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 2026-09-26T16:47:31Z in 0.218 seconds.

total:

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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20530f79eb5e228c43ba4012ab301a89
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022091280042_010
title:
Årsberetning og regnskap for. 1999
creators:
1 results
1. Rana utviklingsselskap
year:
1999
publisher:
Selskapet
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
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county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
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thumbnail:
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viewer_url:
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012483012_001
title:
Årsberetning og regnskap for Norsk jern eiendom-konsernet. 1998
creators:
3 results
1. Norsk jern eiendom
2. Rana industriterminal
3. Mo industripark
year:
1998
publisher:
NJE
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
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viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
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thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012483012_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e75c25e31fd3bb94e26371eceb45331b
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012483011_001
title:
Årsberetning og regnskap for Norsk jern eiendom-konsernet. 1995
creators:
3 results
1. Norsk jern eiendom
2. Rana industriterminal
3. Mo industripark
year:
1995
publisher:
NJE
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_2025012483011_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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id:
c538e5fcdef6b8b882609ae0f615347f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012180037_001
title:
Gule sider : informasjonsblad for Mo industripark. 1999 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Mo industripark
year:
1999
publisher:
Industriparken
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
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license:
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viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012180037_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c538e5fcdef6b8b882609ae0f615347f
id:
65dead73f8c68308b0555a12b40edde4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025012180038_007
title:
Gule sider : informasjonsblad for Mo industripark. 1998 Nr. 7
creators:
1 results
1. Mo industripark
year:
1998
publisher:
Industriparken
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_2025012180038_007_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/65dead73f8c68308b0555a12b40edde4
id:
4b3bf004327b5176710d647b62e6fe43
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ranablad_null_null_19980422_97_91_1
title:
Rana Blad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19980422
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:
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viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4b3bf004327b5176710d647b62e6fe43
id:
232ed1fbed21f951a6fa6a339a255f74
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041783044_001
title:
Optikeren (trykt utg.) : tidsskrift for optikk og optometri : organ for Norges optikerforbund. 2023 Nr. 6
creators:
1 results
1. Norges optikerforbund
year:
2023
publisher:
Norges optikerforbund
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_2024041783044_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_helgelandarbeiderblad_null_null_19970702_68_148_1
title:
Helgeland Arbeiderblad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19970702
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_helgelandarbeiderblad_null_null_19970702_68_148_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/918b7e0ec13497a0a11658d7a8a27546
id:
a3c9463ce78e243d8d41a1467d27196d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024061880005_006
title:
Næring i nord (Bodø). 1997 Vol. 27 Nr. 6
creators:
2 results
1. Næring i nord
2. Studieselskapet for nord-norsk næringsliv
year:
1997
publisher:
Næring i nord AS
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_2024061880005_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a3c9463ce78e243d8d41a1467d27196d
id:
4c6a209232125e8bd126d31f8c96c59e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_ranablad_null_null_19990310_98_58_1
title:
Rana Blad
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19990310
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_ranablad_null_null_19990310_98_58_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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limit:

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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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