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 2026-10-02T23:37:27Z in 1.396 seconds.

total:

117610

page:

size:

items:

10 results

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ba1f7ceffe8aa2cd92ada835808be92e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009081104017
title:
Hygiene
creators:
1 results
1. Stordal, Sigrid M.
year:
1994
publisher:
NKS-forl.
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_2009081104017_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ba1f7ceffe8aa2cd92ada835808be92e
id:
cd548a8f99790a83bf9093c78f8857f7
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011070708110
title:
Hygiene
creators:
1 results
1. Holst, Axel
year:
1928
publisher:
Aschehoug
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_2011070708110_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cd548a8f99790a83bf9093c78f8857f7
id:
3847872f871bc0f65d30bb2544e2d034
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008080400029
title:
Kompendium. 6 : Kompendium i hygiene og mikrobiologi
creators:
3 results
1. Borchgrevink-Lund, Carl-Fredrik
2. Sanner, Helga
3. Sjaastad, Ivar
year:
1996
publisher:
Medisinsk basislitteratur
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_2008080400029_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3847872f871bc0f65d30bb2544e2d034
id:
f4f11c2c58e671961a08be498516591b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017072509005
title:
Håndbok i hygiene og smittevern
creators:
1 results
1. Ullevål sykehus Klinikk for forebyggende medisin
year:
1999
publisher:
Ullevål sykehus
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_2017072509005_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f4f11c2c58e671961a08be498516591b
id:
4ba45001da8d13f5a514186db40b553a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012022305017
title:
Hygiene og mikrobiologi
creators:
2 results
1. Hagesæther, Else Liv
2. Ljostveit, Karin
year:
2005
publisher:
Yrkeslitteratur
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_2012022305017_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4ba45001da8d13f5a514186db40b553a
id:
ee57346bcef7b706430432ad646c9761
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010070608005
title:
Hygiene for tannhelsesekretærer
creators:
1 results
1. Langballe, Kjell
year:
1998
publisher:
Vett & viten
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. nob
2. mul
3. nno
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_2010070608005_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ee57346bcef7b706430432ad646c9761
id:
c4cb9f739a518a2dbc246c721972c55f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009091400070
title:
Helselære og hygiene
creators:
2 results
1. Stordal, Sigrid M.
2. Haugstvedt, Karen Therese
year:
1995
publisher:
NKS-forl.
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_2009091400070_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c4cb9f739a518a2dbc246c721972c55f
id:
44205ce1814cd03f9e4cb8733a9d47ca
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009120100034
title:
Helselære og hygiene
creators:
2 results
1. Stordal, Sigrid M.
2. Haugstvedt, Karen Therese
year:
1995
publisher:
NKS-forl.
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2009120100034_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/44205ce1814cd03f9e4cb8733a9d47ca
id:
ebe55dcd3e664e6affee7db36e6ed495
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011032205060
title:
Hygiene og mikrobiologi
creators:
2 results
1. Hagesæther, Else Liv
2. Ljostveit, Karin
year:
2000
publisher:
Yrkeslitteratur
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_2011032205060_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ebe55dcd3e664e6affee7db36e6ed495
id:
c5332ad349c2a95c1ce9dae0d790e42a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009060504051
title:
Hygiene og miljø
creators:
2 results
1. Fryklund, Birgitta
2. Elinder, Carl-Gustaf
year:
1995
publisher:
Universitetsforlaget
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2009060504051_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c5332ad349c2a95c1ce9dae0d790e42a

limit:

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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.

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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