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 2026-09-25T23:53:20Z in 0.202 seconds.

total:

25760

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
b6e21442beda49d35542873d663aeaf9
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_44e931f9-7e06-4670-882c-cfc3613884c1
title:
Årsrapport med årsberetning. 2020
creators:
1 results
1. Interflora - Norge
year:
2020
publisher:
Interflora 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_plikttidsskrift_44e931f9-7e06-4670-882c-cfc3613884c1_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/b6e21442beda49d35542873d663aeaf9
id:
79c8b7042c72abacf650bea82a4175ac
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060680020_010
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 1995 Nr. 10
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
1995
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023060680020_010_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/79c8b7042c72abacf650bea82a4175ac
id:
7fc5a4ab40a7ae18aedd532c55fd5882
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060680020_007
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 1995 Nr. 7
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
1995
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023060680020_007_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7fc5a4ab40a7ae18aedd532c55fd5882
id:
9e030788b037c5fb8ee175bb81dc2a6f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060680027_006
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 1999 Nr. 8
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
1999
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023060680027_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9e030788b037c5fb8ee175bb81dc2a6f
id:
de353840a473b125dcb66f6273b36eb7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023061380016_006
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 2001 Nr. 8
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
2001
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023061380016_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/de353840a473b125dcb66f6273b36eb7
id:
a578320a553494cd4b31b146f227da99
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060680051_006
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 2002 Nr. 8
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
2002
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023060680051_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a578320a553494cd4b31b146f227da99
id:
41611c2d8ea78e33dfcba68f96113767
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025061280105_008
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 2018 Nr. 10
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
2018
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2025061280105_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/41611c2d8ea78e33dfcba68f96113767
id:
7a7f1f8ebf0aa1a1bf154a490efb2e30
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025061280108_003
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 2015 Nr. 4
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2015
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2025061280108_003_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7a7f1f8ebf0aa1a1bf154a490efb2e30
id:
d0f61e10cac87fb90b255219f938f6d7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060680020_008
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 1995 Nr. 8
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
1995
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023060680020_008_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d0f61e10cac87fb90b255219f938f6d7
id:
2973ccb9a1f45cd4ee219027a2f3fcb0
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023060680022_006
title:
Blomster (Glostrup) : fagblad for blomsterbranchen i Danmark og Norge. 1997 Nr. 8
creators:
3 results
1. Interflora - Norge
2. Norsk blomsterhandlerforbund
3. Dansk blomsterhandlerforening
year:
1997
publisher:
[Danske Blomsterhandlere]
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. dan
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_2023060680022_006_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2973ccb9a1f45cd4ee219027a2f3fcb0

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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