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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.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
qrequiredstringFree-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
media_typeoptionalunionRestrict 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.
languageoptionalunionLanguage 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.
countyoptionalunionNorwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
year_fromoptionalunionRestrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
year_tooptionalunionRestrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
digital_onlyoptionalbooleanOnly items that have been digitized.
sortoptionalunionOne of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
pageoptionalintegerZero-based page index.
sizeoptionalintegerResults per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
limitoptionalintegerGateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
offsetoptionalintegerNumber 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.

Type: string. Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
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.
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.
Type: string. Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
Type: yes/no. Only items that have been digitized.
Type: string. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
Type: integer. Zero-based page index.
Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-10-06T03:32:22Z in 0.225 seconds.

total:
86881
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0
size:
10
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    not reported by source
    title:
    Større og oppgradert : Asko midt-Norge : byggeprosjekter
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Dale, Ole Harald
    year:
    2012
    publisher:
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    media_types:

    1 results

    1. artikler
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    1 results

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  2. id:
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    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021121348043
    title:
    Enkelt og smakfullt : ASKO - vi forsyner Norge med mat
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    1. Sjo, Nils Henrik
    2. ASKO Norge AS (firma)
    3. Floyd, Thomas X.
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    1 results

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    1 results

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    viewability:
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  3. id:
    eb603dcffaa7d37acef1c2f9a679b0de
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Plukker og distribuerer snart på hydrogen : Asko Midt-Norge
    creators:

    1 results

    1. Ivarson, Henning
    year:
    2017
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    not reported by source
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    1 results

    1. artikler
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    1 results

    1. nob
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  4. id:
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    urn:
    not reported by source
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    creators:

    1 results

    1. Smalberget, Egil
    year:
    2014
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. artikler
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    1 results

    1. nob
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    not reported by source
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    https://www.nb.no/items/f225cad71d33c935e8c3dc5e3dc154d1
  5. id:
    51c6966a43c628ec7735d18cb75bf61e
    urn:
    not reported by source
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    Gode erfaringer hos både Asko og Nortura
    creators:

    2 results

    1. Sollie, Svein
    2. Grostøl, Bjarte E.
    year:
    2011
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. artikler
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
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    license:
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    viewability:
    NONE
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    not reported by source
    viewer_url:
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  6. id:
    ab4dbb8d77ae8eaf3dd9e73fe3423f55
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Effektivt plukk med 350 terminaler på truck og over 1000 håndholdte
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    2014
    publisher:
    not reported by source
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    1 results

    1. artikler
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
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    not reported by source
    digital:
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    no
    license:
    copyrighted
    viewability:
    NONE
    access_allowed_from:
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    thumbnail:
    not reported by source
    viewer_url:
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  7. id:
    c7b8507d06e2ca85488da1282bd068bd
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Først ute med å ta i bruk bioetanoldrevet distribusjonsbil
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    2009
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. artikler
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    not reported by source
    digital:
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    no
    license:
    copyrighted
    viewability:
    NONE
    access_allowed_from:
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    thumbnail:
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    viewer_url:
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  8. id:
    69fa98b673cffd3414a1376db6a78d1a
    urn:
    not reported by source
    title:
    Asko skal bli klimanøytral og ha alle varetyper over egne lagre : Torbjørn Johannson har to klare mål før han pensjonerer seg
    creators:

    2 results

    1. Schieldrop, Trond
    2. Johannson, Torbjørn
    year:
    2014
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. artikler
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
    county:
    not reported by source
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    no
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    copyrighted
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  9. id:
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    1. Engen, Øyvind
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    2012
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    1 results

    1. artikler
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    1 results

    1. nob
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  10. id:
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    Øker konkurransekraften med Norges største sentrallager
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    1 results

    1. Schieldrop, Trond
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    2011
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    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. artikler
    languages:

    1 results

    1. nob
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    copyrighted
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