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 2026-09-16T01:15:32Z in 0.184 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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3657c4b730c200d826c54a72b92c19ad
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2021020181147_001
title:
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (trykt utg.) : The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 2013 Vol. 133 Nr. 5
creators:
2 results
1. Den Norske lægeforening
2. Den Norske legeforening
year:
2013
publisher:
Den norske legeforening
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
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_2021020181147_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2021011181045_001
title:
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (trykt utg.) : The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 2013 Vol. 133 Nr. 16
creators:
2 results
1. Den Norske lægeforening
2. Den Norske legeforening
year:
2013
publisher:
Den norske legeforening
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
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2. nob
3. mul
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_2021011181045_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/76c7b775e5d4fe2cc4e4fae398aef17c
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2021020181143_001
title:
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (trykt utg.) : The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. 2013 Vol. 133 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Den Norske lægeforening
2. Den Norske legeforening
year:
2013
publisher:
Den norske legeforening
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
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_2021020181143_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/96d63241501ad1ce5a3b4c405d8aa51a
id:
7265e0b403812511d85eac96a8763680
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_tffolkebladet_null_null_20140129_50_24_1
title:
TF Folkebladet (2008- )
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20140129
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Troms
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_tffolkebladet_null_null_20140129_50_24_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7265e0b403812511d85eac96a8763680
id:
2d2908dc85fcd03aff68620788e0a284
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20240627_33_146_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20240627
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:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20240627_33_146_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2d2908dc85fcd03aff68620788e0a284
id:
3957927dabe23c5b99c72340106de1b6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025111480005_005
title:
Kommunal rapport (Oslo : 1987 : trykt utg.). 2020 Vol. 34 Nr. 35
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2020
publisher:
Kommunal rapport 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_2025111480005_005_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3957927dabe23c5b99c72340106de1b6
id:
7e116cbed304efb94f2b5be77b9f24d6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022062880083_004
title:
Kjemi : prosjekt, prosess, produkt. 2011 Vol. 71 Nr. 4
creators:
3 results
1. Norsk kjemisk selskap
2. Norske sivilingeniørers forening
3. Norges ingeniørorganisasjon - NITO
year:
2011
publisher:
Media Oslo
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
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_2022062880083_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7e116cbed304efb94f2b5be77b9f24d6
id:
25b5bb8ca577616c93e3d572692a77df
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20150427_24_95_1
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20150427
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:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20150427_24_95_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/25b5bb8ca577616c93e3d572692a77df
id:
3a346fd3135b574550322715b22ae2c7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025050980041_003
title:
Dagens medisin (trykt utg.) : uavhengig nyhetsavis for helsevesenet. 2015 Nr. 15
creators:
1 results
1. Dagens medisin
year:
2015
publisher:
Dagens medisin
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_2025050980041_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3a346fd3135b574550322715b22ae2c7
id:
48bce638f360faf7ca1cb599b4cbeafa
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025021280025_008
title:
Computerworld (Oslo : trykt utg.). 2011 Vol. 29 24
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2011
publisher:
Computer Communications
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_2025021280025_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/48bce638f360faf7ca1cb599b4cbeafa

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.

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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