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 2026-09-23T18:10:51Z in 0.198 seconds.

total:

1765

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
b64a29d72270d78b9a84e2039056015c
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Flokeløserne på Friskgården
creators:
2 results
1. Hansen, Grete
2. Ramberg, Aud
year:
2001
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b64a29d72270d78b9a84e2039056015c
id:
bce5d9a0e825fe9fd0e38ccda3224a6e
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Forprosjekt "ungdom på alvor" : sluttrapport
creators:
1 results
1. Ramberg, Aud
year:
2010
publisher:
Friskgården
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bce5d9a0e825fe9fd0e38ccda3224a6e
id:
53fe15ff688fc36892250a9ca1493eca
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Samspill skal bedre helsen
creators:
1 results
1. Stene, Guro
year:
2003
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/53fe15ff688fc36892250a9ca1493eca
id:
f7157057651d9d02fc2cbffd01274956
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Friskgården: 80 prosent rehabiliteres tilbake til arbeidslivet : her får langtidssykmeldte hjelp : Åse Kristin har endelig håp om å lykkes: - Jeg vil være til nytte - og jeg tror jeg klarer det!
creators:
4 results
1. Dalen, Greta
2. Ramberg, Aud
3. Bergin, Tonje
4. Julnes, Åse Kristin
year:
2004
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f7157057651d9d02fc2cbffd01274956
id:
73dbc2b5c932dff95cedc64d4801e8e2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010050606023
title:
Utredning av forsøksvirksomhet med rehabiliteringssentral i Nord-Trøndelag (Friskgården)
creators:
3 results
1. Fjermeros, Are
2. Rehabilitering i Nord-Trøndelag (prosjekt)
3. Rønning, Rolf
year:
1998
publisher:
Østlandsforskning
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_2010050606023_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/73dbc2b5c932dff95cedc64d4801e8e2
id:
93caa5e78eae9f6ff76bef00c4bc0abe
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Livsmestring for voksne sykmeldte : et deltakerperspektiv på Friskgården - spesialist i arbeidshelse
creators:
2 results
1. Kværnø, Sara Blengsli
2. Universitetet i Oslo Pedagogisk forskningsinstitutt
year:
2011
publisher:
S.B. Kværnø
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/93caa5e78eae9f6ff76bef00c4bc0abe
id:
a076c58c5c6067bb6219eb550c27ce3d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011062908029
title:
Arbeidsrettede rehabiliteringstiltak
creators:
1 results
1. Norge Arbeids- og inkluderingsdepartementet
year:
2007
publisher:
ECON
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_2011062908029_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a076c58c5c6067bb6219eb550c27ce3d
id:
387bd77428540da6aa81bfc82a2e345c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_raumnes_null_null_20151217_69_147_1
title:
Raumnes
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20151217
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
No results.
county:
Akershus
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_raumnes_null_null_20151217_69_147_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/387bd77428540da6aa81bfc82a2e345c
id:
a8883e805a8426625bef4234cd7e42b9
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gaula_null_null_20100324_10_12_1
title:
Gaula (Melhus: 2001-)
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20100324
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:
ccbyncnd
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_gaula_null_null_20100324_10_12_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a8883e805a8426625bef4234cd7e42b9
id:
c5db550c0819ca61a92375d625c1f51e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_steinkjeravisa_null_null_20150213_0_006_1
title:
Steinkjer-Avisa
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20150213
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_steinkjeravisa_null_null_20150213_0_006_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c5db550c0819ca61a92375d625c1f51e

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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How an AI agent should use this page

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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