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 2026-09-23T18:20:09Z in 0.174 seconds.

total:

1748

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
2a412544821f0ee05928ce70c62372e0
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008090200089
title:
Her hviler- : kjente personer på kirkegårdene i Oslo sentrum
creators:
3 results
1. Haaland, Øyvind
2. Oslo Gravferdsetaten
3. Mellum, Mari
year:
1999
publisher:
Oslo kommune, Gravferdsetaten
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_2008090200089_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2a412544821f0ee05928ce70c62372e0
id:
d2e9eef9ec0ad40d3c833948b5adf95a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021021548548
title:
Kapitalsterke innvandrere : Christianiaslekten Heftye fra 1769
creators:
1 results
1. Heftye, Rolf Erik
year:
2020
publisher:
Rolf Erik Heftye
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_2021021548548_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d2e9eef9ec0ad40d3c833948b5adf95a
id:
938a021bf8948f13020d0ebbc310607d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000022693
title:
Potensialet ved kommersiell bruk av lastesykler
creators:
2 results
1. Ørving, Tale
2. Weir IV, Howard T.
year:
2022
publisher:
Transportøkonomisk institutt
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_pliktmonografi_000022693_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/938a021bf8948f13020d0ebbc310607d
id:
368ff36135830c1823ac0d3ec433b345
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022120683162_001
title:
Tobias (trykt utg.) : informasjonsblad fra Oslo byarkiv. 2022 Vol. 31
creators:
1 results
1. Oslo byarkiv
year:
2022
publisher:
Oslo byarkiv
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
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_digitidsskrift_2022120683162_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/368ff36135830c1823ac0d3ec433b345
id:
09cd4c3c907dbeaace718a83d0158e44
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vaartland_null_null_20100713_66_157_1
title:
Vårt Land
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20100713
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:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vaartland_null_null_20100713_66_157_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/09cd4c3c907dbeaace718a83d0158e44
id:
9211710f284cd8439998561557d31b4e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_a47b5230-7fa7-4e6e-979c-af1fe0a05b0b
title:
Park & anlegg : fagblad for grøntanleggssektoren. 2020 Vol. 19 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Norsk gartnerforbund
year:
2020
publisher:
Norsk gartnerforbund
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_plikttidsskrift_a47b5230-7fa7-4e6e-979c-af1fe0a05b0b_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9211710f284cd8439998561557d31b4e
id:
53703d47571f5ee39a86bda57d51e202
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_dagenbergen_null_null_20131119_95_268_1
title:
Dagen (Bergen)
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20131119
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Vestland
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_dagenbergen_null_null_20131119_95_268_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/53703d47571f5ee39a86bda57d51e202
id:
f53cbd3a6ec78df1853b38a14ca956d8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vaartland_null_null_20150910_71_209_1
title:
Vårt Land
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20150910
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:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_vaartland_null_null_20150910_71_209_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f53cbd3a6ec78df1853b38a14ca956d8
id:
afb145afa718cee0faa380b4048cb374
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2024022748138
title:
Urban cemeteries as public spaces : a comparison of cases from Scandinavia and Russia = Gravplasser som offentlige byrom : en sammenligning av eksempler fra Skandinavia og Russland
creators:
3 results
1. Grabalov, Pavel
2. Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet Institutt for folkehelsevitenskap
3. Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet
year:
2021
publisher:
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Landscape and Society, Department of Public Health Science
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2024022748138_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/afb145afa718cee0faa380b4048cb374
id:
78c2dec9294fdaa02540bca48861e10a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026022480007_009
title:
BFN-nytt. 2005 Nr. 1
creators:
2 results
1. Begravelsesbyråenes forening - Norge
2. Begravelsesbyråenes forum - Norge
year:
2005
publisher:
Begravelsesbyråenes forum - Norge
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_2026022480007_009_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/78c2dec9294fdaa02540bca48861e10a

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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