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 2026-10-03T04:42:31Z in 0.732 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
5b20873eb6e6c445f8e24e79ce2d1520
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025060380022_006
title:
Dagens perspektiv (trykt utg.). 2019 Vol. 32 Nr. 32
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2019
publisher:
Dagens perspektiv
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_2025060380022_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5b20873eb6e6c445f8e24e79ce2d1520
id:
99cac4fbbd5c75db1aeaee43e33c945f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vigga_null_null_20240502_38_17_1
title:
Vigga
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20240502
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:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vigga_null_null_20240502_38_17_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/99cac4fbbd5c75db1aeaee43e33c945f
id:
019a291391bc1fd8ad1d57641dd85c6a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008121804087
title:
Likestilling for funksjonshemmede : sammenlikning av ulike strategier i Danmark, Norge, Sverige og USA : hovedrapport
creators:
3 results
1. Brattström, Malin
2. Ulike strategier for å skape likestilling for funksjonshemmede (prosjekt)
3. Rådet for funksjonshemmede
year:
1998
publisher:
Rådet for funksjonshemmede
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_2008121804087_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/019a291391bc1fd8ad1d57641dd85c6a
id:
1404a6f81b10ed27848eadc61fa58d46
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_budstikkaforaskerogb_null_null_20151214_118_294_1
title:
Budstikka (Asker og Bærum)
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20151214
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Akershus
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_budstikkaforaskerogb_null_null_20151214_118_294_1-01_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1404a6f81b10ed27848eadc61fa58d46
id:
f304d89fb440dc6c86ad5f1bd0c45dd0
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_fjuken_null_null_20240502_36_17_1
title:
Fjuken
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20240502
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:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_fjuken_null_null_20240502_36_17_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f304d89fb440dc6c86ad5f1bd0c45dd0
id:
c87604f75a92dfd29d0b3aedb031da37
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20170320_128_067_1
title:
Dagens Næringsliv
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20170320
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:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagensnaeringsliv_null_null_20170320_128_067_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c87604f75a92dfd29d0b3aedb031da37
id:
2b628e1cc81a0037f30c779d8bed536d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023072483148_001
title:
Helg og kvardag : kyrkjeblad for Lærdal. 2023 Vol. 46 Nr. 2
creators:
4 results
1. Hauge sokneråd
2. Borgund sokneråd
3. Tønjum sokneråd
4. Lærdal
year:
2023
publisher:
Sokneråda i Lærdal
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. 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_2023072483148_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2b628e1cc81a0037f30c779d8bed536d
id:
f4610f3ad73153bed51390a4344d6eca
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008102700088
title:
Funksjonshemmede og arbeid : analyse av utviklingen i Norge, Danmark, Sverige og USA
creators:
3 results
1. Brattström, Malin
2. Ulike strategier for å skape likestilling for funksjonshemmede (prosjekt)
3. Rådet for funksjonshemmede
year:
1998
publisher:
Rådet for funksjonshemmede
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_2008102700088_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f4610f3ad73153bed51390a4344d6eca
id:
d9f479c8cd58cf8d5d9c552d0c87edb7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025080483003_001
title:
Acem-nytt. 2004 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Acem
year:
2004
publisher:
Acem
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_2025080483003_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d9f479c8cd58cf8d5d9c552d0c87edb7
id:
e959e2ba8eded2869b53cf365aa2f414
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ostlendingen_null_null_20250207_125_17_1
title:
Østlendingen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20250207
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:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ostlendingen_null_null_20250207_125_17_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e959e2ba8eded2869b53cf365aa2f414

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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