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 2026-09-26T05:31:16Z in 0.179 seconds.

total:

20035

page:

size:

items:

10 results

id:
cd6efef530c0dbe1043bfc5f47d6bfdc
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024020280036_004
title:
Profhil : avis for studentene ved Høgskolen i Lillehammer. september 2006/2007 Vol. 17 Nr. 1
creators:
1 results
1. Høgskolen i Lillehammer Studentforeningen
year:
2006
publisher:
Studenter ved Høgskolen i Lillehammer
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_2024020280036_004_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cd6efef530c0dbe1043bfc5f47d6bfdc
id:
60f091483fa4cfdf2c7b4829cc2b0e97
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20180111_13_3_1
title:
Lillehammer Byavis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20180111
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
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_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20180111_13_3_1-1_01_hovedavis/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/60f091483fa4cfdf2c7b4829cc2b0e97
id:
c956679b53eb0155818ac6e78a1d2ac4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19890322_149_69_1
title:
Lillehammer Tilskuer
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19890322
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19890322_149_69_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c956679b53eb0155818ac6e78a1d2ac4
id:
ec0c9fac5d3d8277e116c1efbdd784fa
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20140605_9_22_1
title:
Lillehammer Byavis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20140605
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
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_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20140605_9_22_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ec0c9fac5d3d8277e116c1efbdd784fa
id:
a8132318741bd76790063bebb00e4165
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19800521_137_114_1
title:
Lillehammer Tilskuer
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19800521
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19800521_137_114_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a8132318741bd76790063bebb00e4165
id:
8a483228554e05055a9dec1e9fbb9c70
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20131212_8_45_1
title:
Lillehammer Byavis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20131212
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
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_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20131212_8_45_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/8a483228554e05055a9dec1e9fbb9c70
id:
c7e48838e6c2036b2dc543c79698fc63
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20161215_11_44_1
title:
Lillehammer Byavis
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20161215
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
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_lillehammerbyavisno_null_null_20161215_11_44_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c7e48838e6c2036b2dc543c79698fc63
id:
7a82df4bdb83859700831c1f52a61f9f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19890912_149_210_1
title:
Lillehammer Tilskuer
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19890912
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19890912_149_210_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7a82df4bdb83859700831c1f52a61f9f
id:
e674436a36779c58b2b6c5cb398ca422
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19790103_136_2_1
title:
Lillehammer Tilskuer
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19790103
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19790103_136_2_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e674436a36779c58b2b6c5cb398ca422
id:
f568ae914f2104b3755cee411ad51d39
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19840816_141_191_1
title:
Lillehammer Tilskuer
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19840816
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Norsk bokmål
county:
Innlandet
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
LIBRARY
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_lillehammertilskuer_null_null_19840816_141_191_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f568ae914f2104b3755cee411ad51d39

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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