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 2026-11-03T02:33:15Z in 0.526 seconds.

total:

88561

page:

size:

items:

25 results

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68594f5e22871496522e557cb9f9b2e3
urn:
not reported by source
title:
ISIL as a Mass Movement
creators:
1 results
1. Graeme Wood
year:
2016
publisher:
Council on Foreign Relations
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/68594f5e22871496522e557cb9f9b2e3
id:
f2a43890ce56ec7c757e5c618f4c4222
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Movement
creators:
1 results
1. Fensham, Rachel
year:
2021
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/f2a43890ce56ec7c757e5c618f4c4222
id:
c3b2e361d7ceb5e38cfc6a0ef1ecb1b9
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Movement as mediation: Envisioning a divided Nigerian city
creators:
3 results
1. Trovalla, Ulrika
2. Adetula, Victor
3. Trovalla, Eric
year:
2014
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/c3b2e361d7ceb5e38cfc6a0ef1ecb1b9
id:
8718bfa3b5d6c1061e08abe49d87ffb2
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Communicating movement : full-body movement as a design material for digital interaction
creators:
1 results
1. Hansen, Lise Amy
year:
2014
publisher:
Oslo School of Architecture and Design
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/8718bfa3b5d6c1061e08abe49d87ffb2
id:
a64afa97d2bd2eebad63c3240857a1a4
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Security/Mobility : politics of movement
creators:
2 results
1. Leese, Matthias
2. Wittendorp, Stef
year:
2017
publisher:
Manchester University Press,
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/a64afa97d2bd2eebad63c3240857a1a4
id:
28bf09f708843181f8a4176bd915c0e6
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Ibsen as a pioneer of the woman movement
creators:
1 results
1. Bennett, Louie
year:
1910
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/28bf09f708843181f8a4176bd915c0e6
id:
962e3796eb2a9ed474cec6adc0911e19
urn:
not reported by source
title:
In movement : the 75th anniversary of Stokke AS
creators:
2 results
1. Høidal, Eldar
2. Norsk møbelfaglig senter
year:
2009
publisher:
Norsk møbelfaglig senter
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/962e3796eb2a9ed474cec6adc0911e19
id:
08c59a68c5fa50dbc9fd6f9d1bf7889b
urn:
not reported by source
title:
The spirit of Fluxus as a nomadic art movement
creators:
1 results
1. Wilmer, S.E.
year:
2014
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/08c59a68c5fa50dbc9fd6f9d1bf7889b
id:
3520cf34c67d7a861591d9b44865e39f
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Contemporary dance in Cuba : técnica Cubana as revolutionary movement
creators:
1 results
1. John, Suki
year:
2012
publisher:
McFarland & Company
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/3520cf34c67d7a861591d9b44865e39f
id:
e6aeebf5b303c2c036e076fb5ca0ad3c
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Gülenists in Exile: Reviving the Movement as a Diaspora
creators:
1 results
1. Taş, Hakkı
year:
2019
publisher:
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
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/e6aeebf5b303c2c036e076fb5ca0ad3c
id:
9eea43ccba3536d1428834c6d8eae8b4
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Black Women Talk Politics : Oral History As Method and Movement
creators:
1 results
1. Willoughby-Herard, Tiffany
year:
2026
publisher:
State University of New York Press,
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/9eea43ccba3536d1428834c6d8eae8b4
id:
6afff81c8ebb365a296cec1be59f580e
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Boxing fight as a manifestation of movement towards absolute abstraction
creators:
1 results
1. Kosiewicz, Jerzy
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/6afff81c8ebb365a296cec1be59f580e
id:
8fdf4c2f064c75adf7eda7bede077c32
urn:
not reported by source
title:
PRESSURE ON GERMANY GROWS AS INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT FROM COAL ACCELERATES
creators:
not reported by source
year:
not reported by source
publisher:
E3G
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/8fdf4c2f064c75adf7eda7bede077c32
id:
8bc95120c9be12a6eb1541d36dfad8fd
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Dance as therapy : an investigation of available evidence in the field of dance/movement therapy, and plausible mechanisms behind potential effects
creators:
2 results
1. Kweh, Birgit
2. Universitetet i Bergen
year:
2011
publisher:
Det psykologiske fakultet, [Universitetet i Bergen]
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/8bc95120c9be12a6eb1541d36dfad8fd
id:
4f95d201fae020bda4608eded1247add
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000072302
title:
Improving movement with technology
creators:
1 results
1. Stien, Nicolay
year:
2026
publisher:
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
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_000072302_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4f95d201fae020bda4608eded1247add
id:
c87396b92502e5857576decc37fc41bf
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2014020548102
title:
Movement : Peter Opsvik exhibition
creators:
1 results
1. Opsvik, Peter
year:
1999
publisher:
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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_2014020548102_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c87396b92502e5857576decc37fc41bf
id:
daddec581ef0b9a3c7f32afa2139ae37
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026051906039
title:
The rebirth of Christendom : the Moot (1938-47) as a modernist revitalisation movement
creators:
1 results
1. Kurlberg, Jonas
year:
2017
publisher:
Universitetet i Bergen
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_2026051906039_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/daddec581ef0b9a3c7f32afa2139ae37
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:
ad6b78276a72636454a1a92204cd9fa5
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025120407044
title:
About position and movement
creators:
2 results
1. Johannessen, Kurt
2. Moi, Arlyne
year:
2017
publisher:
Zeth forl.
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_2025120407044_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/ad6b78276a72636454a1a92204cd9fa5
id:
347b6ee6b4d4f1648593a9d2ff6aa9ed
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025052607020
title:
Eline McGeorge : as spaces fold, companions meet
creators:
6 results
1. McGeorge, Eline
2. Hultman, Marianne
3. As Spaces Fold, Companions Meet (utstilling) Oslo 2016
4. Leithe H., Christina
5. Vik, Sunniva
6. Oslo kunstforening
year:
2020
publisher:
OK Book
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:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025052607020_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/347b6ee6b4d4f1648593a9d2ff6aa9ed
id:
358450178e370b197c4449437ab51906
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Anti-Gender Movement as a Threat to Democracy in the Western Balkans
creators:
1 results
1. Dimitrievski, Angel
year:
2025
publisher:
German Marshall Fund of the United States
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/358450178e370b197c4449437ab51906
id:
b547952017854f7978e58237309eba11
urn:
not reported by source
title:
A thousand machines : a concise philosophy of the machine as social movement
creators:
1 results
1. Raunig, Gerald
year:
2010
publisher:
Semiotext(e)
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/b547952017854f7978e58237309eba11
id:
3253a63d7967ec1c7bbadd8b742c5d81
urn:
not reported by source
title:
Death as victory, victory as death : violence, martyrdom, and the cosmology of revolution in the Kurdish freedom movement
creators:
2 results
1. Rudi, Axel
2. Universitetet i Bergen
year:
2019
publisher:
University of Bergen
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/3253a63d7967ec1c7bbadd8b742c5d81
id:
4f3a69e786637b47ced380c7e464bb34
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2009011204077
title:
The New Norse language movement
creators:
1 results
1. Vikør, Lars S.
year:
1975
publisher:
Novus
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_2009011204077_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4f3a69e786637b47ced380c7e464bb34
id:
5080bc3c8b664a29d184a871ec327398
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026070806043
title:
The syntactic effect of head movement : wh and verb movement in Malayalam
creators:
1 results
1. Mathew, Rosmin
year:
2014
publisher:
University of Tromsø, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics
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_2026070806043_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
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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.

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Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
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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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