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; 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}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort} 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}&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).
`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}&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}&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}&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).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-02T06:34:48Z in 0.343 seconds.

total:

77210

page:

size:

items:

25 results

id:
69dc591a511457c2c88bcfe05857304b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2008041504088
title:
Learn more English
creators:
2 results
1. Bjørge, Helga
2. Bjørge, Johan
year:
1947
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. und
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_2008041504088_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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id:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017072107079
title:
Participation as process : what we can learn from Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
creators:
3 results
1. Fuglesang, Andreas
2. Chandler, Dale
3. NORAD
year:
1986
publisher:
NORAD
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017072107079_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a36bd8e55d1d32289732331528fd92c0
id:
0d758612d2bbecbadb8d7d3710de1eb4
urn:
not reported by source
title:
As much to learn as to teach : essays in honor of Lester Eugene Asheim
creators:
3 results
1. Asheim, Lester Eugene
2. Lee, Joel M.
3. Hamilton, Beth A.
year:
1979
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/0d758612d2bbecbadb8d7d3710de1eb4
id:
96221591fcf14b1f46e4e365bad42f3f
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Participation as process - process as growth : what we can learn from Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
creators:
3 results
1. Fuglesang, Andreas
2. Chandler, Dale
3. Akuretiyagama, Daya
year:
1993
publisher:
Grameen Trust
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/96221591fcf14b1f46e4e365bad42f3f
id:
dd78044a02b2b8e57b35784de44dea6e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010120706044
title:
Learn English by pictures
creators:
2 results
1. Norås, Håkon
2. Johannessen, Einar K.
year:
1950
publisher:
Fabritius
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. eng
2. nob
3. mul
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_2010120706044_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/dd78044a02b2b8e57b35784de44dea6e
id:
79798e5b624451c2e14601485f2f8de8
urn:
not reported by source
title:
You learn as long as you drill; research synthesis from the Longyearbyen CO2 Laboratory, Svalbard, Norway
creators:
5 results
1. Olaussen, Snorre
2. Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas
3. Mørk, Atle
4. Senger, Kim
5. Braathen, Alvar
year:
2019
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/79798e5b624451c2e14601485f2f8de8
id:
ed8b2f2250040daa89f14d15e86998fc
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000012330
title:
Urbânia 6 : public as Mutual
creators:
8 results
1. Kunsch, Graziela
2. Durante, Milena
3. Guimarães, Daniel
4. Lafuente, Pablo
5. Bennett, Dominique Makins
6. Ayer, Mauricio
7. Mahfuz, Roberta
8. Adams, Gavin
year:
2021
publisher:
Oslobiennalen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_pliktmonografi_000012330_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ed8b2f2250040daa89f14d15e86998fc
id:
046ae0a8f3627de3e0feadad0232ed13
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009112304074
title:
Learn MATLAB 5 in 6 hours!
creators:
1 results
1. Haugen, Finn Aakre
year:
1997
publisher:
TechTeach
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2009112304074_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/046ae0a8f3627de3e0feadad0232ed13
id:
49f005fd1d641a6150940d27670db8e8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010051008019
title:
Learn SIMULINK 2 in 3 hours!
creators:
1 results
1. Haugen, Finn Aakre
year:
1997
publisher:
TechTeach
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2010051008019_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/49f005fd1d641a6150940d27670db8e8
id:
050296eec329eba3d557cf0d45502a6f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007071601085
title:
Helping students to learn at university
creators:
2 results
1. Raaheim, Kjell
2. Wańkowski, Janek
year:
1981
publisher:
Sigma
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2007071601085_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/050296eec329eba3d557cf0d45502a6f
id:
403e57c57c710abca29b35d0365327aa
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016112348010
title:
Learn English : <Begynnerkurs for vokne>. 1 : Hefte 1
creators:
2 results
1. Bjørge, Helga
2. Bjørge, Johan
year:
1949
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. und
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_2016112348010_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/403e57c57c710abca29b35d0365327aa
id:
4269432a1a53264000bc81663d524977
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000033773
title:
101 things you can do to learn and remember better
creators:
