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 2026-09-24T23:08:40Z in 0.185 seconds.

total:

7989

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
97e7611ecf830e9781db4b9d75b6a87b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025091006395
title:
Fremtidsmennesket : hva den bioteknologiske revolusjonen betyr for deg
creators:
2 results
1. Bratlie, Sigrid
2. Svenbalrud, Hallvard Kvale
year:
2020
publisher:
Kagge forlag
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_2025091006395_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/97e7611ecf830e9781db4b9d75b6a87b
id:
d23c48b05b5efdd10db4a4edecc47d7e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023021083019_001
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2022
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2022
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_2023021083019_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d23c48b05b5efdd10db4a4edecc47d7e
id:
2ddf3d51ed6834f0755c1e3ee1e6a735
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024012383023_001
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2023 Nr. 48 Jus
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_2024012383023_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2ddf3d51ed6834f0755c1e3ee1e6a735
id:
9335afd3d57b999cf79f3e4008fd1895
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_finansavisen_null_null_20200113_1_1_2
title:
Finansavisen
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20200113
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_finansavisen_null_null_20200113_1_1_2-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9335afd3d57b999cf79f3e4008fd1895
id:
dff07aac52150057139fdacbe744cb35
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025052883003_001
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2025 Nr. 9 Jus
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2025
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_2025052883003_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/dff07aac52150057139fdacbe744cb35
id:
2d033c8d19f3415c74e8b959989f502b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_000014549
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2026 Nr. 9
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2026
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_000014549_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2d033c8d19f3415c74e8b959989f502b
id:
ff4e12b8aa2f411af28e6a1b7d1a3dcf
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023031483001_001
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2023 Nr. 7 Jus
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_2023031483001_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ff4e12b8aa2f411af28e6a1b7d1a3dcf
id:
02f93141467b46e76c7b462ab34351a6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2023101383026_001
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2023 Nr. 36 Jus
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2023
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_2023101383026_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/02f93141467b46e76c7b462ab34351a6
id:
77a3f0c332cd9743cabcc8764a5bb5fc
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024041183041_001
title:
Kapital : tidsskrift for næringsliv, børs og økonomisk politikk. 2024 Nr. 9 Jus
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2024
publisher:
Hegnar media
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_2024041183041_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/77a3f0c332cd9743cabcc8764a5bb5fc
id:
a610b9d710f956b3e0af4d144823dccb
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2025031383085_001
title:
Advokatbladet (Oslo : trykt utg.) : medlemsblad for Den Norske advokatforening. 2025 Vol. 105 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Den Norske advokatforening
year:
2025
publisher:
Den Norske advokatforening
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_2025031383085_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a610b9d710f956b3e0af4d144823dccb

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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