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 2026-09-25T17:59:55Z in 0.219 seconds.

total:

107274

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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1694b5fa53464b1841a147f54c70d29b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010061603007
title:
Oslo lufthavn Gardermoen : porten til Norge
creators:
2 results
1. Bredal, Dag
2. Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen
year:
1998
publisher:
Schibsted
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_2010061603007_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1694b5fa53464b1841a147f54c70d29b
id:
5b4927f41c0bdd91729f2a742fe70e87
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000055960
title:
Digitale drosjeholdeplasser : Erfaringer fra Oslo Lufthavn Gardermoen
creators:
3 results
1. Aarhaug, Jørgen
2. Wolday, Fitwi
3. Johnsson, Espen
year:
2025
publisher:
Transportøkonomisk institutt
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_pliktmonografi_000055960_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5b4927f41c0bdd91729f2a742fe70e87
id:
955d9d20e6ef93a7533b235bd9e33143
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041980023_022
title:
360 : Oslo Airport magazine. 2014 24
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen
year:
2014
publisher:
Oslo lufthavn
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
county:
Utlandet
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_2024041980023_022_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/955d9d20e6ef93a7533b235bd9e33143
id:
6f3af9955d286557ebbc9a5f9d2ace2b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041980023_005
title:
360 : Oslo Airport magazine. 2011 5
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen
year:
2011
publisher:
Oslo lufthavn
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
county:
Utlandet
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_2024041980023_005_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6f3af9955d286557ebbc9a5f9d2ace2b
id:
d3b53549cedec0a5b51f39793b47e79b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041980023_006
title:
360 : Oslo Airport magazine. 2011 6
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen
year:
2011
publisher:
Oslo lufthavn
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
county:
Utlandet
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_2024041980023_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d3b53549cedec0a5b51f39793b47e79b
id:
f220aa82276016681dee5bafa9df35f2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020041488011
title:
Fremmedkrigerne : fra en norsk småby til Den islamske staten (IS)
creators:
1 results
1. Arntsen, Erlend Ofte
year:
2016
publisher:
Kagge
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_2020041488011_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f220aa82276016681dee5bafa9df35f2
id:
a481789e283901abf5585a1d168e0cd9
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023112780004_003
title:
Innovasjon & næringsliv. 2004 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Innovasjon Gardermoen
year:
2004
publisher:
Innovasjon Gardermoen
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_2023112780004_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a481789e283901abf5585a1d168e0cd9
id:
799606ea5d88c0e2e642fb99841f3c83
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024031380007_003
title:
Innovasjon & næringsliv. 2007 Vol. 7 Nr. 3
creators:
1 results
1. Innovasjon Gardermoen
year:
2007
publisher:
Innovasjon Gardermoen
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_2024031380007_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/799606ea5d88c0e2e642fb99841f3c83
id:
d8be2229fe3a618cf9bb7ddae77c6d60
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024031380007_004
title:
Innovasjon & næringsliv. 2007 Vol. 7 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Innovasjon Gardermoen
year:
2007
publisher:
Innovasjon Gardermoen
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_2024031380007_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d8be2229fe3a618cf9bb7ddae77c6d60
id:
fa96dc5e8a1aac3b9ace481f35fa2f97
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041780050_002
title:
Innovasjon & næringsliv. juni 2009 Vol. 9 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Innovasjon Gardermoen
year:
2009
publisher:
Innovasjon Gardermoen
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_2024041780050_002_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fa96dc5e8a1aac3b9ace481f35fa2f97

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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