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 2026-10-24T05:01:30Z in 0.251 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

21 results

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URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergenstidende_null_null_20090603_141_143_1
title:
Bergens Tidende
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20090603
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
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NONE
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LIBRARY
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viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20081130_149_559_2
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20081130
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
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LIBRARY
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20081130_149_559_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20081130
publisher:
not reported by source
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1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
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Oslo
digital:
yes
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no
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copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
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LIBRARY
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020022548100
title:
Huntingtons sykdom
creators:
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1. Iversen, Kristin
2. Walsem, Regina Marleen van
3. Pihlstrøm, Lasse
4. Oslo universitetssykehus Senter for sjeldne diagnoser
year:
2019
publisher:
Oslo universitetssykehus, Senter for sjeldne diagnoser
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:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20081127_149_554_2
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20081127
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_aftenposten_morgen_1_20081127_149_554_2-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/88e230737c8a7e96f0ec49bf84cd34d7
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20081127_149_554_1
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20081127
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_aftenposten_morgen_1_20081127_149_554_1-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a1abfbfc7d55280822e289a50e1944cb
id:
1f6111918d125a9a2e706fedd10e3dca
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024030180091_013
title:
Offentlig drift : et produkt fra Byggfakta. 2010 Vol. 5 Nr. 4
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2010
publisher:
Byggfakta docu
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_2024030180091_013_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1f6111918d125a9a2e706fedd10e3dca
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bbc9f012e7e9ad370197c7e34d18f068
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ostlendingen_null_null_20130824_113_194_1
title:
Østlendingen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130824
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_20130824_113_194_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bbc9f012e7e9ad370197c7e34d18f068
id:
5bdc173bbe9f2980a9bdfeb5832fc260
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013082008149
title:
Forflytningskunnskap : aktivisering, hjelp og trening ved forflytning
creators:
1 results
1. Lunde, Per Halvor
year:
2011
publisher:
Gyldendal akademisk
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_2013082008149_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5bdc173bbe9f2980a9bdfeb5832fc260
id:
ce2ec4f305c8dc2591b9f426de3b5397
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ringsakerblad_null_null_20130824_78_98_1
title:
Ringsaker Blad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130824
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_ringsakerblad_null_null_20130824_78_98_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ce2ec4f305c8dc2591b9f426de3b5397
id:
0c3c193815854378da059175fc908187
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_hadeland_null_null_20130823_95_161_1
title:
Hadeland
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130823
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_hadeland_null_null_20130823_95_161_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0c3c193815854378da059175fc908187
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70dd50218e32778d851c3fe87fe9d4d7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_hamardagblad_null_null_20130822_43_29_2
title:
Hamar Dagblad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130822
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:
ccbync
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
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viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/70dd50218e32778d851c3fe87fe9d4d7
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965d8700ebdab23c8b3f0ca69cfdee62
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergenstidende_null_null_20090606_141_146_1
title:
Bergens Tidende
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20090606
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_bergenstidende_null_null_20090606_141_146_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/965d8700ebdab23c8b3f0ca69cfdee62
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2b4414e90b133288fd02953721d843f2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_opplandarbeiderblad_null_null_20130824_89_194_1
title:
Oppland Arbeiderblad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130824
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:
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viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2b4414e90b133288fd02953721d843f2
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gudbrandsdolendagnin_null_null_20130824_176_194_1
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Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130824
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_gudbrandsdolendagnin_null_null_20130824_176_194_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e37da95c6e0a5a1fc11cfa5e6a5b1a9a
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20090727_150_315_2
title:
Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20090727
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_aftenposten_morgen_1_20090727_150_315_2-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_morgen_1_20090727_150_315_1
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Aftenposten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20090727
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_aftenposten_morgen_1_20090727_150_315_1-1_001_foersteside/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/82ffe079a526be1e857fa73b8b0d62b5
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_hamararbeiderblad_null_null_20130824_87_194_1
title:
Hamar Arbeiderblad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130824
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_hamararbeiderblad_null_null_20130824_87_194_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/981494f5abc6cd3ce38fa2ba9e390296
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_glaamdalenodal_null_null_20130824_129_194_1
title:
Glåmdalen (Odal)
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20130824
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_glaamdalenodal_null_null_20130824_129_194_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5ceebcb51b6b4a8f866a501646d0d9a2
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011033005007
title:
Forflytningskunnskap : aktivisering, hjelp og trening ved forflytning
creators:
1 results
1. Lunde, Per Halvor
year:
2010
publisher:
Gyldendal
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_2011033005007_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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