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: one of: date, date,desc, title, title,desc, otherid, otherid,desc, firstDigitalContentTime, firstDigitalContentTime,desc, 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: one of: date, date,desc, title, title,desc, otherid, otherid,desc, firstDigitalContentTime, firstDigitalContentTime,desc. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-11-14T09:58:44Z in 0.265 seconds.

total:

474180

page:

size:

items:

25 results

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356e24a4bdb2ad8fa99509fa8c8e2320
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025112548060
title:
Jeg er Tikken Lindebrække Manus : lesedrama
creators:
1 results
1. Ystaas, Torunn
year:
2023
publisher:
Solum Bokvennen
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
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no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013071208036
title:
Del 1: Det vil helst gå godt ; Del 2: Det blir alvor
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2009
publisher:
Familieforl.
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:
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viewer_url:
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011050308033
title:
Det vil helst gå godt
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2004
publisher:
Damm
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
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bokhylla
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
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thumbnail:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011051608115
title:
Det blir alvor
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2004
publisher:
Damm
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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:
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viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014021006034
title:
Det vil helst gå godt ; & Det blir alvor
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2009
publisher:
Cappelen Damm
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_2014021006034_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016021008058
title:
Del 1: Det vil helst gå godt ; Del 2: Det blir alvor
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2008
publisher:
Familieforl.
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:
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viewer_url:
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f3605d2998b3c5a0749c334dbddcd19e
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025082107001
title:
Rottejegeren
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2021
publisher:
Kagge
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:
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viewer_url:
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urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018031248036
title:
Karrierevalg og livskvalitet
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Mette
year:
2015
publisher:
Gyldendal arbeidsliv
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:
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viewer_url:
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30a8919980b0787dc321f43e23feb812
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012092606080
title:
Stigmata
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
1979
publisher:
Solum
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_2012092606080_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/30a8919980b0787dc321f43e23feb812
id:
dd1b4e163af2480a2e9a89d9bcb9fd29
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2013050605092
title:
Mitt liv
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2009
publisher:
Cappelen Damm
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_2013050605092_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/dd1b4e163af2480a2e9a89d9bcb9fd29
id:
91cdae004b0dd8ae67461d8f6ae80e66
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Underwater saboteur
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
1956
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/91cdae004b0dd8ae67461d8f6ae80e66
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d74192bcbbbeb2d47ebffd7ce3ecfce6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2011071306075
title:
Mitt liv
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2004
publisher:
Damm
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_2011071306075_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d74192bcbbbeb2d47ebffd7ce3ecfce6
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7024930ad29b92ae7994ae01573c271a
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010042708050
title:
Mitt liv
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
1996
publisher:
Damm
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_2010042708050_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/7024930ad29b92ae7994ae01573c271a
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655e82bb6ee0afb52a6706e16e1f8c03
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014071708138
title:
Mitt liv
creators:
1 results
1. Manus, Max
year:
2008
publisher:
Cappelen Damm
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_2014071708138_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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739bf1dee5af582de6ca4cebbc7ca38b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000004019
title:
Det ellevte manus : en Hanne Wilhelmsen-roman
creators:
1 results
1. Holt, Anne
year:
2022
publisher:
Gyldendal
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_pliktmonografi_000004019_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/739bf1dee5af582de6ca4cebbc7ca38b
id:
e2e5f12368961026d08687e8c6b8c0fd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000001243
title:
Det ellevte manus : en Hanne Wilhelmsen-roman
creators:
1 results
1. Holt, Anne
year:
2021
publisher:
Gyldendal
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_pliktmonografi_000001243_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e2e5f12368961026d08687e8c6b8c0fd
id:
bac2e315785539b56254445b305f616b
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012072509128
title:
Vildanden : manus
creators:
2 results
1. Ibsen, Henrik
2. Olsen, Ragnar
year:
2001
publisher:
Hålogaland teater
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2012072509128_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/bac2e315785539b56254445b305f616b
id:
5056b2b002ed5132d8e84e750f8b530f
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2010100609036
title:
"Antigone" : manus
creators:
2 results
1. Sophocles
2. Hålogaland teater
year:
1996
publisher:
[Hålogaland teater]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nno
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_2010100609036_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/5056b2b002ed5132d8e84e750f8b530f
id:
eac2fb85a41c07bb4329340ddffa2572
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016072609136
title:
"Nissene på Gålå" : manus
creators:
2 results
1. Hagen, Gudny Ingebjørg
2. Peer Gynt arrangement as
year:
2003
publisher:
[Peer Gynt arrangement]
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_2016072609136_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/eac2fb85a41c07bb4329340ddffa2572
id:
2aec761d477514dd862e7be02a6ebdbd
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014063005043
title:
Tikken Manus : sabotørens hemmelige medspiller
creators:
2 results
1. Frøysa, Kaja
2. Norsk rikskringkasting
year:
2010
publisher:
NRK
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_2014063005043_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/2aec761d477514dd862e7be02a6ebdbd
id:
c577f9c805dc06d31a9aa5d9d75946e2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020051248250
title:
Tekster, samtaler, manus
creators:
6 results
1. Guttu, Ane Hjort
2. Frank, Rike
3. Films (utstilling) Tromsø 2018
4. Øvstebø, Solveig (Solveig Carol)
5. Haugen, Halvor
6. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
year:
2018
publisher:
Torpedo Press
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_2020051248250_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c577f9c805dc06d31a9aa5d9d75946e2
id:
a4cf5b234c34df36d22b20c4d74e7b5d
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015050648009
title:
Max Manus : film og virkelighet
creators:
2 results
1. Nordseth-Tiller, Thomas
2. Moland, Arnfinn
year:
2008
publisher:
Orion
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_2015050648009_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/a4cf5b234c34df36d22b20c4d74e7b5d
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009033104012
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Jonas : fremst på kaia i 100 år : Jonas Eriksen AS 1902-2002
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1. Jensen, Anders
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2002
publisher:
[Jonas Eriksen AS]
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1 results
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1 results
1. nob
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not reported by source
digital:
yes
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no
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bokhylla
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NONE
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NORWAY
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025063009514
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Skeive reiser, fart og moro AS
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1 results
1. Norsk revyfaglig senter
year:
1992
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CabaRosa
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1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
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not reported by source
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yes
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no
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copyrighted
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NONE
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NB
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URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2023011048089
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100 år med vann i rør og i spann : Sande vannverk AS
creators:
2 results
1. Aaserud, Lars
2. Sande vannverk AS
year:
2022
publisher:
Sande vannverk AS
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
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no
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copyrighted
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NONE
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NB
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