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 2026-10-03T01:15:02Z in 0.996 seconds.

total:

395

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items:

10 results

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57fd60861723faff3c98c19ecb536c47
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012052105010
title:
Lokalisering av sammenhengende kanter for segmentering av digitale bilder
creators:
2 results
1. Henriksen, Jørn Are
2. Grinaker, Stein
year:
1994
publisher:
Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt
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_2012052105010_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/57fd60861723faff3c98c19ecb536c47
id:
0528cb79d3c09ecad1feb990b6fbca3a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010030503074
title:
Ruoktumet
creators:
2 results
1. Hætta, Inga Laila
2. Skarvik, Inga Hætta
year:
1996
publisher:
Davvi girji
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. sme
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_2010030503074_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/0528cb79d3c09ecad1feb990b6fbca3a
id:
62b31f03ba70f8605aa090431c528797
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_avvir_null_null_20081219_1_168_1
title:
Ávvir
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20081219
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Samisk
county:
Finnmark
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_avvir_null_null_20081219_1_168_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/62b31f03ba70f8605aa090431c528797
id:
49b6a24da87120e95db0b0e98f3c7681
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_avvir_null_null_20150822_8_157_1
title:
Ávvir
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20150822
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Samisk
county:
Finnmark
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_avvir_null_null_20150822_8_157_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/49b6a24da87120e95db0b0e98f3c7681
id:
45e63d3767472b7d272882cc32b09ab2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_samiaigi_null_null_19890505_1_17_1
title:
Sami Aigi
creators:
not reported by source
year:
19890505
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Nord-samisk
county:
Finnmark
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_digavis_samiaigi_null_null_19890505_1_17_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/45e63d3767472b7d272882cc32b09ab2
id:
710300c73da157768cf38f046e24f5a4
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024090480028_001
title:
Š (Iđut) : nuoraid magasiidna. 2009 50
creators:
not reported by source
year:
2009
publisher:
Iđut forlag
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
4 results
1. smj
2. mul
3. sma
4. sme
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_2024090480028_001_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/710300c73da157768cf38f046e24f5a4
id:
c34e1d4f7465c5d056a23ce30bd40eba
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_avvir_null_null_20120421_5_76_1
title:
Ávvir
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20120421
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Samisk
county:
Finnmark
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_avvir_null_null_20120421_5_76_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c34e1d4f7465c5d056a23ce30bd40eba
id:
84d5084d91a15ce85315da3772ccb7f8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_avvir_null_null_20120110_5_6_1
title:
Ávvir
creators:
not reported by source
year:
20120110
publisher:
not reported by source
media_types:
1 results
1. aviser
languages:
1 results
1. Samisk
county:
Finnmark
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_avvir_null_null_20120110_5_6_1-1_001_null/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/84d5084d91a15ce85315da3772ccb7f8
id:
940ee618b1461c71fb79054be7507217
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026082080067_092
title:
Nuorttanaste (trykt utg.). 1916 Vol. 18 Nr. 19
creators:
1 results
1. Nuorttanaste, Stiftelsen
year:
1916
publisher:
Stiftelsen Nuorttanaste
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. sme
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_2026082080067_092_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/940ee618b1461c71fb79054be7507217
id:
1cc42021332741621129b83153214c1c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2026082080067_091
title:
Nuorttanaste (trykt utg.). 1916 Vol. 18 Nr. 18
creators:
1 results
1. Nuorttanaste, Stiftelsen
year:
1916
publisher:
Stiftelsen Nuorttanaste
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. sme
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_2026082080067_091_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/1cc42021332741621129b83153214c1c

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.

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