Allemannsdata Wiki
Manual search

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.

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 2026-10-23T23:43:09Z in 0.485 seconds.

total:
9
page:
0
size:
25
items:

9 results

  1. id:
    8db22ba83c8896f689fea371cf71f243
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026072483026_001
    title:
    Camping (Drammen) : bransjeblad for campingplasseieren. 2026 Nr. 1
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    2026
    publisher:
    Polinor Media AS
    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_2026072483026_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/8db22ba83c8896f689fea371cf71f243
  2. id:
    570f533342f9af640672aa86246aab1c
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sovesten_null_null_20230427_30_16_1
    title:
    Søvesten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20230427
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Trøndelag
    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_sovesten_null_null_20230427_30_16_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/570f533342f9af640672aa86246aab1c
  3. id:
    c715f444ae18d88797862ab979448371
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sarpsborgarbeiderblad_null_null_20250703_96_75_1
    title:
    Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20250703
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Østfold
    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_sarpsborgarbeiderblad_null_null_20250703_96_75_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/c715f444ae18d88797862ab979448371
  4. id:
    0a2a2f4ec998bd6e198047186e3dbc5d
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sovesten_null_null_20230323_30_12_1
    title:
    Søvesten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20230323
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Trøndelag
    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_sovesten_null_null_20230323_30_12_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/0a2a2f4ec998bd6e198047186e3dbc5d
  5. id:
    e70d64e7320948ac69b6e01de50fb7c1
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sorvarangeravis_null_null_20260319_76_22_1
    title:
    Sør-Varanger Avis
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20260319
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Finnmark
    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_sorvarangeravis_null_null_20260319_76_22_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/e70d64e7320948ac69b6e01de50fb7c1
  6. id:
    eeff140a63096fc488a871fa46a28099
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_glaamdalen_null_null_20260122_142_9_1
    title:
    Glåmdalen (Kongsvinger: 1943-)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20260122
    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_glaamdalen_null_null_20260122_142_9_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/eeff140a63096fc488a871fa46a28099
  7. id:
    01a5a3e0b8d843de29f7c3d1eeca8e2a
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_altaposten_null_null_20251031_57_86_1
    title:
    Altaposten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20251031
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Finnmark
    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_altaposten_null_null_20251031_57_86_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/01a5a3e0b8d843de29f7c3d1eeca8e2a
  8. id:
    092ccf50b82bf3b27d9ccc0f49b87c2f
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sortrondelag_null_null_20230422_116_47_1
    title:
    Sør-Trøndelag
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20230422
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Trøndelag
    digital:
    yes
    public_domain:
    no
    license:
    ccbync
    viewability:
    ALL
    access_allowed_from:
    EVERYWHERE
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sortrondelag_null_null_20230422_116_47_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/092ccf50b82bf3b27d9ccc0f49b87c2f
  9. id:
    ada9a33cef41da68566c9fa413af375a
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sortrondelag_null_null_20240528_117_62_1
    title:
    Sør-Trøndelag
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20240528
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Trøndelag
    digital:
    yes
    public_domain:
    no
    license:
    ccbync
    viewability:
    ALL
    access_allowed_from:
    EVERYWHERE
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_sortrondelag_null_null_20240528_117_62_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/ada9a33cef41da68566c9fa413af375a
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
9
has_more_results:
no
Will you use the result in generated code?

Open the same result as JSON

Is data missing or incorrect? Send feedback about this result.

Continue exploring

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

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. 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.

AI agent? Read the complete navigation and programming guide.