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 2026-10-01T16:55:07Z in 0.195 seconds.

total:

769

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
545c0f157f081cd129f7283eb6eced64
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026030348080
title:
En innføring i oppmålingsteknikk for arkeologer
creators:
1 results
1. Keller, Christian
year:
1984
publisher:
Nicolay
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_2026030348080_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/545c0f157f081cd129f7283eb6eced64
id:
1b94a198f47f2eaef1f906f7c04b35b2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009042300030
title:
Arbeidsstikking og planlegging av anleggsdrift : VKI anleggsmaskinfører
creators:
1 results
1. Kristiansen, Svein
year:
1996
publisher:
Fag og kultur
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. nno
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_2009042300030_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1b94a198f47f2eaef1f906f7c04b35b2
id:
e0cfb2ecdb6f31aa64d52fe366557cb5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014120308118
title:
Landmåling
creators:
1 results
1. Hajem, Ulf
year:
1989
publisher:
Fag og kultur
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. nno
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_digibok_2014120308118_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e0cfb2ecdb6f31aa64d52fe366557cb5
id:
0ed9171566ab00fdf276561442dd552d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013011506102
title:
Instrumentlære : kontroll og justering av landmålingsinstrumenter
creators:
1 results
1. Lundin, Eliz
year:
1983
publisher:
Yrkesopplæring
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_2013011506102_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0ed9171566ab00fdf276561442dd552d
id:
06b8e7b38f68b5dd631789593847de1c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009110404044
title:
Landmåling
creators:
1 results
1. Hajem, Ulf
year:
1996
publisher:
Fag og kultur
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. nno
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_digibok_2009110404044_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/06b8e7b38f68b5dd631789593847de1c
id:
a2cb9959c130fb9541bc29212af03b56
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010051908001
title:
Landmåling 1 : Oppgåver i landmåling med fasit og løysingsframlegg
creators:
1 results
1. Økern, Harald
year:
1995
publisher:
NKI
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2010051908001_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a2cb9959c130fb9541bc29212af03b56
id:
11074db6997942853168a5b4edb3267c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vesteraalen_null_null_20210316_101_52_1
title:
Vesterålen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20210316
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
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_digavis_vesteraalen_null_null_20210316_101_52_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/11074db6997942853168a5b4edb3267c
id:
29aa1e3a3479351f02fda38a027944b2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009120800076
title:
Oppmålingslære
creators:
2 results
1. Juterud, Lars J.
2. Juterud, Geir
year:
1998
publisher:
Universitetsforlaget
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. nno
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_2009120800076_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/29aa1e3a3479351f02fda38a027944b2
id:
9023b7e9bd16005ffafa9015dc3dfa8c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014052705107
title:
Stikking og nivellering : [bokmål]
creators:
1 results
1. Juterud, Lars J.
year:
1979
publisher:
Universitetsforl.
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_2014052705107_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9023b7e9bd16005ffafa9015dc3dfa8c
id:
ca581ed04a3b87dbf4d586fc46d081ee
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009052800012
title:
Stikking og nivellering
creators:
1 results
1. Juterud, Lars J.
year:
1991
publisher:
Universitetsforlaget
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_2009052800012_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ca581ed04a3b87dbf4d586fc46d081ee

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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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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