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 2026-09-27T17:37:58Z in 0.179 seconds.

total:

8375

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000038648
title:
IHM sitt avfallsdeponi, Bjørkemoen – Voss. Miljøårsrapport 2019
creators:
1 results
1. Johnsen, Geir Helge
year:
2020
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000038648_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d2e07da40b7ca804e1108e556a87f0f0
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000035746
title:
IHM sitt avfallsdeponi, Bjørkemoen – Voss. Miljøårsrapport 2020
creators:
1 results
1. Johnsen, Geir Helge
year:
2021
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000035746_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6e5078dc6a00032108f1e162e8546576
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000038316
title:
IHM sitt avfallsdeponi, Bjørkemoen – Voss. Miljøårsrapport 2021
creators:
1 results
1. Johnsen, Geir Helge
year:
2022
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000038316_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fcd1ca5cdf5c190f7fe520568479e50c
id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000038271
title:
IHM sitt avfallsmottak Bjørkemoen – Voss. Miljøårsrapport 2017
creators:
1 results
1. Johnsen , Geir Helge
year:
2018
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000038271_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/559d3003f566d7c414993b35242f01b2
id:
e93702ec3b71df5c016a62539056bf56
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000037668
title:
IHM sitt avfallsmottak Bjørkemoen – Voss. Miljøårsrapport 2015
creators:
1 results
1. Johnsen , Geir Helge
year:
2016
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000037668_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e93702ec3b71df5c016a62539056bf56
id:
a1dd66ba4cc20097eea01ef9b8f414bf
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000038423
title:
IHM sitt avfallsdeponi, Bjørkemoen – Voss. Miljørapport 2018
creators:
3 results
1. Hellen, Bjart Are
2. Johnsen, Geir
3. Wathne , Ingrid
year:
2019
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000038423_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a1dd66ba4cc20097eea01ef9b8f414bf
id:
ed2ccb633367b73ecf5ae29888bb9a25
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000036977
title:
IHM sitt avfallsdeponi, Bjørkemoen – Voss. Bunndyr i Raundalselven 2022
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Rådgivende Biologer AS
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_000036977_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ed2ccb633367b73ecf5ae29888bb9a25
id:
550984e3f2373a98f8e178cd33011c86
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022071580001_004
title:
Kvinnekraft. 2013 Vol. 27 Nr. 4
creators:
1 results
1. Interessegruppa for kvinner med spiseforstyrrelser
year:
2013
publisher:
Interessegruppa for kvinner med spiseforstyrrelser
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
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_digitidsskrift_2022071580001_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/550984e3f2373a98f8e178cd33011c86
id:
1104f64c310905e34f028127ea92faac
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2020021281243_001
title:
Jakt og fiske (Nesbru). 2008 Vol. 137 Nr. 12
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2008
publisher:
Norges jeger- og fiskerforbund
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_2020021281243_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1104f64c310905e34f028127ea92faac
id:
1928e55c0d12c03ded594d80bdd13403
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_hordaland_null_null_20220823_139_66_1
title:
Hordaland
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20220823
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Nynorsk
county:
Vestland
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_hordaland_null_null_20220823_139_66_1-1_001_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1928e55c0d12c03ded594d80bdd13403

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returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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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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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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