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 2026-09-27T03:46:00Z in 0.195 seconds.

total:

170600

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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e1092535dc698b1835faa9269810417d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010083108041
title:
Evenes kirkested 1250-2000 : Evenes kirke 1800-2000
creators:
2 results
1. Pettersen, Magnus
2. Evenes menighetsråd
year:
1999
publisher:
Evenes menighetsråd
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Nordland
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_2010083108041_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e1092535dc698b1835faa9269810417d
id:
c5e64f03ea4725b52e06c3713b54ea86
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023100983157_001
title:
Menighetsbladet for Evenes. 2023 Vol. 60 Nr. 2
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes menighetsråd
year:
2023
publisher:
Menighetsrådet i Evenes
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_2023100983157_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c5e64f03ea4725b52e06c3713b54ea86
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024011683135_001
title:
Menighetsbladet for Evenes. 2023 Vol. 60 Nr. 3
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes menighetsråd
year:
2023
publisher:
Menighetsrådet i Evenes
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_2024011683135_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_2022102483056_001
title:
Menighetsbladet for Evenes. 2022 Vol. 59 Nr. 3
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes menighetsråd
year:
2022
publisher:
Menighetsrådet i Evenes
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_2022102483056_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0f96ea20ddbc13e1eb669061c42cf598
id:
f87bac9544c301f44c9937138e69fb33
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023021483068_001
title:
Fimbul : småskrift fra Evenes bygdeboknemnd. 2022
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes bygdeboknemnd
year:
2022
publisher:
Bygdeboknemnda
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_2023021483068_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f87bac9544c301f44c9937138e69fb33
id:
ff462b64da18efa872c60819ef027f9b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026020383035_001
title:
Fimbul : småskrift fra Evenes bygdeboknemnd. 2025 43
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes bygdeboknemnd
year:
2025
publisher:
Bygdeboknemnda
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Nordland
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_2026020383035_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ff462b64da18efa872c60819ef027f9b
id:
c610b0b9c030642cfadc7816eb6a2585
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012083003_001
title:
Fimbul : småskrift fra Evenes bygdeboknemnd. 2024 42
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes bygdeboknemnd
year:
2024
publisher:
Bygdeboknemnda
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
Nordland
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_2025012083003_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c610b0b9c030642cfadc7816eb6a2585
id:
ac7b07c1c2da7667e2cdbf4d39d29fbe
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019010781275_001
title:
Fimbul : småskrift fra Evenes bygdeboknemnd. 2005 23
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes bygdeboknemnd
year:
2005
publisher:
Bygdeboknemnda
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_2019010781275_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ac7b07c1c2da7667e2cdbf4d39d29fbe
id:
d7c14c0407d394bd4f3e3cef722a69a6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019010781062_001
title:
Fimbul : småskrift fra Evenes bygdeboknemnd. 1998 17
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes bygdeboknemnd
year:
1998
publisher:
Bygdeboknemnda
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_2019010781062_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d7c14c0407d394bd4f3e3cef722a69a6
id:
733be557081bd73d6d783021514ccab2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019010781064_001
title:
Fimbul : småskrift fra Evenes bygdeboknemnd. 1999 18
creators:
1 results
1. Evenes bygdeboknemnd
year:
1999
publisher:
Bygdeboknemnda
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_2019010781064_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/733be557081bd73d6d783021514ccab2

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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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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