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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 2026-09-24T18:52:38Z in 0.186 seconds.

total:
1846
page:
0
size:
10
items:

10 results

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    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_grimstadadressetiden_null_null_20110226_156_24_1
    title:
    Grimstad Adressetidende
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20110226
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Agder
    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_grimstadadressetiden_null_null_20110226_156_24_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
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  2. id:
    e055d6b6c4f6d5f0155f75be83c02864
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2013041981007_001
    title:
    Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (trykt utg.) : Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association. 2003 Vol. 40 Nr. 6
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    2003
    publisher:
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    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
    languages:

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    county:
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    digital:
    yes
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    license:
    ccbyncnd
    viewability:
    ALL
    access_allowed_from:
    EVERYWHERE
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    viewer_url:
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    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_adresseavisen_null_null_20161115_250_266_1
    title:
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    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20161115
    publisher:
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    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
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    yes
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    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/a9409fa598025942de76dc135d658458
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    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagbladet_null_null_20200511_152_108_1
    title:
    Dagbladet (Oslo: 1869-)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20200511
    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_dagbladet_null_null_20200511_152_108_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/5406d7ad124cf090a4dcf2a5ae8eb0c6
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    56ff5264b09341fdd9970d4ca460a670
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    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagbladet_null_null_20200312_152_61_1
    title:
    Dagbladet (Oslo: 1869-)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20200312
    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_dagbladet_null_null_20200312_152_61_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/56ff5264b09341fdd9970d4ca460a670
  6. id:
    6f26c90846b5ae79056e5e9579d378d9
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_adresseavisen_null_null_20130910_247_208_1
    title:
    Adresseavisen
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20130910
    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:
    LIBRARY
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_adresseavisen_null_null_20130910_247_208_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/6f26c90846b5ae79056e5e9579d378d9
  7. id:
    40ceff0f675edc17f218dcc1315929c0
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_adresseavisen_null_null_20130903_247_202_1
    title:
    Adresseavisen
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20130903
    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:
    LIBRARY
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_adresseavisen_null_null_20130903_247_202_1-1_001_nyhet/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/40ceff0f675edc17f218dcc1315929c0
  8. id:
    dd32504a11ccce1e331f7b4a36ae7963
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_itromso_null_null_20111021_113_245_1
    title:
    iTromsø (2010- )
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    20111021
    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_itromso_null_null_20111021_113_245_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
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  9. id:
    9bf77275c7cf5650107dade46de01166
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2013052380004_034
    title:
    Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening (trykt utg.) : Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association. 2008 Vol. 45 Nr. 1
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    2008
    publisher:
    Norsk psykologforening
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. tidsskrift
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    5 results

    1. eng
    2. nob
    3. mul
    4. nno
    5. swe
    county:
    not reported by source
    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_digitidsskrift_2013052380004_034_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
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    d332a5e0ab16da116d86b482addd1dad
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    URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024080780007_005
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    Fysioterapeuten (Oslo : trykt utg.). 2011 Vol. 78 Nr. 5
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    1. tidsskrift
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    1 results

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