, Andreas
2. Advokatfirmaet Arntzen, Underland & co.
year:
2000
publisher:
Advokatfirmaet Arntzen, Underland & Co
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_2011032108118_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1ec9e00d1e36312b4ba5fb27122ccd9c
id:
92992c61ab24dcee6a2afd739f84a9c6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008061200059
title:
Forsikringsrett : forsikringsvilkårenes ansvarsbestemmelser, villaeier- og hjemforsikring
creators:
2 results
1. Arntzen, Andreas
2. Advokatfirmaet Arntzen, Underland & co.
year:
1995
publisher:
Advokatfirmaet Arntzen, Underland & Co
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_2008061200059_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/92992c61ab24dcee6a2afd739f84a9c6
id:
a25b6fb57f0b6b97cf9ef431c9cd9f61
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008031200010
title:
Aksjebeskatning : med særlig vekt på RISK-beregning og gevinstbeskatning
creators:
2 results
1. Arntzen, Terje
2. Vold, Nicolay
year:
1995
publisher:
Juridisk forl.
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_2008031200010_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a25b6fb57f0b6b97cf9ef431c9cd9f61

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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