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 2026-09-08T18:13:29Z in 0.226 seconds.

total:

15363

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
2c35f3b5326e53fff11d066fb3df3684
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Geodata-magasinet
creators:
1 results
1. Geodata
year:
20010101
publisher:
Geodata
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2c35f3b5326e53fff11d066fb3df3684
id:
d30cb5425042f4d969e96edf58639364
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Geodata-magasinet : kundemagasin fra Geodata as
creators:
1 results
1. Geodata
year:
19910101
publisher:
Geodata
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d30cb5425042f4d969e96edf58639364
id:
1479be4f9f63542c18a49b60f40851de
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017110948794
title:
Forprosjekt: Geodata på Internett
creators:
1 results
1. Asplan Viak
year:
1997
publisher:
Asplan Viak
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_2017110948794_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1479be4f9f63542c18a49b60f40851de
id:
39e598262914ccd1b061556e5def44a5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013080806030
title:
Norsk kartplan : Tematiske kart og geodata. 2
creators:
3 results
1. Hesjedal, Olav
2. Norge Miljøverndepartementet
3. Norsk kartplans Arbeidsgruppe for tematiske kart og geodata
year:
1983
publisher:
Universitetsforl.
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_digibok_2013080806030_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/39e598262914ccd1b061556e5def44a5
id:
6cad4a07728a721b83d82236f91dba0f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008060900097
title:
Geodata i planlægningen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1987
publisher:
Tapir
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
4 results
1. eng
2. mul
3. dan
4. swe
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_2008060900097_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6cad4a07728a721b83d82236f91dba0f
id:
28b3c852b372c97e5aabd8a6a5564804
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012062608016
title:
ArcView : norsk bruksanvisning
creators:
1 results
1. Geodata AS
year:
1993
publisher:
Geodata
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_2012062608016_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/28b3c852b372c97e5aabd8a6a5564804
id:
78a8ed6caf50da1dfb403bee6104de25
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016010608103
title:
Litteraturoversikt over kartografi - geodata og fjernanalyse
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1985
publisher:
Norsk regnesentral
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_2016010608103_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/78a8ed6caf50da1dfb403bee6104de25
id:
c924df197359e8becfa3e54a49fe373b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011092608162
title:
Prosjektrapport: Forvaltning, presentasjon og analyse av veg- og geodata
creators:
1 results
1. Vegdirektoratet IT-avdelingen
year:
1997
publisher:
Statens vegvesen, Vegdirektoratet, Informasjonsteknologiavdelingen
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_2011092608162_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c924df197359e8becfa3e54a49fe373b
id:
f86de90bcf397c5a593daefa6fbc1044
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013062706001
title:
Utvikling og bruk av geodata på lokalt nivå : handlingsplan
creators:
1 results
1. Geodatautvalget
year:
1988
publisher:
Kommuneforlaget
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_2013062706001_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f86de90bcf397c5a593daefa6fbc1044
id:
5374cab5b6be0213b09e6d017c9da8ac
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Statistisk sett : utforsk Norge på egen hånd : et verktøy for å koble statistikk og kart
creators:
3 results
1. Statistisk sentralbyrå
2. Statens kartverk
3. Geodata AS
year:
1998
publisher:
Gyldendal undervisning
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/5374cab5b6be0213b09e6d017c9da8ac

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.

Source-specific next step

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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