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: one of: date, date,desc, title, title,desc, otherid, otherid,desc, firstDigitalContentTime, firstDigitalContentTime,desc, optional, default None; 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}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort} 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}&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).
`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}&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}&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}&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: one of: date, date,desc, title, title,desc, otherid, otherid,desc, firstDigitalContentTime, firstDigitalContentTime,desc. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T23:31:59Z in 0.274 seconds.

total:

4006

page:

size:

items:

25 results

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urn:
not reported by source
title:
River, rydder og leker seg til suksess
creators:
1 results
1. Moxness, Kjersti
year:
2006
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283004_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2003
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2003
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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
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viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283017_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2014
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2014
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283017_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283016_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2013
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2013
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283016_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023110683022_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2021
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2021
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283013_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2010
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2010
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283013_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283014_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2011
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2011
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283014_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/02eeae192a12bfaf5520c924f272630a
id:
5a102444d5d3bbd5df3264aa11b95aec
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023101383078_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2020
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2020
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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:
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viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283019_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2017
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2017
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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:
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viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a544b36bb71c6486285fde2eeb66b484
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d80fc72fd688a70786e4fff9223f709c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283021_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2019
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2019
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283021_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
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https://www.nb.no/items/d80fc72fd688a70786e4fff9223f709c
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283007_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2006
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2006
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283007_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f870e328af8929ec1ca1f4549033b645
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3df4f46d33ec8b75f653a0be8ad205fd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283011_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2008
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2008
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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:
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https://www.nb.no/items/3df4f46d33ec8b75f653a0be8ad205fd
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c386a0cd516442839cdba9685af5a94f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283020_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2018
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2018
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283020_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c386a0cd516442839cdba9685af5a94f
id:
45c4ce92a0702e99d6736798b298cf2c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283005_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2005
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2005
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283005_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/45c4ce92a0702e99d6736798b298cf2c
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0a50f306efae3228ad9e77f853148a5e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283018_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2016
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2016
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283018_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0a50f306efae3228ad9e77f853148a5e
id:
7d0e0eaf5f3fedeaa718a54c658ba5fb
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283012_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2009
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2009
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283012_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7d0e0eaf5f3fedeaa718a54c658ba5fb
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e65d3e954eed8c9e9b6e03d85faf0098
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026010283009_001
title:
AF gruppen: årsrapport. 2007
creators:
1 results
1. AF gruppen
year:
2007
publisher:
AF Gruppen
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_2026010283009_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e65d3e954eed8c9e9b6e03d85faf0098
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f24d0a0129bcedb65159c3b17b12a4fa
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Utredning om tekniske utfordringer knyttet til transport, mottak og disponering av betonginnretninger ved land : OD prosjektnr. 105801
creators:
2 results
1. AF Decom Offshore
2. Oljedirektoratet
year:
2011
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f24d0a0129bcedb65159c3b17b12a4fa
id:
351a6b27da1558bfcd4e3eacf5dbe49a
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Fisk med et hint av metall
creators:
2 results
1. Ree, Maiken
2. Stensvold, Tore
year:
2012
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/351a6b27da1558bfcd4e3eacf5dbe49a
id:
967804e5ef1db480d009946eebfebbc3
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Klif forholder seg til fakta, ikke påstander
creators:
1 results
1. Nåmdal, Signe
year:
2013
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/967804e5ef1db480d009946eebfebbc3
id:
59edc39f803c53ec5e53b7e96b50c206
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Inkonsekvent av Klif i Vats
creators:
1 results
1. Låte, Sigmund
year:
2013
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/59edc39f803c53ec5e53b7e96b50c206
id:
91dd62c5542b2c0eddab6172119e658d
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Klif omskriver virkeligheten
creators:
1 results
1. Hatteland, Jakob
year:
2013
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/91dd62c5542b2c0eddab6172119e658d
id:
96cbe542ec49577d331dcdebc9d378d7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_dimu_021018425525
title:
Gravemaskinene fra AF Decom er etter hvert ferdige med å rense "top siden" for alle stålstrukturene ...
creators:
not reported by source
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bilder
languages:
No results.
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_dimu_021018425525/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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