4 results
1. Congos, Dennis H.
2. Aas, Fredrik Elvatun
3. Nupen, Thomas
4. Kolstad, Audun
year:
2016
publisher:
Utopia Publisher
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_pliktmonografi_000033773_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4269432a1a53264000bc81663d524977
id:
9dfc78bc0f051c355bad43f766ae561a
urn:
not reported by source
title:
From refugee camp to solitary confinement : illiterate adults learn Swedish as a second language
creators:
1 results
1. Elmeroth, Elisabeth
year:
2003
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/9dfc78bc0f051c355bad43f766ae561a
id:
0a54d4526f045a315bff81ed8f017faa
urn:
not reported by source
title:
What is it possible to learn? : on variation as a necessary condition for learning
creators:
1 results
1. Runesson, Ulla
year:
2006
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. artikler
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/0a54d4526f045a315bff81ed8f017faa
id:
4de10a53b95e7db2f5a75d422c039629
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Electricity as a clean cooking option: What can we learn from cross-country comparison?
creators:
1 results
1. Kumar, Praveen
year:
2025
publisher:
Environment for Development Initiative
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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/4de10a53b95e7db2f5a75d422c039629
id:
036b864becc87903af90d8b5cf6fbafd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016050348121
title:
Learn more English : for selvstudium og undervsining
creators:
2 results
1. Bjørge, Helga
2. Bjørge, Johan
year:
1954
publisher:
Fabritius
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2016050348121_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/036b864becc87903af90d8b5cf6fbafd
id:
8c074c443a80e515eff0cb0032417f91
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000050745
title:
Learning to program, programming to learn : conceptual and methodological investigations of programming as a sociotechnical learning process
creators:
1 results
1. Litherland, Kristina Torine
year:
2025
publisher:
Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_pliktmonografi_000050745_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8c074c443a80e515eff0cb0032417f91
id:
116d5f40bd20603919c19455d73cc56c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000078791
title:
Think big, start now : 7 powerful lessons every young entrepreneur must learn
creators:
1 results
1. El-Mowafi, Adel
year:
2026
publisher:
Adel Invest AS
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_pliktmonografi_000078791_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/116d5f40bd20603919c19455d73cc56c
id:
9007f9107ddf6a9d35c5470f70affada
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011022205061
title:
Som du vil = : As you like it
creators:
2 results
1. Shakespeare, William
2. Hoem, Edvard
year:
2000
publisher:
Oktober
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
3 results
1. eng
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_2011022205061_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/9007f9107ddf6a9d35c5470f70affada
id:
169f55d7d4d0c2a6a59ff055645ac129
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2022110148035
title:
Urbânia 6 : public as mutual
creators:
8 results
1. Kunsch, Graziela
2. Durante, Milena
3. Guimarães, Daniel
4. Lafuente, Pablo
5. Bennett, Dominique Makins
6. Ayer, Mauricio
7. Mahfuz, Roberta
8. Adams, Gavin
year:
2021
publisher:
osloBIENNALEN
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2022110148035_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/169f55d7d4d0c2a6a59ff055645ac129
id:
e982cd6e09fecc6fc57b1d6770f8f045
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009121600108
title:
Papers presented at the international conference: Considering the Researcher as Human Being
creators:
2 results
1. Considering the Researcher as Human Being (konferanse)
2. Kvernbekk, Tone
year:
1996
publisher:
Universitetet i Oslo, Pedagogisk Forskningsinstitutt
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
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_2009121600108_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e982cd6e09fecc6fc57b1d6770f8f045
id:
07cdb6ea086ad74797d21d46f132e88e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000083883
title:
As local as possible, as international as necessary? : knowledge review on locally-led humanitarian responses in Ukraine
creators:
2 results
1. Horst, Cindy
2. Ahmed, Nabiiha
year:
2026
publisher:
PRIO
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000083883_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/07cdb6ea086ad74797d21d46f132e88e
id:
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How children learn mathematics : teaching implications of Piaget's research
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1970
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Macmillan
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Going public : what writing programs learn from engagement
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2010
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Consciousness as urgrund and fragment : introduction as insight
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2024
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