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 2026-09-27T01:11:04Z in 0.219 seconds.

total:

527852

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
6ab46575e0ffda22dfab0de402f1022d
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Utfordreren
creators:
2 results
1. Lee, Irina
2. Vik, Vegard
year:
2016
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
no
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
not reported by source
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6ab46575e0ffda22dfab0de402f1022d
id:
791e08b0fb1462c51e38df4f19a34193
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024060783005_001
title:
Katalog over abonnenter og talestationer ved telefonanlæg som staar i forbindelse ned rikstelefonlinjerne. 1903 Vol. 8
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1903
publisher:
[s.n.]
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_2024060783005_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/791e08b0fb1462c51e38df4f19a34193
id:
e02350a7e35d16e5d9b6a6c6993e4ff8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017053148020
title:
Kjøpmannskalenderen Norges kjøpmenn : Buskerud fylke
creators:
2 results
1. Helset, Daniel
2. Lyche, Morten
year:
1946
publisher:
I kommisjon hos: Halvorsen & Larsen
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_2017053148020_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e02350a7e35d16e5d9b6a6c6993e4ff8
id:
45cda60bfc7de1574059b64e43d89e3d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024060783006_001
title:
Katalog over abonnenter og talestationer ved telefonanlæg som staar i forbindelse ned rikstelefonlinjerne. 1904 Vol. 9
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1904
publisher:
[s.n.]
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_2024060783006_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/45cda60bfc7de1574059b64e43d89e3d
id:
2b087381ab1a90fa17b80b0ba8bb7c80
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2016063081296_001
title:
Adressebok for Haugesund. 1912/1913
creators:
not reported by source
year:
1912
publisher:
August Hanssens Forlag
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. und
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
yes
license:
publicdomain
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2016063081296_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2b087381ab1a90fa17b80b0ba8bb7c80
id:
5d6bc9f035f5851c40dbe68fb58e340f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013012907189
title:
Kjøpmannskalenderen Norges kjøpmenn : Østfold fylke
creators:
2 results
1. Helset, Daniel
2. Lyche, Morten
year:
1944
publisher:
I kommisjon hos: Halvorsen & Larsen
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_2013012907189_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5d6bc9f035f5851c40dbe68fb58e340f
id:
6f0e326cfef73f026ebe7d00ec5583c6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_socialdemokraten_null_null_19221130_39_278_1
title:
Social-Demokraten
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19221130
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:
ccbync
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_socialdemokraten_null_null_19221130_39_278_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6f0e326cfef73f026ebe7d00ec5583c6
id:
3a2158d512f2462f6a140b1fd854beef
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018030748021
title:
Gatevandring Majorstuen
creators:
1 results
1. Olsen, Ragnar
year:
2014
publisher:
R. Olsen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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_digibok_2018030748021_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/3a2158d512f2462f6a140b1fd854beef
id:
f7d443cb5c315ce2750e548cb6216c04
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_plikttidsskrift_10f29fac-d4ab-4a9f-8892-5998e5e6afc4
title:
Lokalhistorie : medlemsblad for Bekkelagshøgda lokalhistoriske forening. 2023 7
creators:
1 results
1. Bekkelagshøgda lokalhistoriske forening
year:
2023
publisher:
Bekkelagshøgda lokalhistoriske forening
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_10f29fac-d4ab-4a9f-8892-5998e5e6afc4_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f7d443cb5c315ce2750e548cb6216c04
id:
fabe14280e467a5a70b6e23a8dfa43c6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021022307593
title:
Frå kolonial til kjøpesenter : Lars Løseths 50 første år som kremmar
creators:
3 results
1. Sæter, Yngvild
2. Løseth, Lars
3. Sæter, Svein
year:
2017
publisher:
Blomsterhaug
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_2021022307593_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/fabe14280e467a5a70b6e23a8dfa43c6

limit:

offset:

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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