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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 2026-10-16T11:27:32Z in 0.333 seconds.

total:
14
page:
0
size:
25
items:

14 results

  1. id:
    f32f975847cafed2e0ba1cfac49d6ff6
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_tromsfolkeblad_null_null_19700827_6_98_1
    title:
    Troms Folkeblad
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19700827
    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_tromsfolkeblad_null_null_19700827_6_98_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/f32f975847cafed2e0ba1cfac49d6ff6
  2. id:
    7b131ae2103a772dc7950602456600ad
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_buskerudsamtstidendedrammen_null_null_19191108_39_255_1
    title:
    Buskeruds Amtstidende (Drammen: 1881-1920)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19191108
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Buskerud
    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_buskerudsamtstidendedrammen_null_null_19191108_39_255_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/7b131ae2103a772dc7950602456600ad
  3. id:
    7f51a853b3b4291b4d4e98caf9aaf22d
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_buskerudsamtstidendedrammen_null_null_19160810_36_184_1
    title:
    Buskeruds Amtstidende (Drammen: 1881-1920)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19160810
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Buskerud
    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_buskerudsamtstidendedrammen_null_null_19160810_36_184_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/7f51a853b3b4291b4d4e98caf9aaf22d
  4. id:
    f0274e323da83db065ff8d36d6794f4e
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_christianianyheds_null_null_18881109_28_264_1
    title:
    Christiania Nyheds- og Avertissementsblad
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    18881109
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    No results.

    county:
    Oslo
    digital:
    yes
    public_domain:
    yes
    license:
    publicdomain
    viewability:
    ALL
    access_allowed_from:
    EVERYWHERE
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_christianianyheds_null_null_18881109_28_264_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/f0274e323da83db065ff8d36d6794f4e
  5. id:
    c3e08ae49156ddbde3849631dd26cb7e
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gjengangeren_null_null_19520922_102_219_1
    title:
    Gjengangeren
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19520922
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Vestfold
    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_gjengangeren_null_null_19520922_102_219_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/c3e08ae49156ddbde3849631dd26cb7e
  6. id:
    b66d990c03c94d2947d3cc025c75e3f0
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_18960318_37_180_2
    title:
    Aftenposten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    18960318
    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:
    ccbyncnd
    viewability:
    ALL
    access_allowed_from:
    EVERYWHERE
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_aftenposten_null_null_18960318_37_180_2-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/b66d990c03c94d2947d3cc025c75e3f0
  7. id:
    585c07f39b9751ff248191244a577459
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_19521002_60_229_1
    title:
    Stavanger aftenblad
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19521002
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Rogaland
    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_stavangeraftenblad_null_null_19521002_60_229_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/585c07f39b9751ff248191244a577459
  8. id:
    70c91f2f56e0e4ebd15583015b04bd0d
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_nordlandsframtid_null_null_19760619_70_138_1
    title:
    Nordlands framtid
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19760619
    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:
    ccbyncnd
    viewability:
    ALL
    access_allowed_from:
    EVERYWHERE
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_nordlandsframtid_null_null_19760619_70_138_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/70c91f2f56e0e4ebd15583015b04bd0d
  9. id:
    0f7aeb1dde74d6c3c0ce8ff337be4794
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_agderposten_null_null_19700209_97_33_1
    title:
    Agderposten
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19700209
    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:
    copyrighted
    viewability:
    NONE
    access_allowed_from:
    NB
    thumbnail:
    https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_agderposten_null_null_19700209_97_33_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/0f7aeb1dde74d6c3c0ce8ff337be4794
  10. id:
    caaf15d446a6cf4fd0b193d304a6d1d7
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_harstadtidende_null_null_19970513_111_107_1
    title:
    Harstad Tidende
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19970513
    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_harstadtidende_null_null_19970513_111_107_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/caaf15d446a6cf4fd0b193d304a6d1d7
  11. id:
    3b64db5020de7acab91a67034434e2c0
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_bergensarbeiderblad_null_null_19650508_38_105_1
    title:
    Bergens Arbeiderblad (1927-41, 1945-92)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19650508
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    No results.

    county:
    Vestland
    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_bergensarbeiderblad_null_null_19650508_38_105_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/3b64db5020de7acab91a67034434e2c0
  12. id:
    3d6282c7ea3fa8554ebda09256bbb6a9
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_drammenstidendedrammenattenfoertifem_null_null_19591010_128_236_1
    title:
    Drammens Tidende (Drammen: 1845-1960)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19591010
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Buskerud
    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_drammenstidendedrammenattenfoertifem_null_null_19591010_128_236_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/3d6282c7ea3fa8554ebda09256bbb6a9
  13. id:
    0cd8c1239f1aaa19d403098ab117f86c
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagbladet_null_null_19640704_96_153_2
    title:
    Dagbladet (Oslo: 1869-)
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19640704
    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_19640704_96_153_2-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/0cd8c1239f1aaa19d403098ab117f86c
  14. id:
    e22775804a7db73afa9741ed1e4d310c
    urn:
    URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_haugesundsavis_null_null_19830511_88_107_1
    title:
    Haugesunds Avis
    creators:
    not reported by source
    year:
    19830511
    publisher:
    not reported by source
    media_types:

    1 results

    1. aviser
    languages:

    1 results

    1. Norsk bokmål
    county:
    Rogaland
    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_haugesundsavis_null_null_19830511_88_107_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
    viewer_url:
    https://www.nb.no/items/e22775804a7db73afa9741ed1e4d310c
limit:
25
offset:
0
returned:
14
has_more_results:
no
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  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
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