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 2026-09-13T23:05:15Z in 0.311 seconds.

total:

1168

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
afc0ef2002617bc00c7f6fa5daa76dad
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Vil være verdens gildaste arbeidsplass
creators:
2 results
1. Hansrud, Ove
2. Håland, Oddvar
year:
2004
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/afc0ef2002617bc00c7f6fa5daa76dad
id:
457e5d56d7cc4ce8a14f66571cc049d2
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Spark-SPELL : low-latency query-based search for gene expression compendia on cluster computers
creators:
2 results
1. Raknes, Inge Alexander
2. UiT Norges arktiske universitet
year:
2014
publisher:
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/457e5d56d7cc4ce8a14f66571cc049d2
id:
952699b51ef1771a56ebb378506999bb
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Clavis Diplomatica, Tradens Specimina Veterum Scripturarum, Nimirum Alphabeta Varia, Compendia Scribendi Medii Aevi, Notariorum Veterum Signa Nonnulla Curiosa, Una Cum Alphabeto Instrumenti Et Abbreviaturis, Singula Tabulis Aeneis Exhibita: Qvibus Praemittuntur Introductiones Necessariae, Subiiciuntur Scriptores Rei Diplomaticae Aliaqve Ad Lectionem Et Intelligentiam Veterum Codicum, Chartarum Et Diplomatum Facientia, Variis Annotationibus Historico-Literariis Hinc Inde Additis
creators:
2 results
1. Baring, Daniel Eberhard
2. Förster, Nicolaus
year:
1737
publisher:
Sumptibus Haeredum B. Nic. Försteri et Filii
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. lat
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/952699b51ef1771a56ebb378506999bb
id:
25b107014870ad00d86fb5eda433ec9e
urn:
not reported by source
title:
In hoc volumine habentur haec. Cornucopiae, siue linguae Latinae commentarij diligentissimé recogniti: atque ex archetypo emendati. Index copiosissimus dictionum omnium, quae in hisce Sypontini commentarijs, ... Eiusdem Sypontini libellus, ... Cornelij Vitellij in eum ipsum libellum Sypontini annotationes. M. Terentij Varronis De lingua latina libri tres ... Eiusdem de Analogia libri tres. Sexti Pompeij Festi undeuiginti librorum fragmenta. Nonij Marcelli compendia, ...
creators:
1 results
1. Perotti, Niccolò
year:
1513
publisher:
Aldo Manuzio, 1449 or 1450-1515 & Torresanus, Andreas, de Asula, 1451-1529
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. lat
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/25b107014870ad00d86fb5eda433ec9e
id:
472756243b70afd3bef9d4433bff616b
urn:
not reported by source
title:
In hoc volumine habentur haec: Cornucopiae, sive linguae Latinae commentarii diligentissimé recogniti atque ex archetypo emendati ; Index copiosissimus dictionum omnium, quae in hisce Sypontini commentariis ... ; Eiusdem Sypontini libellus, quo Plynii epistola ad Titum Vespansianum corrigitur. Cornelii Vitellii in eum ipsum libellum Sypontini annotationes. M. Terentij Varronis De lingua latina libri tres ... ; Eiusdem de Analogia libri tres. Sexti Pompeij Festi undeviginti librorum fragmenta. Nonii Marcelli compendia ...
creators:
2 results
1. Manutius, Aldus
2. Vitellius, Cornelius
year:
1513
publisher:
In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. lat
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/472756243b70afd3bef9d4433bff616b
id:
3379595e6babe7e3f008fc1a3d5406ba
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Arbeider fra Geografisk institutt, Universitetet i Trondheim. Ny serie C : Undervisningskompendier og tekniske notater
creators:
1 results
1. Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet. Geografisk Institutt
year:
19950101
publisher:
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Geografisk institutt
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. eng nno nob swe
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3379595e6babe7e3f008fc1a3d5406ba
id:
cc0ca1c46b15b4de4051b34b34c21a63
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008110504074
title:
IT-systemer for personaladministrasjon og -utvikling
creators:
1 results
1. Norsk institutt for personalutvikling og -administrasjon
year:
2001
publisher:
NIPA
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_2008110504074_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cc0ca1c46b15b4de4051b34b34c21a63
id:
1eef552dfd717acbac35025f6e235699
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_18b27902-5134-46ee-b8fa-e0965c41261c
title:
Norsk familieøkonomi (online) : medlemsmagasin. 2024 Nr. 1
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2024
publisher:
Norsk familieøkonomi
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_plikttidsskrift_18b27902-5134-46ee-b8fa-e0965c41261c_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1eef552dfd717acbac35025f6e235699
id:
2a0f232534b94b361bd0fef462a0e291
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023113080018_001
title:
Tjenestemannsbladet (trykt utg.) : for medlemmer i Norsk tjenestemannslag. 2006 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Norsk tjenestemannslag
year:
2006
publisher:
Norsk tjenestemannslag
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_2023113080018_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2a0f232534b94b361bd0fef462a0e291
id:
31a6a453a810f7cb93bb2e3626368aa6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041580030_002
title:
På sparket (Bryne). 2003 Vol. 8 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Bryne fotballklubb
year:
2003
publisher:
Klubben
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_2024041580030_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/31a6a453a810f7cb93bb2e3626368aa6

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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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.

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